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SEC. 132.02. PHASE II.
 
   At such time as the consumption of fuel by the Department’s electrical generating facilities exceeds fuel supplies, including inventory and firm deliveries, which are estimated to provide for less than 40 days of system operation and fuel supplies levels are expected to continue to decline, the Mayor may order that no customer shall make, cause or permit any use of electrical energy provided by the Department of Water and Power in a manner which is contrary to the provisions of Subsections a through d of this section. Said order shall be made in accordance with Section 131.05.
 
   a.   Prohibited Uses.
 
   (i)   Any use prohibited in Subsection a through f of Section 132.01.
 
   (ii)   The illumination of billboards at any time whatsoever.
 
   (iii)   Functional outdoor business lighting at any time whatsoever.
 
   (iv)   the illumination of or in connection with outdoor non-commercial recreational or cultural activities of any nature whatsoever at any time whatsoever.
 
   (v)   Outdoor commercial or cultural activities of any nature whatsoever in an amount in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the amount used by that customer in the base period for the same or similar activity.
 
   b.   Residential Restrictions. No customer shall make, cause or permit the use of electricity from the Department for residential purposes in an amount in excess of eighty-eight percent (88%) of the amount used during the base period, as defined in this chapter. No customer shall use electricity provided by the Department for the heating or lighting, or both, of swimming pools located on private residential property. For the purpose of this subsection, a customer is deemed to be using electricity for residential purposes if the customer is receiving such electricity pursuant to the Department’s D-1 Domestic Service Schedule or is receiving such electricity solely for consumption on and in premises used exclusively for non-transient residential purposes. As used in this subsection, premises shall be deemed to be used exclusively for non-transient residential purposes if substantially all of the residents therein occupy the dwelling units thereof on a month-to-month, or longer, tenancy, with rent therefor payable not more frequently than monthly. Such premises include mobile home parks that meet the requirements of this subsection in all other respects.
 
   c.   Commercial and Institutional Restrictions. No customer shall make, cause or permit the use of electricity from the Department for any purpose whatever in the operation of an institutional or commercial enterprise in an amount in excess of sixty-seven percent (67%) of the amount of electrical energy consumed by that customer in that enterprise during the base period as defined in this chapter. A customer is deemed to be using electricity for the operation of a commercial enterprise if the customer is receiving electricity pursuant to the Department’s General Service Schedules, other than customers receiving electricity for residential purposes as defined in Subsection b above, and is engaged in those activities described in Major Groups 40-86 and 89-99, inclusive, and Appendix ‘A’ thereto, of the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972 Edition, prepared by the Statistical Policy Division of the Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget.
 
   d.   Industrial Restrictions. No customer shall make, cause or permit the use of electricity from the Department in the operation of any industrial enterprise in an amount in excess of eighty-four percent (84%) of the amount of electricity consumed by that customer during the base period as defined in this chapter. A customer is deemed to be using electricity for the operation of an industrial enterprise if the customer is receiving electricity pursuant to the Department’s General Service Schedule and is engaged in those activities described in Major Groups 01-39, inclusive of Appendix ‘A’ thereto, of the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972 Edition, prepared by the Statistical Policy Division of the Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget.