It shall be mandatory for all customers of the natural gas system to be metered, and the schedule of rates herein prescribed shall be uniformly charged to all customers of the system, including all residential, commercial and industrial establishments in any manner directly, or indirectly connected with, and served by the natural gas system of the city, except as pursuant to duly negotiated and approved agreements with industrial customers as authorized herein. No one shall receive or be entitled to free natural gas service without paying the full rates herein specified and absent a specific duly authorized agreement.
(2002 Code, § 53.16) (Ord. 1999 NG-1, passed 5-20-1999; Ord. 2023-6, passed 10-10-2023)