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meter cabinets or meter sockets shall be supplied by the electric public service company and installed by the Master Electrician performing the work, said meter cabinets to be located so the center of the opening for the meter dial shall be not less than five (5) feet nor more than six (6) feet above mean ground level, and to be readily accessible to the electric public service company to service. On apart- ment buildings, where' space limitations will not permit placing all meters at the same height, they may be arranged in two (2) tiers, with the openings for the meter dials in lower tier as near as practicable to five (5) feet abo-ve mean ground level and second tier placed as near as practicable above the first. Where space limitations will not permit placing of meter cabinets as outlined above, the electric public service company, subject to the ap- proval of the Chief Electrical Inspector, may deter- mine the arrangement to be used. All service out- lets shall be located so as to permit placing the electric public service company's service wires on the wall of the building next to the supply. Section 39. The Electric Public Service Company shall not require the placing of meters on the front of the building or street side of the building with- out the written consent of the owners, and where not practical to place metering devices on the ex- terior 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 company's engineer. Section 40-A, Clearance of Service Drops. (1) Clearance from Ground. Conductors shall have a clearance of not less than 10 feet from the ground or from any platform or projection from which they might be reached. (2) Point of Attachment to Building. The point of attachment of a service drop to a building shall not be less than 10 feet above finished grade and shall be at a height to permit a minimum clearance 28 where they are regularly employed on a permanent basis, and who do "electrical maintenance work," as defined in Section 8, shall be known as main- tenance' electricians. Section 8, Definition of "Electrical Maintenance Work": "Electrical maintenance work" shall mean the keeping in safe repair of any and all electrical installations, apparatus and equipment, and the keeping in safe repair or moving and relocating of electrical equipment within a building or in or on the premises where the maintenance electrician, as defined in Section 7, is regularly employed on a permanent basis, for which work a permit is re- quired under the terms and provisions of this article, but does not include the installation of new and additional electrical w(}rk, electrical equipment or electrical apparatus. Section 9. Automatic Issuance of License to Main- tenance Electricians: Maintenance Electricians who were regularly employed on a permanent, basis on December 1, 1962, and who had worked as main- tenance electricians for a period of four years prior thereto, two-thirds of such time actively, shall be issued a license to do maintenance work upon the payment of a license fee of $5.00 without taking an examination. For the purpose of this require- ment, a degree or diploma from a school of elec- trical engineering shall be considered as the equiva- lent of two years' active and practical experience. Maintenance electricians entitled to a license under this section must obtain such license within sixty days from and after January 1, 1963. Section 10. Electrical Maintenance Work to be Done by Licensed Maintenance Electricians; Excep- tions: It shall be unlawful for any person tG do any electrical maintenance work, as defined in Section 8, within the City, unless such person is a main- tenance electrician licensed under the provisions of this article; provided, however, that this section 9