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Home My WebLink About029 - 09/08/1925 - AMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE NO. 020, 1923, AMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE NO. 005, 1922, RELATI 1 ORDINANCE NO. 19251, EMERGENCY BEING M/ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE N0, 203, 1923, AMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE N0. 5, 1922, RELATING TO SCHEDULE OF RATES AUTHDRIM TO BE CHARGED AND COLLECTED BY THE POUDRE VALLEY GAS COMPANY FOR GAS WITHIN THE LIFTS OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO, WHEREAS, Heretofore and to-wit on the 8th day of April, A. D. 1924s the City of Fort Collins, a municipal corporation, granted to the Poudre Valley Gas Company, a corporation, its successors and assigns, a franchise to maintain and operate its present system of gas works, pipelines and distributing system as now constructed, and to add to, extend and reconstruct the same as may be necessary and useful for the purpose of supplying the inhabitants of the City of Fort Collins with commercial gas, either natural or artificial, of standard quality for all purposes, along any and all streets, avenues and alleys within the corporate limits of the City of Fort Collins, as the some now is or may hereafter be extended, for a period of twenty (20) years from and after July 18, 1924, and EmBEAS, The fixing of rates winch the Poudre Valley Gas Company, its successors or assigns, may charge for natural gas shall be fixed by the City Council of the City of Fort Collins, according to the terms of said franchise, and wHMAS, The Poudre Valley Gas Compiny has submitted an application to the City Council for permission to change its schedule of rates now applicable under Ordinance No, 20, 1923, for the sale of artificial gain, and have submitted in connection therewith a proposal! schedule of rates for natural gas, and WHEREAS, Said application, together with said proposed schedule of rates, were duly referred to the Commissioner of Public works for investigation and report thereon, and thereafter, and on to-wit the 5th day of September, A. D. 1925, the Commissioner of Public works reported back the proposed schedule of rates, recommending that an ordinance be drawn adopting said schedule of rates, now, therefore IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS- That Section 1 of Ordinance No. 202 1923, amending Section 1 of Ordinance No. 5, 1922, relating to schedule of rates authorised to be charged and collected by the Poudre Valley Gas Company for gas within the corporate limits of the City of Fort Collins be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows- Section 1. Rherever in this ordinance the term "Company" is used, it shall be understood and intended to mean the Poudre Valley Gas Company, its successors and assigns, and wherever the term "City" is used, it shall be understood and int-nded to mean the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, a municipal corporation, its successors and assigns. Section 2. The Company is hereby required to furnish natural gas to the City and its inhabitants and may charge the following rates therefor A Commodity Chan per 1,000 cubic feet of gas metered per month •.......• ........$ .40 Plus A Customer Charge per customer per annnm, payable in twelve (12) equal monthly installments ... .... 9.00 Plus A Demand, Capacity or Reservation Charge per ant ms, per cubic foot of maxim= hourly demand, payable in twelve (12) equal monthly installments . .. 32 The rates hareinbefors specified are net rates and are subject to an additional charge of ten per cent (10%) of the total of any monthly bill not paid on or before the tenth day after it becomes due. Section 3. The Company may require from each prospective customer, to guarantee the payment of bills, a cash deposit equal to the estimated amount of the prospective customer's bills for sixty (60) days. The Company shall pay Interest at the rate of six (6%) per cent per annum on such amounts as remain on deposit for a period of not less than six (6) months. The amount of such deposit and accumulated interest (less the amount of unpaid bills, if any) shall be returned to the customer upon discontinuance of service. Section 4a. Demand or capacity reservation shall in all cases be contracted for on an annual basis and shall be made available in the following _2- standard quantities: 221 cubic feet per hour 30 cubic feet per hour 37J cubic feet per hour 45 cubic feet per hour 60 cubic feet per hour 75 cubic feet per hour 90 cubic feet per hour 120 cubic feet per hour 150 cubic feet per hour 180 cubic feet per hour 240 cubic feet per hour 300 cubic feet per hour Section 4b. Demand or capacity reservation may be increased upon customer's application, provided the Company has available such additional capacity. Increased reservation shall remain in effect for a period of one (1) year from date of increase. The discontinuance of service or removal of meter by or for any customer shall not entitle such customer td avoid payment of demand or capacity reservation charge or customer charge under prior contract If service is re-applied for by such customer at the some premises during the annual period covered by the prior contract. Section 4c. The Company shall limit the demand or capacity reservation of each customer to the contract reservation by means of a standard demand meter installed by the Company on the customer's premises but at the expense of the Company Such demand meters shall regulate the flow of gas so that it shall be delivered to customers at a pressure of not less than two and one-half (2j) inches and not to exceed four (4) inches water oolvmn at the motor. Section 4d. It is agreed that in the event of failure to supply any demand or capacity reservation so contracted for, the customer shall be entitled to receive, and agrees to accept as full compensation for such failure, an amount equal to ten (10) times the pro-rated amount of the yearly demand or capacity reservation charge for the period and proportion of such failure. Section 5. The cost of the publication of this ordinance shall be paid by the Company. Section 6. The provisions of this ordinance shall go into effect and become operative December 1, 1925, or before that date should the Company bring natural gas into the City. -3- v Section 7. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed. Section Be 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 and publication, under and by virtue of the authority contained in Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter. Introduced, read at length and adopted by the unanimous vote of all the members of the City Council this 8th day of September, A D. 1925. Cowmisa onsr of and Ez- icio Mayor. ATTESP• City Clerk. STATE OF COLORADO ) SS. COUNTY OF LARIMLR ) I, A. J. ROSENOW, City Clerk of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby certify and declare that the foregoing ordinance, consisting of eight (8) sections, was duly proposed and read at length at a regular adjourned meeting of the City Council held on the 8th day of September, A. D. 1925, and was duly adopted and ordered published in the Fort Collins Express-Courier, a daily newspaper and the official newspaper of the City of Fort Collins, by the unanimous vote of all members of the Council, as an emergency ordinance, in accordance with the provisions of Sections and 7 of Article IY of the City Charter, and thereafter, on topwit the/ day of September, A. D. 1925, said Ordinance No. -2 was duly published in the Fort Collins Express-Courier, a daily newspaper published in the City of Fort Collins, Colorado. IN WITNESS WWAPi. I have hereunto set my Oand and affixed the seal of said City this/ _ day of September, A. . 1925, City Clerk. -4-