(A) The city shall have the right to shut off the supply of gas whenever it is necessary to make repairs or improvements, enforce rules or for any operating reason. In all cases, where possible, a reasonable notice of the circumstances will be given the customers, but, in an emergency, the gas may be shut off without notice. The necessary repair or work will be made by the city as rapidly as may be practical. The city shall not be held responsible or liable because of any shutoff or discontinuance of service for any direct or resultant damages to any person, company or customer.
(B) In the event of discontinuance of service, the city will make every attempt to safeguard the customer. Service shall not be renewed until the city authorities have purged the lines and put into service all automatic controls and pilots. In no case shall customers turn on their own service. The purging of lines relighting pilots and checking automatic controls will be done by the city. Where the nature of the customers' operations are such that an interruption of service might create a hazard or large economic loss, customers shall provide facilities for standby service at their discretion.
(C) Whenever mains, pipes, service connections or other facilities of the gas system are taken up, shut off or interfered with by reasons of any street improvements, the city will endeavor to maintain service so far as is reasonably possible, but will not be directly or indirectly liable for any interruption, poor pressure or inconvenience of any kind, either to the customers adjacent or to other customers affected thereby. Direct damages to property due to such operations shall be either repaired or replaced by the city without cost to the customer.
(D) The city expressly stipulates with all customers and other persons who may be affected by the discontinuance of service that it will neither insure nor be responsible or liable in any manner for any loss or damages direct or indirect by any reason of any fire or any other cause. All gas service furnished also shall be conditional upon acts of God, inevitable accidents, fire, strikes, riots or any other cause.
(E) Any customer having a facility, operation, process or activity which cannot, under any or all conditions, tolerate temporary interruption of gas service shall provide an alternate source of on-site fuel or heat for use during the interruption. The responsibility for this alternate rests fully with the consumer.
('74 Code, § 27-147) (Ord. 1060, passed 7-21-87)