(A) Code requirement. All wiring, connections and appurtenances shall be installed and performed strictly in accordance with the National Electrical Code. Failure to install or maintain the same in accordance therewith, or failure to have or permit required inspections shall, upon discovery by the city, be an additional ground for termination of electrical service to any consumer.
(B) Services. New or changed service installations shall be made at the expense of the consumer, placed underground where designated by the city and the meter location shall also be designated by the city. Overhead service installations may be permitted by the city:
(1) Temporarily during new construction;
(2) Temporarily during an emergency to prevent danger to persons or property;
(3) For a period of not more than seven months when soil conditions make excavation for underground service impractical; or
(4) Where to require underground service, the consumer has shown that the requirement is unduly burdensome.
(C) Electrical installations. All electrical installations shall comply with the following, where applicable.
(1) Motors of 20 HP or more must have line compensators on same; provided, however, that, the city may, at its option, make an exception if the total connected motor load required is smaller than the consumer connected load, and the motor starting current is less than the current corresponding to the consumer’s total connected load.
(2) Any establishment having a total motor load of 125 HP or more is required to have 440 volts for its motor load.
(3) All motor installations of less than five HP shall be supplied with 240-volt single phase energy, except:
(a) Motors of one-half HP or smaller may be 120-volt; or
(b) Three phase motors of three HP or more may be served from existing secondary power circuits where only service wires and meters are required.
(4) The city shall make an installation charge for extraordinary expenses required by a consumer.
(D) Replacing or converting to underground.
(1) Converting to underground. The city may, at its option and at its expense, convert any present service where no change is otherwise required by the consumer, from overhead to underground. Where this is done, the city shall only cover and refill the trench and other ditching maintenance or repair, and all subsequent changing and repairing of the service shall be the obligation of the consumer.
(2) Replacing. Nothing herein shall prevent the city from replacing an overhead service with the same type.
(3) Meters and placement service. Placement of service and meters shall be determined by the city.