(A) Any person, firm or corporation desiring to make a gas tap or service connection with the natural gas system of the village shall file a written application thereof in the office of the Superintendent of Public Utilities of the village upon blank forms to be provided for such purpose, signed by the owner of the property for which such tap or service connection is desired, or by a duly authorized agent of such owner. Such application shall be accompanied by payment of the fees set out in this chapter to cover the cost of such service connection. In the event such application is made by an agent for such owner, then such application shall also be accompanied by the written authority of such owner to such agent for the making of such application. Where service lines are laid on private property, an easement shall be executed by the owner thereof providing for the installation and maintenance of the proposed service lines to be installed and maintained by the village and for the extension along or across such property for making other service connections from the same service line.
(B) Upon the filing of such application, if the same is in proper form and the cost advanced as herein required, an order for the installation of service pipe, tap, meter and service connections will be issued to the officer or employees of the village having charge of such work whose duty it shall be to make such installation and connection without unnecessary delay, and to return such order, immediately upon completion of the work with an endorsement thereon signed by such officer or employee, showing the date, place and manner in which such taps or service connections were made, and an itemized statement of the cost thereof. All applications and the orders and reports issued and returned thereon shall be appropriately numbered and kept on file in the office of the Gas Department as a permanent record.
(C) In addition to the cost of the gas service connection, each application shall be accompanied with a deposit of $50 to be known as a meter deposit charge.
(D) This meter deposit charge shall be deposited in the Natural Gas Meter Deposit Fund and in the event any customer discontinues service and has paid in full all amounts due for his or her service charges, then the full amount of the deposit shall be refunded. However, in the event that any amounts are due from such customer, either for gas or service charges, then such amounts shall be deducted and paid into the proper fund and the balance shall be refunded.
(E) Any customer who has paid all amounts due within the specified period for a period of five years shall, upon application to the village, be refunded his or her deposit.
(Prior Code, § 51.001) (Ord. 78-011, passed 10-3-1978)