Sorry, I didn't identify myself more in the email, thought the address would point you to my screen name here.
10min after I sent that, I found 230.50(A)
I can see if this were out of the way of foot traffic, but this is the only path to the back of the house from the front (the other side looks like a jungle).
Would there be a "convenient" way to protect this without disconnecting and running through conduit?