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• • ORDINANCE NO. 96-1637-A AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION VI OF THE ELECTRIC CODE OF THE CITY OF LA FORTE; PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON DIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE GIIILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND IIPON CONVICTION THEREOF SHALL BE FINED IN ANY SIIM NOT MORE THAN FIVE HIINDRED DOLLARS ($500.00); CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAIISE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA FORTE: Section 1. Section 6.01(a) of the Electric Code of the City of La Porte is hereby amended, to hereafter read as follows, to- wit: "6.01 Meter Cabinets (a) The meter cabinets and electrical metering equipment through which service is rendered by the electric public service company to domestic establishments and buildings combining domestic establishments with commercial or industrial usage, shall be installed where readily accessible on the exterior of the building. Meter cabinets or meter sockets shall be approved by the electric public service company and installed by the master electrician performing the work, and meter cabinets to be located so the center of the opening for the meter dial shall be not less that five feet (5') nor more than six feet (6') above mean ground level, and to be readily accessible to the electric public service company to service. On apartment 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 feet ( 5' ) above 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 approval of the Inspector, may determine the arrangement to be used. All service outlets 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 2. If any section, sentence, phrase, clause, or any part of any section, sentence, phrase, or clause, of the ordinance shall, for any reason, be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of the ordinance, and it is hereby