(A) No person, unless in the employ of the gas company or having permission from the gas company, shall turn on the gas at a curb valve, or at any valve that controls the supply of gas to more than one consumer.
(B) Gas shall not be turned on at any meter cock without specific permission from the gas company or other proper authority if any of the following conditions exist:
(1) If the gas piping, appliances, or meter supplied through the meter cock are known to leak or be otherwise defective;
(2) If required inspection of the piping or appliances has not been made;
(3) If the gas company or other proper authority has requested that the gas be left off; or
(4) If the meter cock is found shut off for some reason not known to the gas fitter.
(C) Gas shall not be turned on at any branch line cock if any of the conditions set forth in divisions (B)(1) through (B)(3) above prevail. Where a branch line cock is found closed, a gas fitter shall again turn gas on at such cock only if proper precautions are taken to prevent leakage and in no other unsafe conditions are created thereby.
(D) Gas shall not be turned on at either a meter cock or line cock unless a gas-burning appliance is connected to the piping system supplied.
(2005 Code, § 240.012) (Ord. 5-60, passed 12-19-1960)