[Ord. No. 488 §§1, 4, 1-25-1984; Ord. No. 721, 8-12-2008]
All applications shall be made in writing to the City Collector or other designated employee. The application shall show the deposits required, conditions under which deposits may be returned, and that as a consideration for utility service, the applicant acknowledges the requirements of this Article and shall express his/her assent to be bound thereby as though such provisions were incorporated in the application.
[Ord. No. 488 §§1, 6, 1-25-1984; Ord. No. 673 §§1 — 3, 1-14-2003; Ord. No. 721, 8-12-2008]
A. 
It shall be the duty of the City Collector to collect all gas rents and to keep proper accounts at all times. It shall be the duty of the City Clerk on or before the first (1st) day of each month to mail to users of City gas a statement which shall show the amount of gas used, the amount due the City for such gas and the dates the gas was used.
B. 
All gas bills shall become due and payable on the first (1st) day of each month following the month in which the gas was consumed.
C. 
All bills rendered to consumers for gas shall be paid to the City Collector and he/she shall issue his/her receipt therefor.
D. 
All persons hereinafter contracting for service with the City for gas shall sign a contract with the City agreeing to the rules and regulations that are now or hereafter may be established. If the said party seeking gas service is married, the said contract shall be signed by both husband and wife and said contract shall also direct to whom the refund shall be paid. Said contract shall give the date it is entered into, the address of said premises and the owner of said premises.
E. 
Deposit.
[Ord. No. 795 §§1 — 2, 8-25-2015]
1. 
Before being connected to the City gas system, there shall be deposited with the City Collector by all consumers of gas hereafter contracting for gas from the City the following sums:
a. 
For owner-occupied property: one hundred dollars ($100.00).
b. 
For rental property/contract for deed: two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00).
c. 
For owner-occupied mobile/manufactured homes: two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00).
2. 
For the purpose of this Section, "mobile/manufactured home" means a factory-built structure equipped with the necessary service connections and made so as to be readily movable as a unit on its own running gear and designed to be used as a dwelling unit without a permanent foundation.
F. 
Should any consumer's service be disconnected for any reason and thereafter reconnected for the same consumer at the same location, there shall be assessed against the consumer a reconnect charge of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) plus the higher of either of the following:
[Ord. No. 795 §§1 — 2, 8-25-2015]
1. 
A deposit of two hundred dollars ($200.00); or
2. 
A deposit of the total amount of the two (2) highest monthly amounts for gas services on the respective property for the immediate previous year.
G. 
All money deposited with the City of Granby to secure the payment of accounts incurred for gas shall remain with it until service is terminated and until such time as all accounts for gas shall have been satisfied.
H. 
Whenever any consumer of gas shall order his/her service discontinued, the City Clerk, upon payment by the consumer of all amounts due the Gas Department, shall pay the consumer the amount of his/her deposit and order the department employees to take charge of the meter belonging to the City.
I. 
Payment for utility bills is due not later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the month following the month of consumption. To payments after that date a delinquency charge of ten percent (10%) of the amount of such bill will be added thereto and paid by the consumer. In the event gas bills are not paid in full on or before the last day of the month when same shall become due and payable, it shall be the duty of the City Clerk to give the Gas Superintendent a notice of disconnect on the first (1st) working day of the next month. It shall then be the duty of the Gas Superintendent to thereupon discontinue gas service to such consumer by disconnecting the service and removing the meter therefrom. Thereupon, any deposit of the consumer may be utilized and applied to the delinquent bill plus delinquent charges and any excess shall be refunded to the consumer. To reinstate the service all delinquent bills and delinquency charges must be fully paid along with the reconnection charge of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) (effective September 1, 2008) plus the normal deposit as set forth above.
J. 
Collection of gas services shall be administered and collected according to the guidelines set forth and defined in Section 705.040 of Chapter 705.
[Ord. No. 795 §§1 — 2, 8-25-2015]
[Ord. No. 488 §§1, 7, 1-25-1984; Ord. No. 721, 8-12-2008]
A. 
It shall be the duty of the property owner or applicant to have the premises where such gas service is desired so plumbed that a gas meter can be set in a convenient place adjacent or on the property owned or occupied by the consumer so that it will be convenient for the reading, inspecting and servicing of the same by the City and its employees. The location of such meter shall be designated by the Gas Superintendent.
B. 
All meters shall be and remain the property of the City and shall at all times be under its control and shall not be tampered with by the consumer or any other person.
C. 
All consumers which are now or which may hereafter be furnished gas through a meter placed by the said City through its agents shall pay for gas consumed on the basis of the measurements by such meter and the reading of such meter by the agents of the City shall be deemed the correct amount of gas consumed by such consumer.
D. 
All gas sets and service connections to City gas main shall be done by the City with the consumer paying all costs. The City Gas Superintendent will make an on-site inspection before and after the connection is made. None of the connecting lines shall be covered until the Gas Superintendent has made a final inspection of the gas connection.
[Ord. No. 488 §§1, 8(a), 1-25-1984; Ord. No. 721, 8-12-2008]
The consumer, in his/her application, shall agree that the proper agent of the City shall at all reasonable hours have full access to the consumer's premises for the purpose of testing, examining, repairing or reading or removing the meter or any other material and appliance and that no one is permitted to remove, repair or tamper with such material or appliance who is not an agent of the City. The City and its authorized agent shall at all times have access to and may make any reasonable inspection concerning the gas system. In the event such agents of the City are refused such rights by the consumer, then and in that event, the Gas Superintendent shall forthwith discontinue the service of gas to such customer and the meter shall be forthwith removed.
[Ord. No. 488 §§1, 8(b), 1-25-1984; Ord. No. 721, 8-12-2008]
If any person, partnership, firm or corporation shall in any way attempt to permit, while a consumer of gas furnished by the City, to defraud the City by circumventing any meter or by any other manner, it shall be the duty of the Gas Superintendent, upon the instructions of the Board of Aldermen, to disconnect the service of said consumer. If said consumer shall be convicted of such acts, he/she shall be subject to penalties hereinafter provided.
[Ord. No. 488 §§1, 8(f), 1-25-1984; Ord. No. 721, 8-12-2008]
The City shall furnish gas service to customers only upon express conditions precedent that the City shall not be liable to the consumer or other person for inconvenience, delay, injury or damage whatsoever occurring by reason of derangements, stoppage, leak, fault or negligent construction or operation of any utility equipment apparatus, distribution means, pipes or lines, or by reason of the temporary shutting off of any service to clear or repair the same or for any other purpose, or by reason of the scarcity or insufficiency of supply or the disruptions of distribution due to weather or other acts of God; nor shall the City be liable for the expense of repair of any service, pipes, mains or lines not owned by the City. The City reserves the right at any time to restrict service for any and all purposes.