HomeMy WebLinkAbout014 - 09/26/1947 - AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 007, 1945, RELATING TO THE FIXING OF SCHEDULE OF RATES TO BE CHARGED BY THE C ORDINANCE NO 14 , 1947
BEING AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AidENDING ORDINANCE NO 79 1945,
RELATING TO THE FIXING OF SCHEDULE OF RATES TO BE CHARGED BY
THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, INCLUDING RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR
ALL ELECTRIC SER4ICE i,ITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY
OF FORT COLLINS AND UPON THE FRINGE LINES OUTSIDE THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS CONNECTED 41TH THE DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM OF THE
FORT COLLINS LIGHT AND ROVER DEPARTMENT, PURSUANT TO THE PRO-
VISIONS OF SECTIuN 4 OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CITY CHARTER, AND
REPLALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREiITH
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL Ow lilt CIPY OF FORT COLLINS
Section 1 That Paragraph 8 under General Service
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Rules and regulations of Section 2 of Ordinance No 7, 19452
of the City of Fort Collins, be and the same is hereby amended
to read as follows, to-wit
"8 Credit-Deposits-Payment Guarantees
Applicants for service will be re uired to es-
tablish credit satisfactory to the Department before applica-
tions will be approved or service connected
The Department may require of the consumer a
cash deposit sufficient to cover sixty (60) days ' estimated
service bill or a satisfactory guarantee of the payment of
such bills for a like period
Deposits will not be considered as advance pay-
ment for service bills and will be applied as credits to
service accounts only after service has been discontinued
No interest will be paid by the Department upon
such deposits after October 31 , 1947 "
Section 2 All ordinances and o,rts of ordinances
in conflict herewith are hereby repealed
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 Sec-
tions 6 and 7 of rticle IV of the City Charter
Introduced, read at length and adopted by the unani-
mous vote of all members of the City Council at an adjourned meet-
ing held this 26th day of September, A �D 1947
Commissioner of Safety nd ex-officio
Mayor
Attest /
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City Clerk
STATE OF CJLORADO, )
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County of Larimer )
I, MILES F HOUSE, City Clerk of the City of Fort
Collins, do hereby certify and declare that the aforesaid
ordinance, eonsisting of three Sections, was duly proposed
and read at length at an adjourned meeting of the City Council
held on the 26th day of September, A D 1947, and was duly
adopted and ordered published in the Fort Collins Coloradoan,
a daily newspaper and official newspaper of the City of Fort
Collins, by the unanimous vote of all members of the City Coun-
cil , as an Emergency Ordinance, in accordance with the provisions
of Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter and there-
after and on, to-wit The 30th day of September , A D
1947 , said Ordinance No 14 was duly published in the
Fort Collins Coloradoan, a daily newspaper published in the
City of Fort Collins, Colorado
IN WITNESS FEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said City, this 30th day of September,
A D 1947
City y Clerk