A. Installation Prohibited; Exceptions: No gas-burning space heating equipment shall be installed, connected or used within the city unless:
1. The gas space heating equipment is installed and in regular operation prior to May 25, 1954.
2. The gas space heating equipment replaces gas-fired equipment of equal or greater capacity previously installed and regularly operated at the same premises for the same purpose.
3. The gas space heating equipment is used for industrial or commercial heating purposes where the users thereof maintain complete standby facilities and sufficient standby fuel to enable them to maintain continuous plant operations on such standby equipment and fuel in the event of a full curtailment of the supply of gas.
4. The gas space heating equipment is installed in existing and new buildings to the extent that the total amount of gas that will be required by such installation shall not exceed the contract capacity allocated to the city by the Northern Natural Gas Company under Federal Power Commission tariffs and regulations and under the following conditions:
a. Where the gas can be supplied through existing service pipes into the premises, or as required by franchise.
b. In the order in which applications for new buildings were made to the Iowa Public Service Company for said heating gas on the regular forms of said company.
c. In the order in which applications for heating existing buildings were made to the Iowa Public Service Company for the heating gas on the regular forms of the company.
d. Gas heating applications for new buildings shall have preference over applications for heating existing buildings.
e. Where the gas will not exceed five hundred thousand (500,000) BTU per hour for any one customer installation.
B. Determination Of New Buildings; Allocation Of Priorities: For the purpose of this section, any building constructed within six (6) months prior to May 25, 1954, and not having been occupied prior to May 25, 1954, shall be classed as a new building, and existing buildings which are remodeled to provide additional separate apartments or separate commercial space and not having been occupied prior to May 25, 1954, shall be classed as new buildings, and upon the completion of structural changes in said buildings shall be entitled to priority for heating gas over buildings on which the foundations are not completed.
C. Discontinue Service: Any distributor of gas shall discontinue gas service to any premises wherein any gas-fired space heating equipment is installed, connected or used contrary to the provisions of this section. Upon the determination of any such distributor that new space heating equipment in the city has been installed, connected or used contrary to the provisions of this section, the distributor shall forthwith notify in writing the owners or occupants of the premises where such equipment is installed, that all gas service to such premises for space heating purposes will be discontinued twenty (20) days after service of the notice, and the distributor shall discontinue the service at the end of the period unless the equipment has been disconnected and removed. (Rev. Ord. 1972, Comp. 1941, p. G-8)