(A) The company shall require all customers to execute a deposit-service agreement upon application for gas service or upon the filing of a petition for relief under the United States Bankruptcy Code. Such agreements are not transferable. All customers accepting gas service from the company shall be subject to the rules, regulations and rate schedules applicable.
(B) When gas service is inaugurated or transferred from one location to another, or upon the filing of a petition for relief under the United States Bankruptcy Code, the company shall make a nonrefundable service initiation charge as provided by a fee schedule maintained by the City Secretary, adopted by the City Council from time to time.
(C) When a customer requests the initiation or restoration of service which requires overtime work after normal daily working hours or on weekends and holidays, the customer will be advised of an additional charge which will be based on actual overtime costs involved. An overtime charge shall not apply to work required through no fault of the customer.
(D) No customer may temporarily discontinue service and thereafter request restoration and continuation of service under his or her old service agreement but must execute a new agreement. If service is discontinued at the request of the customer and service is suspended during all or a portion of the non-heating season and thereafter restored at the same location for the same occupant, a reconnect charge will become due and payable when service is restored. This charge will be computed on the basis of the applicable customer charge for each month or fraction thereof that service is discontinued. Such charge shall be in addition to the regular service initiation fee as provided by a fee schedule maintained by the City Secretary, adopted by the City Council from time to time. Any commercial or industrial customer who discontinues service for any period of time must be considered a new customer for state and federal regulatory policy purposes when application is made for restoration of service.
(E) The company will not accept orders to discontinue service other than from the person in whose name the account is billed.
(Ord. 2-95, passed 5-8-1995)