(a) 
There is hereby adopted by the city for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for the construction, alteration, removal and maintenance of electric wiring and apparatus, including permits and penalties, that certain electric code known as the National Electrical Code of the National Fire Protection Association, being particularly the 2023 edition of the National Electrical Code except such portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified or amended, of which not less than one (1) copy has been and now is filed in the office of the city secretary and the same is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein, and from the date on which this section shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling in the construction, alteration, maintenance or removal of all electric wiring and apparatus within the corporate limits of the city.
(b) 
The National Electrical Code, 2023 edition, and appendixes thereto, and subsequent amendments and additions, is hereby adopted by reference as though it were copied herein word for word except for the local amendments provided for in section 3.02.332.
(Ordinance 2874 adopted 10/22/18; Ordinance 3116 adopted 10/23/2023)
When any of the following provisions of this division conflict with any provision contained in the National Electrical Code referenced above, the provisions of this division shall be controlling.
(1) 
Placement of meters.
The electric public service company shall never require the placing of meters on the front or street side of a building without the written consent of the owner, and where not practical in the opinion of the chief electrical inspector to place metering devices on the exterior of the building said location shall be at a point or points convenient to the electric public service company's service as determined by the chief electrical inspector.
(Ordinance 2874 adopted 10/22/18; Ordinance 3116 adopted 10/23/2023)