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HomeMy WebLinkAbout009 - 08/31/1950 - RELATING TO THE FIXING OF SCHEDULE RATES TO BE CHARGED BY THE CITY FOR MULTIPLE RESIDENCE USE (EMERG ORDINANCE NO 9 1950 s BEING AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE FIXING OF SCHEDULE RATES TO BE CHkRGED BY THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, FOR MULTIPLE RESIDENCE USE, WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AND UPON THE FRINGE LINES OUTSIDE THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS CONNECTED WITH THE DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM OF THE FORT COLLINS LICHT AND POKER DEPARTMENT, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 4 OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CITY CHARTER, AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IA CONFLICT HEREWITH WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins is the owner and operator of a Municipal Electric Light and Power System and has heretofore adopted a schedule of rates and rules and regulations as contained in Ordinance No 8, 1935, as amended by Ordinance No 2, 1937, Ordinance No. 5, 193,8, Ordinance No 2, 1940, and Ordinance No 7, 1945, and WHEREAS, the Commissioner of Works and Public Utilities and the City Manager have recommended that a new service be added and a schedule of rates covering said service be adopted and the City Council is of the opinion that the recommended service and rates are fair and reasonable, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAIDYED BY TFE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS Section 1 The City Council finds and determines that the proposed multiple residence service and rates to be charged and collected by the City of Fort Collins for same are reasonable rates to be charged by the City of Fort Collins at the present time, and which schedule of rates is hereinafter set forth and adopted as the lawful rates for multiple residence service for the said City of Fort Collins to charge and collect from customers, both within and without the corporate limits of the City of Fort Collins upon its distribution system for light, heat and power furnished to the consumer connected to the said municipal light and power distributing system in accordance with the terms and provisions of the schedule of rates hereinafter set forth in Section 2, together with the general rules and regulations on file with the City Clerk, as shall be from time to time adopted by the City, which said rules and regulations shall govern and control in all respects in rendering service and charging and collecting rates for the sale of all electrical energy, which schedule of rates is hereby accepted and adopted as controlling in the matter of the electrical service to be rendered until further modified by the City Council. Sect-on 2 The following schedule of rates is hereby adopted and approved, which shall be the lawful rates for the City of Fort Collins to charge and collect for multiple residence service, both within and without the corporate limits of the City of Fort Collins for customers connected to the distributing system of said City of Fort Collins, being the schedule of rates referred to in Section 1 of this ordinance Fourth Reduction Schedule 1-A MULTIPLE RESIDENCE SERVICE APPLICABILITY Available in corporate limits of Fort Collins and Suburban fringe, provided lines are constructed near property to be served RATE First 35 KWH used per month, per KWH $0 05 Next 40 KWH used per month, per KVM 0 Next 200 KWH used per month, per KWH 022 All additional KWH used per month, per KWH 02 MINIFIW Minimum charge per meter per month 1 00 CONTRACT PERIOD AND CONDITIONS All contracts underithis schedule shall be for a minimum period of thirty days and thereafter until terminated, where service is no longer required, on two days written notice All customers not permanent residents, not owning their own residence, are required to make a deposit of $5 00 before meter is installed This will be held by the Department until the contract is cancelled or proof of ownership is established. All bills due and payable ten days after date of bill or a penalty of 5% may be added RULES AND REGULATIONS Customer desiring service under this schedule shall apply at the office and agree to the provisions as required by the city, -2- and make the residence subject to inspection by the Depart- ment if so required Service under this schedule is for the exclusive use of one customer, only, operating multiple family residence Under this schedule 115 volt motors rated one-quarter and under one-half HP of the split-phase type, or one-half horsepower repulsion-induction type are allowed. Where service is available for electrical cooking and hot water heating using three wire 230 volt service, motors up to one and one-half HP will be allowed on this rate All motor users and users of electrical hot water heating and cooking are subject to inspection before the customer uses heavy equipment under this rate. Service under this schedule will be in accordance with the general provisions of the Service Rules and Regulations of the Department as approved by the City Council where lights and small appliances are kept above 85% power factor DEFINITION OF MULTIPLE FAMILY Family residence used for room hire, four or more roomers to be the break from Rate 1 to Rate 1-A This rate also applies to apartments not separately metered but does not apply to hotels, three or more apartments, sororities, fraternities or clubs Customers under this rate are entitled to Rate 3 for hot water heating and cooking under additional meter, or Rate 6 for hot water only Section 3 In the opinion of the City Council an emergency exists for the preservation of the public health, peace and safety, and this Ordinance shall take effect upon its passage under and by virtue of the authority contained in Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter, and the schedule of rates, rules and regulations shell apply to all billings made by the Light and Power Department from and after the 1st day of September, A D 1950 Introduced, read at length, and adopted by the unanimous vote of all me-ibers of the City Council, at a regular meeting held this 31st day of August, A D 1950 Commissioner of Safety and - Officio Mayor Attest City Clerk -3- STATE OF COLORADO ) ss COUNTY OF LARINIER ) I, miles F House, City Clerk of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby certify and declare that the foregoing Ordinance, consisting of three sections, was duly proposed and read at length at a regular meeting of the City Council, held on the 31st day of August, A D 1950, and was duly adopted and ordered published in the Fort Collins Coloradoan, a daily newspaper and the official newspaper of the City of Fort Collins, by the unanimous vote of all members of the City Council as an emergency ordinance, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter, ana there- after and on, to-wit the 5th day of September, A D 1950, said Ordinance No 9 was duly published in the Fort Collins Coloradoan, a daily newspaper published in the City of Fort Collins, Colorado. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said City this 5th day of September, A D 1950. City Clerk