(A) Any person, firm or corporation desiring to make a gas tap or service connection with the natural gas system of the city shall file a written application in the office of the City Clerk. Applications for gas service lines to vacant property will be subject to the approval of the City Council.
(B) In the event such application is made by an agent for the owner, then such application shall also be accompanied by the written authority of the owner to the agent for the making of the 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 city and for the extension along or across such property for making other service connections from the same service line.
(1975 Code, § 17.27) (Ord. 80-2, passed 3-5-1980)