Township denying additional meter, citing NEC 230.2

[Fal]

Hello.
This is a residential, single family home.
I am requesting to have my power company install a second drop and add a second meter to my existing home. I currently have service located on one side of my house. On the opposing side, I have a MIL suite fitted with 15A total.
I have contacted my power company requesting to have a second drop and meter installed on the MIL suite. Power company agreed requesting a permit from my Township.
I inquired with my Township, about requesting a permit to install a second meter and was denied, stating one meter per home and citing NEC 230.2.
The limited information I was given is one service per home, but others that I have asked are informing me two drops and/or two meters doesn’t constitute two services.
Perhaps some of you could give me some more insight into this so that I may be able to construct a formal rebuttal to argue my case.
Thank you

 

[roger]

This would be more of a legal issue and outside the scope of the forums.

Roger

 

[don_resqcapt19]

Hello.
This is a residential, single family home.
I am requesting to have my power company install a second drop and add a second meter to my existing home. I currently have service located on one side of my house. On the opposing side, I have a MIL suite fitted with 15A total.
I have contacted my power company requesting to have a second drop and meter installed on the MIL suite. Power company agreed requesting a permit from my Township.
I inquired with my Township, about requesting a permit to install a second meter and was denied, stating one meter per home and citing NEC 230.2.
The limited information I was given is one service per home, but others that I have asked are informing me two drops and/or two meters doesn’t constitute two services.
Perhaps some of you could give me some more insight into this so that I may be able to construct a formal rebuttal to argue my case.
Thank you

Two meters does not constitute two services, but two service drops does constitute two services.

You can install a second meter at the location of the first meter and install a feeder to the other side of the house. This would require that the service disconnects for each set of service entrance conductors be located at the meters.