[Ord. No. 1537, 7-1-2009]
All contracts for electric service shall be subject to all rules
and regulations heretofore or hereafter adopted or promulgated by
the City of Holland, acting by and through its Holland Board of Public
Works ("HBPW"), and all applicable ordinances (or provisions thereof)
which may be now or hereafter in force.
[Ord. No. 1537, 7-1-2009]
Employees of the HBPW shall have the right to enter upon the
premises of any electric customer at any time during normal business
hours for the purpose of meter examination, testing, changing and/or
moving any electrical equipment, meters, apparatus, and/or wiring,
making a connected load count, or measuring the customer's maximum
electric demand.
[Ord. No. 1537, 7-1-2009]
Each customer shall have the responsibility for installing electric
metering sockets to permit the HBPW to connect its meter or metering
system to the City electric distribution system. The meter socket,
meter, or metering device shall be and remain accessible to employees
of the HBPW and must be maintained in front of and to both sides of
the meter for installation, operation, testing, and replacement. The
HBPW may promulgate additional rules and regulations regarding the
technical requirements and specifications for connection to metering
devices.
In the event the HBPW should change its meters or implement
an alternate meter reading system, the customer, upon not less than
30 days' notice, shall arrange for the necessary electrical installation,
including but not limited to the replacement of electric meter sockets,
in order to make the customer connection compatible with the new meters
or alternate meter reading system.
The HBPW may, from time to time, offer an installment payment
of costs or other financial incentive to the customer for the conversion
of the customer equipment in order to construct and install compatible
metering sockets and equipment for the meters or metering system of
the HBPW. The terms of the installment payment of costs or other financial
incentive shall be incorporated into a resolution as adopted, from
time to time, by the directors of the Holland Board of Public Works
and/or the Holland City Council, which shall specify the assistance
available to customers.
In the event a customer fails to pay for the conversion of the
electric metering socket and/or equipment, the HBPW shall have the
right to enter on the premises and arrange for such connection work
to be done and place a lien on the customer premises for such costs
and installation. The installation of necessary metering sockets shall
be subject to all rights and remedies as permitted by law and charter
for the establishment and priority of a lien as permitted by law.
[Ord. No. 1537, 7-1-2009; 5-14-2014 by Ord. No. 1626]
An electric customer of the HBPW shall not tamper with any HBPW equipment; install or have installed any wiring, connection, apparatus, or other device which prevents the electric meter or metering system from registering or recording properly all energy used, or to be used, or which enables such customer to obtain or use any electric energy without the same having been registered properly by any electric meter or metering device of the HBPW. This section shall supplement and not be in lieu of any provision of state law, including but not limited to MCLA 750.282. A violation of this section shall constitute a Class 2 municipal civil infraction under Section 9-15 of the City of Holland Code of Ordinances, and shall be subject to prosecution pursuant to applicable provisions of the City Charter and state law.
[Ord. No. 1537, 7-1-2009]
The HBPW, upon approval of the Holland City Council, may adopt
a termination of electric service policy establishing the terms and
conditions under which electric service to any customer may be suspended,
discontinued, or terminated. In the event a termination of service
requirement is adopted by state law which is applicable to the HBPW,
the HBPW shall not adopt a policy which is less restrictive than applicable
statutory provisions.
[Ord. No. 1537, 7-1-2009]
The HBPW and the City of Holland will use ordinary diligence
in providing electric service, but does not guarantee constant or
continuous service. By applying for electric service, each electric
customer shall be deemed to have agreed that the HBPW:
(1)
May interrupt or suspend service at any time, either with or without
notice, for inspection, repair, maintenance, alteration, or change
on the customer's premises or elsewhere; and
(2)
Shall have no duty, obligation, responsibility, or obligation for
or by reason of any such interruption or suspension of service, or
for any damage or loss resulting therefrom.
[Ord. No. 1537, 7-1-2009]
The HBPW shall have the right, privilege, and authority to trim
trees, overhanging branches, hedges, shrubs, or other obstructions
which might endanger the safety or interfere with the construction,
operation, and maintenance of any cross-arms, wires, conductors, insulators,
or other electrical fixtures, devices, or apparatus of the HBPW. By
acceptance of electric service from the HBPW, each electric customer
shall be deemed conclusively to have granted such right, privilege,
and authority to the HBPW; and if any electric customer thereafter
should challenge or object to the exercise of such service in the
general utility function of the HBPW, service to such customer may
be refused and/or discontinued for that reason alone.
[Ord. No. 1537, 7-1-2009]
Any person who violates or participates with another in a violation of any provision of this article is responsible for a Class 2 municipal civil infraction and subject to the provisions of Section 2-118 as a Class 2 civil infraction, including any costs which may be imposed by a court of competent jurisdiction. Each separate act in violation of this article shall be deemed separate offenses. The service of citations or municipal civil infractions under this article may be served by personal delivery or by first class mail. The City may also seek from a court of competent jurisdiction other remedies to prevent future violations and such other remedies as provided by Section 1-10.2 of the Ordinance Code.
