Code question, gas line crossing water line

Does it satisfy (California) code for a gas line into a house to cross over the main water line into the house?

Background...

A couple of years ago while I was at work the gas company came out to change the meter at the same time they were running a replacement gas line down the street. We had a curb meter and the guy asked my wife if they could move it up "by the side of the house". She said yes. On returning home it was a mess. Facing the house the gas line was on the right, water line on the left, they ran up parallel into the house - originally. Well, not quite parallel, about 3 ft. apart at the curb but only around 1 ft. apart at the house. The gas company pushed some sort of inner pipe through the existing galvanized, then crossed left over the water line about 4 feet from the house, up to a shut off, then through pipe and whatnot to meter over (but pretty much on top of) our main water shut off then down and into the original gas line into the house. We have been living with it since then, as I didn't feel like dealing with in. Now, besides being ugly as sin (right in the middle of the house, not "on the side of the house") the meter is in the way for work that needs to be done to replace the main water line and that shut off valve. I have a vague recollection of reading somewhere that code required that these lines not cross, but I could be mistaken.

We asked the gas company how much they would charge to fix this mess, and their first (and possibly only) quote was $1815, for them to do "all the work". All they really need to do is reinstall a curb meter and remove the mess they made by the house, the plumber will put in the new gas line. How much should that run (no trenching, just dig out where the box goes and stick a meter in it)?

Whatever else they might have done to the gas line, it was 65 year old galvanized and was about due for replacement anyway.

Thanks.

where is the gas line in relation with the driveway?

gas meter can not be on the same side of the house as the driveway
with having bollards around it

gas line and water line can in fact cross over each other,
gas line must be protected from rust and corrosion with a tar coating underground
and painted above ground

If they told your wife they were going to move it on the side of the house, not the driveway side, then that is
where it should be. I would complain to the gas company. They should move it for free in my book.

I agree Tom, gas company is responsible for there line up to and including the meter