The city shall furnish electric current for light, heating, cooking, and power purposes to persons whose premises abut on any supply wire of the distributing system of the city. The rules and regulations and rates for electric service, hereinafter named, shall be considered a part of the contract with every person who is supplied with electric service through the electric distribution system of the city and every such person by taking electric service therefrom shall be considered and held to consent to be bound thereby, and whenever any of such rules and regulations are violated, or such other as the city may hereafter adopt, the electric current shall be cut off from the building or place of such violation, even though two or more parties may receive current through the same line, and shall not be turned on again except by order of the city, and on payment of the fee for shutting off and turning on, and upon such other terms as the city shall determine, and upon a satisfactory understanding with the party that no further cause for complaint shall arise and in case of violation, the city shall have the right to declare any payment made for electric current by the person committing such violation forfeited and the same shall thereupon be forfeited.
(Prior Code, § 54.01) (Ord. 337, passed 3-18-1952)