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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinances - No. 1351.. .. ORDINANCE NO. 1351 e ,.-.- . ., .. . . AN ORDINANCE AMEhTDING LODI CITY CODE ARTICLE V CITY SERVICE AND UTILITY RATES AND CHAPTER 9 ELECTRICITY BE IT ORDAINED BY THE LODI CITY COUNCIL. SECTION 1. Lodi City Code Article V City Service and Utility Rates, and Lodi City Code Section 9 Electricity are hereby --_-_ ----_ amended as follows: \ A. A customer shall not furnish or use electricity received from the City upon premises, or for purposes other than those specified in his application for service. B. A customer shall not furnish or resell electricity received from the City to any person, except: Residential single-phase service supplied to multi-family accommodations through one meter on a single premise for: (1) Mobile home parks, when submetered to all individual tenants . (2) Residential hotels. C. As a condition of service for submetering, where electric energy is resold in accordance with B.l and B.2 above, customers using submeters as a basis for charges for electricity shall submit to the City certification by a meter testing laboratory, satisfactory to the City, as to the accuracy of the submeters upon initial installation of such submeters, or for existing submeters upon request by the City. Billing of submetered energy shall be at the same rate as the City's existing EA rate (Domestic Service), as if the City was serving -- 5- the customer directly. As a further condition of service for submetering, the customer shall agree that the City may inspect and examine the customer's billing procedures from time to time to determine that resale is made in accordance with this rule. - D. In the event such energy is furnished or resold otherwise than as provided above, the City may discontinue service to the cus t omer . See. 9-30. General Rules and Regulations. All meter installations shall comply with the minimum requirements of the ELECTRIC UTILITY SERVICE EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS COMMITTEE (EUSERC), as accepted by the City of Lodi, and with rules and regulations of the inspecting authority having jurisdiction. Metering equipment complying with these service rules and regulations shall be required whenever any electrical wiring of the Class I type (defined in the City Electrical Code) is installed, except when there is existing metering equipment which, in the opinion of the bui€ding official, is satisfactory and adequate to register all electric current to be supplied. When a property owner is permitted to do his own wiring, he will be considered the electrical contractor for the purpose of this article. Sec. 9-33. Type of Metering Installation. -------------_-________ __--_------- Provision shall be made for the installation of a- self-contained meter (no instrument transformers) for services with capacity less than two hundred amps. In all other cases, provision shall be made for the installation of instrument transformers and a transformer-type meter. For large installations, the Utility Department should be consulted to determine if provision is necessary for installation of a varhour meter to measure power factor. Exception: The four hundred amp, single-phase 'bolt-in' type meter is acceptable only for single-family residential use. Socket-type meters shall be used on all installations. Sec. 9-34. Meter Sockets. -_------------------------ The contractor shall provide meter sockets in accordance with EUSERC requirements for the type of service being installed. Sec. 9-35. Instrument Transformer Installations. ______________----------------------------------- An instrument transformer installation consists sf metering current or potential transformers, or both, mounted in a metal cabinet and a watt-hour meter with its accompanying test facilities. For large loads, a varhour meter is required in addition to the watt-hour meter'. The Utility Department will furnish and install the secondary wiring from the instrument transformers to the meter in conduit or raceways furnished and installed by the contractor. Provision shall be made for the installation of -- meter test blocks or test switches, which will also be furnished by the Utility Department. - The contractor shall furnish and install a metal cabinet for housing the metering instrument transformers in accordance with EUSERC specifications for the type of service being installed. All covers which must be lifted into place should be equipped with two handles or similar lifting devices. All covers shall have a small caution sign on the front reading, "DO not break seals. No fuses inside." Sec. 9-36. Multiole Meter Installations. A. When a building has more than one customer or more than one type of service, it is necessary to use a multiple meter installation. Nonswitchboard multiple-occupancy installations can usually best be arranged by utilizing a meter trough, Standardized meter troughs using ring-type sockets or individual sockets in combination with standardized wire gutters or their equivalent are recommended. Troughs and wire gutters containing unmetered wiring shall always be provided with two studs having one-sixteenth-inch holes for sealing, in addition to the screws normally used to hold the cover in place. Unmetered service wires and metered load wires shall not be run in the same conduit, raceway or wiring gutter. .. . . . f B. The rules for spacing of multiple meter installations using socket-type meters shall Se in accordance with EUSERC requirements. C. In multiple-occupancy buildings, meters shall be mounted at a common location. Where one or more meters are added to an existing installation, they shall either conform to the existing plan, or the existing meters shall be rearranged to conform to a new plan. D. Each meter position in multiple meter installations shall be clearly and prominently marked in a permanent manner by the contractor to indicate the particular location supplied by it. Meters will not be installed until the marking is complete. In case of multiple dwellings, each meter switch shall be marked by letter or numeral to correspond to the apartment it serves. s=- -. . Sec. 9-37. Meter Locations. -_-_------------------------ Electric meter installations shall be located so as to be accessible to any authorized representative of the Utility Department at all reasonable times for reading, testing and inspection. Outdoor meter locations are preferred. Electric meter installations shall not be located in any of --- the following places: (1) On any floor higher than the ground floor. (2) In any place where moi'sture, fumes or dust may interfere with its operation or materially damage the meter. In any elevator or hatchway. In any hazardous location. In any place not in general use. Directly over any stairway, ramp or steps. On any surface subject to excessive vibration, as determined by the Utility Department. In any doorway. On or recessed in the external surface of any wall or any building that is built within three feet of any property line or on the line of any walk, alley or driveway giving access to commercial or industrial property, except when permitted by the Utility Department . On any portion of a building which might at a later date be enclosed and thus make the meter inaccessible, such as carports, breezeways, covered porches and similar places. ~-. . . -. - Residential meter installations, when electric utilities are installed in the street, shall be located outdoors and shall be located within six feet of the front corner of the building or structure. No electric meter shall be enclosed by any fence, gate, shrub or any other type of structure or enclosure, and shall be accessible from the front of the building or structure. New section under Article 11. Remote Meter Installation. ____----------------------------------------------------- In the event of injury to a City of Lodi employee, by attack from an animal on the premises of a customer/resident, it shall be mandatory for the customer/resident to pay for the cost of a remote meter installation which cost may be paid outright or added to the monthly utility bill. SECTION 2. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed insofar as such conflict may exist. __--_----- SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be published one time in the "Lodi News Sentinel", a daily newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the City of Lodi and shall be in force and take effect thirty days from and after its passage and approval. ---------- Approved this 17th day of April, 1985 Attest: ALICE M. REIMCHE City Clerk State of California County of San Joaquin, ss. I, Alice M. Reimche, City Clerk of the City of Lodi, do hereby certify that Ordinance No. 1351 was the City of Lodi held April 3, 1985 and was thereafter passed, adopted and ordered to print at a regular meeting of said Council held April 17, 1985 by the following vote: introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of- -- Ayes: Council Members - Pinkerton, Olson, Snider, Reid, and Hinchman (Mayor) Noes: Council Members - None Absent: Council Members - None Abstain: Council Members - None I further certify that Ordinance No. 1351 was approved and signed by the Mayor on the date of its passage and the same has been published pursuant to law. ALICE M. REIMCHE City Clerk RONALD M. STEIN City Attorney