City Requiring Seperate Gas Meters

[Daniel Sprague]

Hey BP,

Just to give you an idea of the marketplace I operate in, we have a population of about 50,000, we have rental licenses with density and minimal property standards, and we have a lot of converted "turn of the century" (1890-1910) houses that have been converted to dups or tris.

There has been some chatter about the city possibly requiring separate gas meters for all units.  Currently we have a lot of properties where there is one meter, the landlord pays the bill, and then splits fairly between each unit...

Has anyone run into a situation like this?  How was it handled? 

Several years ago, the city passed that all rentals had to have hard surface parking and required all rentals to update if they had gravel, but they gave you some time to get that done.

There have simply been rumblings about this, but I wanted to see if anyone has had first hand experience with how it was handled by the city, as well as the property owners.

Any advice or insight is appreciated.

Thanks,