(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 a consumer.
(b) Gas shall not be turned on at any meter cock without specific permission from any of the following authorities: gas company, Plumbing Inspector, or Chief Inspector of the Bureau of Fire Prevention, 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 otherwise to be defective.
(2) If required inspection of the piping or appliances has not been made.
(3) If any of the above-mentioned authorities has requested that the gas be left turned off.
(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 subsection (b)(1), (2) and (3) hereof prevail. Where a branch line cock is found closed, a gas fitter shall again turn the gas on at such cock only if proper precautions are taken to prevent leakage and if no other unsafe conditions are created thereby.
(d) Gas shall not be turned on at either a meter cock or a line cock unless a gas-burning appliance is connected to the piping system supplied.
(Ord. 7425. Passed 11-24-81.)