(A) Whenever curtailment or interruption of gas delivered hereunder is required, the city shall issue a curtailment order to customers affected, specifying the quantity of gas to be curtailed and the time at which such curtailment is to be made. When restoration of service is permissible, the city shall similarly issue a restoration order specifying the quantity of gas to be restored and the time at which such restoration is to be made therein. A curtailment order shall be issued at least one hour in advance of the effective time.
(B) (1) If customer fails to comply with a curtailment order calling for curtailment or interruption and should the city not fully sever service, then for each such failure to comply by the customer shall be deemed to have created a “firm demand” equal to the full volume of gas taken between the effective time of such curtailment order and the effective time of the next succeeding restoration order. If the period of time between the effective time of such curtailment order and the effective time of the next succeeding restoration order exceeds 24 hours, the demand so created shall be the largest volume of gas taken in any continuous 24-hour period while the curtailment order is in effect. Each “firm demand” so created shall be billed to the customer at the rate of $15 per month per 1,000 cubic feet for a period of 12 months beginning with the month of which such demand was created.
(2) The city, at its discretion, may waive demand created hereunder for minor violations or curtailment order.
(Prior Code, § 51.22) (Ord. passed 4-1-1957; Ord. passed 3-17-1975; Ord. 9-1988, passed 3-21-1988; Ord. passed 11-22-1993; Ord. 18-2003, passed 6-23-2003; Ord. 38-2007, passed 11-19-2007; Ord. 11-2012, passed 6-18-2012)