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All persons engaged in the business of furnishing, distributing or delivering natural gas to domestic and commercial consumers in the city shall charge for such service in accordance with the schedule referred to in § 15-2.
(1964 Code, § 17-1)
After a full and adequate hearing at which all interested parties are given a full opportunity to be heard, and the right to present evidence, the city council shall establish a rate schedule to provide sufficient net revenues, after the payment of all expenses, taxes, depreciation and other charges, to provide a fair and reasonable return to the owners and operators on their property devoted to consumers in the city, subject to the right of appeal of the gas utility company to the state railroad commission.
(1964 Code, § 17-2)
No natural gas shall be delivered and sold to any consumer which shall contain less than 1,000 British thermal units per cubic foot of the natural gas, as determined at a temperature of 60°F and a pressure equivalent to 30 inches of mercury at 32°F and water vapor saturated. The British thermal unit content of the natural gas shall be determined and calculated from the gas discharged from the service main.
(1964 Code, § 17-5)
Natural gas shall be measured for sale to the consumer on the basis of the temperature, pressure and humidity existing in the meter at the time the gas is measured, unless, by agreement between buyer and seller, a pressure higher than eight ounces gauge is maintained at the outlet of the meter. In the latter case, the volume measured shall be corrected to a pressure base of eight ounces above 14.43 pounds per square inch.
(1964 Code, § 17-6)
Natural gas shall be delivered at the outlet of the consumer’s metering device at a pressure of not less than four ounces above atmospheric pressure and not more than eight ounces above atmospheric pressure, unless some higher pressure has been agreed upon between the person distributing the gas and the individual customer. Nothing herein shall in any manner abrogate any contractual agreement relating to pressure applicable to industrial consumers. The penalties provided for the violation of this section shall not apply to violations of the provisions of this section unless the person distributing the gas shall fail to promptly correct conditions constituting those violations whenever such violations or any of them are discovered.
(1964 Code, § 17-7)
Editor’s note:
Ord. 16986, § 1, adopted June 13, 2006, amended Art. II, in its entirety, to read as herein set out. Prior to inclusion of Ord. 16986, Art. II pertained to similar subject matter. Subsequently, Ord. 18449-02-2009, § 1, adopted February 3, 2009, amended Art. II, in its entirety, to read as herein set out. See also the Code Comparative Table.
The exploration, development and production of gas in the city are activities which necessitate reasonable regulation to ensure that all property owners, mineral and otherwise, have the right to peaceably enjoy their property and its benefits and revenues. It is hereby declared to be the purpose of this article to establish reasonable and uniform limitations, safeguards and regulations for present and future operations related to the exploring, drilling, developing, producing, transporting and storing of gas and other substances produced in association with gas within the city to protect the health and general welfare of the public; minimize the potential impact to property and mineral rights owners, protect the quality of the environment and encourage the orderly production of available mineral resources.
(Ord. 18449-02-2009, § 1, passed 2-3-2009, eff. 2-10-2009)
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