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Section 13-56 Removal, disconnection, or alteration of load management device.

(a) It shall be unlawful to remove, disconnect, alter or otherwise cause faulty operation of any load management device installed by or on behalf of the utilities department within the city and on premises served by the city's electrical distribution system except as provided elsewhere in this section.

(b) The owner of any apparatus having a city load management device installed may contact the utilities department in writing or by phone during business hours and request removal of the load management device, and it shall be promptly removed by the city.

(c) Emergency service work on equipped apparatuses requiring removal or disconnection of the load management device by licensed electrical or heating and a/c contractors shall be allowed providing that the contractor shall protect the city's device and shall notify the city utilities department within twenty-four (24) hours of any disconnect or removal.

(d) Any farm currently under contract to the city to service and/or install load management devices shall be exempt from the provisions of this section while acting on the city's behalf.

(e) Violation of the provisions of this section by holders of licenses granted by the city shall be cause for immediate revocation of the license.

(f) The penalty for violation of this section shall not exceed a free of seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), imprisonment for sixty (60) days and revocation of a firm's electrical and/or heating and cooling license.

(Code 1958, 18-26.1)