(A) No additional connections shall be made with any private line or customer-owned line. Private service lines or customer-owned extensions of service are prohibited.
(B) The city shall have the right and option to demand changes, removal or replacement of any pipe, fixture or apparatus which is considered to be faulty, inadequate or hazardous, provided, however, that this provision shall not obligate the city in any way or manner. The cost of the above work shall be fully borne by the property owner. The city shall have the right to refuse or to discontinue gas service without notice to a customer if the city finds any installed apparatus or appliance which would be detrimental to the efficient operation of the existing facilities under the latest revision of NFPA 54 (National Fuel Gas Code) and Gas Industry Guidelines.
(B) All persons, firms, corporations and customers are strictly forbidden to attach any electrical ground wire to any fixture of piping which is or may be connected to any gas service pipe, meter or main belonging to the city. The owner of the premises shall be responsible and liable for any damage to the city's property or injury to the employees of the city caused by such ground wire. Any and all customers, persons, firms or corporations shall remove any existing ground wires immediately, and if such ground wires are not removed after 24-hours written notice, the city, through its officials, may enter the property and remove such ground wires and the customers shall pay all costs.
(D) Any customer-owned lines which are required to be operated and maintained by the city shall be subject to a monthly charge covering such operation and maintenance. Said charge shall be an additional monthly amount equal to the facility charge in effect at the time of billing.
(E) An excess flow valve (EFV) shall be installed on all new residential service lines at no cost to the customer. Payment for installations for nonresidential or existing residential customers shall include all actual costs of installation.
(1993 Code, § 38-2-16) (Ord. 726, passed 2-3-1986; Am. Ord. 845, passed 9-3-1991; Am. Ord. 879, passed 1-4-1993; Am. Ord. 1162, passed 11-20-2000)