For all regular three-fourths inch (3/4") taps and service connections the City will furnish and install a valve, service tee, service pipe, connection fittings, regulator, meter and necessary stopcocks for all complete connections made within the City limits and upon payment of the initial application fee pursuant to title 13, "Schedule Of Fees", of this Code. The maximum length of service line to be installed at this cost shall be one hundred feet (100') from the property line and such additional lengths required are to be paid for by the customer at a rate pursuant to title 13, "Schedule Of Fees", of this Code. For all taps in excess of three-fourths inch (3/4") material, the City shall charge the cost assessed to the City which exceeds that regular three-fourths inch (3/4") material, meter and installation cost in addition to the initial application fee. An additional fee shall be paid pursuant to title 13, "Schedule Of Fees", of this Code for each residential three-fourths inch (3/4") meter in excess of the first meter installed to the same premises. All hardware furnished and installed by the City, including, without limitation, the valve, service tee, service pipe, connection fittings, regulator, meter and necessary stopcocks, shall remain the property of the City.
Where service lines can be installed in a location which will permit the servicing of two (2) customers, the maximum length to be installed from the property line shall be one hundred fifty feet (150').
Notwithstanding the provisions of the foregoing paragraphs pertaining to the payment by the applicant as to the cost and installation of taps and connections required to connect to the City natural gas system, any premises connecting to the City natural gas system which is owned by a governmental unit shall be subject to the following provision regarding payment and allocation between the City and the respective governmental unit of the cost and installation of any taps and service connections required to connect the premises in question to the natural gas system operated by the City. In such case, payment and allocation of the cost of taps and connections between the City and the governmental unit in question incurred in order to connect the premises to the natural gas system owned by the City shall be made as the parties may agree before the connection is made.
For business or industrial purposes or for special space heating requirements requiring larger than three-fourths inch (3/4") service pipe with incidental larger fittings, stopcocks, regulators and meters, these service connections shall be made in a like manner and the service line in excess of seventy five feet (75') from the property line shall be paid for at actual cost to the City, provided that upon application therefor, special permission may be granted by the Council authorizing the applicant to make such service connections at their own expense under the supervision of and subject to such reasonable conditions and regulations as may be prescribed by such permit, none of these conditions are to be inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.
Failure to continue minimum monthly payments for the time specified shall automatically forfeit the applicant's right for a free service connection.
Any applicant for service for space heating purposes must have his space heating equipment installed and ready for service by or before September 1, 1958, in order to hold his application. A firm contract for installation of such space heating equipment shall be considered adequate evidence of good faith and shall be accepted in lieu of the actual equipment installation date as specified herein. (Ord. 16/2017, 6-5-2017)