CHAPTER 11-20
GAS SUPPLY AND SERVICE

Article I.  Gas Service

11-20-010   Purity of gas.

11-20-020   Apparatus for testing purity.

11-20-030   Calorific value.

11-20-040   Pressure.

11-20-050   Deposit for meter.

11-20-060   Removal of meters.

11-20-061   Termination of service – Notice required – Violation – Penalty.

11-20-065   Reserved.

Article II.  Inspection of Meters

11-20-070   Inspector's uniform or badge.

11-20-080   Standards.

11-20-090   Pressure for testing.

11-20-100   Disconnecting meters to be inspected.

11-20-110   Representative at tests.

11-20-120   Time interval between tests.

11-20-130   Accuracy of meters.

11-20-140   Testing new meters.

11-20-150   Testing meters at consumer's request.

11-20-160   Fees.

11-20-170   Inspection conclusive.

11-20-180   Tampering with meters or certificates.

Article III.  Violation – Penalty

11-20-190   Violation – Penalty.

ARTICLE I. GAS SERVICE (11-20-010 et seq.)

11-20-010 Purity of gas.

   Any person engaged in the business of furnishing or supplying illuminating gas in the city to any consumer shall be and hereby is required to furnish and supply such gas so far free from sulphurated hydrogen that it shall not discolor a test paper imbued with acetate of lead when such test paper is exposed to a column of gas issuing at a rate of not less than five cubic feet per hour for 60 seconds under a pressure of one and five- tenths inches of water, and so that 100 cubic feet of such gas shall not contain more than 30 grains of sulphur, and so that 100 cubic feet of such gas shall not contain more than five grains of ammonia.

(Prior code § 187-1)

11-20-020 Apparatus for testing purity.

   All tests to be made for the purpose of establishing the percentage of sulphurated hydrogen in illuminating gas furnished by any person furnishing gas in the city, shall be made or conducted with the Tutweiler sulphurated hydrogen apparatus, and the sulphur in other forms shall be determined by means of the gas referees' sulphur-determining apparatus and methods ordinarily employed in the use of the same.

(Prior code § 187-2)

11-20-030 Calorific value.

   All gas furnished by any person engaged in the business of furnishing or supplying gas for heating, power or illuminating purposes in the city to any customer shall be and hereby is required to have a calorific value of not less than 800 British thermal units gross per cubic foot, as determined by a standard calorimeter measured at 60 degrees Fahrenheit and under a barometric pressure of 30 inches of mercury.

(Prior code § 187-3)