A violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00).
Each day any violation of any provision of this chapter continues shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ordinance 5853, § 30, adopted 9/6/1990)
All persons using or maintaining any gas pipelines, pipes and other fixtures in, over or along any of the streets, highways, public ways, easements, alleys, parks or other public places within the city shall on June 1 of each year file with the city secretary a sworn report showing the gross receipts from the business conducted by such persons within the city for the preceding year ending December 31.
(Ordinance 70, § 1)
The city council may, whenever it sees fit, have the books and records of the persons rendering the statement required in section 31-2 examined by a representative of the city to ascertain whether such statement is accurate, but nothing in this article shall be construed as preventing the city from ascertaining the facts by any method it may see fit.
(Ordinance 70, § 2)
Upon June 1 of each year every person occupying or using the streets, highways, alleys, public ways, public easements, parks or other public places in the city with pipes and other fixtures shall, as a condition to such further occupancy, pay to the city annually for such privilege a rental equal to one and one-half (1½) percent of the gross receipts received by such person from the sale of gas within the city for the preceding year, which sum shall be paid to the city.
(Ordinance 70, § 3)
Upon receipt of the above rental by the city, the city secretary shall deliver to the person paying the same, a receipt for such rental. Such receipt shall authorize such person to use and occupy the streets, highways, alleys, public easements, parks and other public ways of the city in carrying on its business for twelve (12) months from April 27 of such year.
(Ordinance 70, § 4)
The rental for the privilege of using the streets, alleys, highways, easements and other public places of the city provided for in this article is not charged as a tax, but is charged for the privilege now enjoyed and to be enjoyed by such persons using the streets, alleys, public easements and other public ways of the city in the conduct of their respective businesses; and such charges are additional to all ad valorem and franchise taxes and to all taxes of every nature whatsoever against the persons mentioned herein.
(Ordinance 70, § 5)
This article does not grant a franchise to any utility or person to use the streets, easements, alleys and other public ways, and shall never be so construed by the courts or otherwise. The city reserves the right to cancel the privilege granted under this article and refund the unearned rentals paid to the city.
(Ordinance 70, § 7)
The city hereby reserves the right to put into effect at any time other restrictions and regulations as to the erection and maintenance of pipes and other appurtenances in the streets, alleys, easements and other public ways or as to property and equipment and fixtures as it may deem proper to be removed.
(Ordinance 70, § 8)
The chief of police or any city police officer, the fire marshal, city engineer and such other persons as may be designated by the city, shall have the power, and it shall be their duty, to examine and inspect from time to time all gas pipe lines, pipe and other fixtures in the public places within the city for the purpose of seeing that all of the same are in a safe and suitable condition. Whenever any such item is said to be unsafe or unsuitable for the purpose for which it is used, the person using, possessing or maintaining the same shall be notified and required to place the same in a safe and suitable condition.
(Ordinance 70, § 11)
Each meter shall be read for the purpose of rendering a bill and it shall be unlawful for any public gas utility corporation to estimate any gas bill for any customer, however, if for any of the following reasons the meter reader is unable to read the customer's meter, the bill for that month may be estimated if the public gas utility corporation notifies the director of finance of the City of Irving of the reason within five (5) days of the date the meter could not be read:
(1) 
Owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or person in control of the premises refuses to permit the meter to be read; or
(2) 
The meter is broken; or
(3) 
The meter is inaccessible due to a vehicle parking over same, a vicious dog within same enclosure as meter; or
(4) 
Construction work upon premises renders meter inaccessible.
Any of the above enumerated reasons which authorize the estimation of bills are also just cause for the utility to terminate service and not renew service until the customer has made the meter accessible and has paid the entire cost of disconnection and reinauguration of service.
(Ordinance 2837, § 1(A), adopted 2/26/1976)
It shall be unlawful for any public gas utility corporation to calculate and/or render any gas bill for a period of consumption less than twenty-six (26) nor more than thirty-four (34) days unless the reason for the increase or decrease in the billing period is caused by new customer connection, customer transfer connection, or final bill.
(Ordinance 2837, § 1(B), adopted 2/26/1976)
It shall be unlawful for any public gas utility corporation to render a bill for more gas consumed than the meter registers on the reading date. Should there be a bill rendered for more gas consumed than the meter registered on the reading date, the public gas utility corporation shall correct said bill within ten (10) days and the customer shall be entitled to ten (10) days after correction in which to make payment before being charged the "gross amount" or being subject to any penalty.
(Ordinance 2837, § 1(C), adopted 2/26/1976)
It shall be unlawful for any public gas utility corporation to charge a higher rate for gas consumed than was the actual gas rate at the time the gas was actually consumed.
(Ordinance 2837, § 1(D), adopted 2/26/1976)
Lone Star Gas Company is hereby authorized to spread the cost of repairing specific customer yard lines to all customers by repairing specific customer yard lines at no charge to the customer and adding the repair costs into the next rate request.
(Ordinance 3573, § 1, adopted 1/22/1981)