(A) Every electric meter heretofore or hereafter installed by the borough on private property shall at all times remain the absolute property of the borough, and the borough shall not lose title thereto by attaching it to real estate. The borough shall not be obliged to test any of its meters more often than once in five years.
(B) The borough shall have the right, at its own option and expense, to place demand meters, reactive-component meters, or other instruments on property of any subscriber or consumer, for the purpose of measuring the demand and/or the power factor, or for other tests at all, or any part, of the subscriber’s or consumer’s land.
(C) No person shall install any electric connection or contrivance on his or her premises or upon property used by him or her for the purpose of procuring electric current without registering the same on a meter, nor shall any person knowingly use any such connection or contrivance. The borough’s Electric Department, through any of its officers, employees, or agents, shall have the right of access to any subscriber’s or consumer’s premises, at all times, for the purpose of reading any meter, inspecting or repairing apparatus used in connection with its service, investigating possible bypassing of any meter, or removing its property.
(D) No person shall interfere in any way with any such officer, employee, or agent while in the performance of his or her duties or exercising his or her authority under this chapter.
(E) Each customer requesting service shall pay to the borough the sum of $250 as a security deposit for the electric meter box to be installed by the Municipal Light Plant.
(Ord. 10-1963, passed 6-11-1963; Ord. 2-1991, passed 10-8-1991) Penalty, see § 52.99