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ORDINANCE NO. 7 , 1945
BEING AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE FIXING OF
SCHEDULE OF RATES TO BE CHARGED BY THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS,
INCLUDING RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR ALL ELECTRIC SERVICE
WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AND
UPON THE FRINGE LINES OUTSIDE THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS CON-
NECTED WITH THE DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM OF THE FORT COLLINS
LIGHT AND POWER DEPARTMENT, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
SECTION 4 OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CITY CHARTER, AND RE-
PEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN 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. 29 1937, Ordinance No 5, 1938, and
Ordinance No 2, 1940 and
WHEREAS, the Commissioner of Works and Public Utili-
ties and the City Manager have recommended that a new and
revised schedule of rates be adopted and the City Council is
of the opinion that the recommended changes are fair and
reasonable and lower than the schedule of rates now in effect,
THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF FORT C CLLINS
Section 1. The City Council finds and determines
that the proposed rates to be charged and collected by the
City of Fort Collins are reasonable rates to be charged by the
said City of Fort Collins at the present time, and which
schedule of rates is hereinafter set forth and adopted as the
lawful rates 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 consumers 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 20 together with 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 render-
ing 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.
Section 2. The following schedule of rates is hereby
adopted and Ep proved, which shall be the lawful rates for the
City of Fort Collins to charge and collect for all electrical
service of every kind, both within and without the corporate
limits of the City of Fort Collins for customers connected to
the distributing system of the said City of Fort Collins, being
the schedule of rates referred to in Section 1 of this
ordinance
Third Reduction
SCIEDULE 1
RESIDENCE SERVICE
APPLICABILITY
Available in corporate limits of Fort Collins and Sub-
urban 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 KWH------------- .04
Next 75 KWH used per month, per KWH------------- .02
All additional KWH used per month, per KWH------- .01
MINIMUM
Minimum charge per meter per month--------------- 1,00
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CONTRACT PERIOD AND CONDITIONS
All contracts under this 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, and make the residence subject to inspection by
the Department if so required.
Service under this schedule is for the exclusive use of
one customer only, one family residence, and shall not be
resold or shared with others .
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. ?here service
is available for electrical cooking and hot water heating
using three wire 230 volt service, motors up to three HP will
be allowed on this rate. All motor uses and 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 wit)i
the general provisions of the Service Rules and Regulations
of the Department, as approved by the City Council.
SCHEDULE 2
BUSINESS SERVICE
APPLICABILITY
Available in corporate limits of the City of Fort Collins
and suburban fringe, provided lines are constructed near
property to be served. Single meter rate for the use of one
customer and not for resale to others .
RATE
First 50 KWH used per month, per KWH --------$0.05
e , Next 100 KWH used per month, per KWH -------- .04
Next 850 KWH used per month, per KWH -------- .03
Next 9000 KWH used per month, per KWH -------- .022
Next 10000 KWH used per month, per KWH -------- .02
Balance -------- 0175
MINIMUM
Minimum monthly charge per meter per month -----$1.00
PAYMENT
The above rates are net Bills for electric service are
due and payable within ten days from date of bill A penalty
of 5% may be added to bills for the first $100.00 per meter
per month, plus 2% of the amount in excess of $100.00.
CONTRACT PERIOD
All contracts under this schedule shall be for a minimum
period of thirty days and thereafter until terminated, where
service is no longer required, by written notice several days
in advance of termination period.
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RULES AND REGULATIONS
The above rules and regulations are subject to the
provisions as approved by the City Council. Buildings and
service to be subject to inspection by the Department and
City Building Inspector.
Deposit charge on business meters will be made in
accordance with the nature of the business and the amount of
current that may be used This amount may be up to approxi-
mately two month's bill.
Service under this rate is available for lighting and
miscellaneous small appliances . Miscellaneous small motors
may be served up to one horsepower. An extra charge will be
made if either lights or motors are used, not having a power
factor of 85% or better.
Service to X-ray machines, electrical welders and other
apparatus of similar characteristics will not be served
under this schedule where in the opinion of the Department
undue voltage disturbance will result or radio disturbance
is created Proper shielding may be required. Such loads
are to be served from separate circuits metered and billed
under surveyed schedules by the Department.
Service under this schedule is for commercial customers
including clubs , fraternities , sororities, lodges , hotels,
apartments, rooming houses, tourist camps , and multiple
dwellings, where more than one dwelling or more than one
living quarter is served thru one meter. This rate applies
also to all churches .
Commercial cooking and hot water heating served by
separate meter and separate lines will take a lower rate as
per schedule "Commercial Cooking".
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.
SCHEDULE 3
COMMERCIAL COOKING SERVICE
✓ AVAILABILITY
Available for business cooking and heating
RATE(Net)
First 2500 KWH used per month, per KWH --------$0.0150
All additional KWH used per month, per KWH----- .01
MINIMUM
Net minimum charge per meter, per month -------$2.00
DELAYED PAYMENT CHARGE
The above rates are net To all bills not paid within
ten(10)days from date of bill, there will be added 5%.
CONTRACT PERIOD
All contracts under this schedule shall be made for a
period of twelve (12) months, automatically renewed for like
periods but terminable where no service is longer required on
three days ' written notice.
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.
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SCHEDULE 4
GENERAL SECONDARY POWER
SERVICE
APPLICABILITY
Available for an initial specified demand for alter-
nating current power service metered at the voltage of City's
established secondary distribution system.
RATE(Net )
First 20 KWH used per month per HP of contract
horsepower but not less than for the first
100 KWH used, per KWH ----------------------------40.045
Next 40 KWH used per month per HP of contract
HP but not less than for the next 200 KWH
used, per KWH ------------------------------------ .04
Next 140 KWH used per month per HP of contract
horsepower but not less than for the next
700 KWH used, per KWH ---------------------------- .02
All additional KWH used per month, per KWH-------- .015
MINIMUM
Net monthly minimum charge per HP of contract HP-- 1.00
Not less per meter, per month, than ------------- 1.00
And for not less than 3 consecutive months
each year.
DETERMINATION OF CONTRACT HORSEPOWER
When the connected load is five HP or less , the
total connected load shall be eonsidered as the
contract horsepower.
When the connected load is in excess of five
horsepower, the contract horsepower, which in no
event shall be taken as less than five HP nor less
than one hundred percent of the manufacturer's
rating of largest motor connected, shall be determined
at option of the City by the following method
For installations consisting of more than two (2 )
items of motors or other apparatus, the minimum charge
shall be based on 75% of the total horsepower connected.
DELAYED PAYMENT CHARGE
To all bills not paid within ten days from date of bill,
there will be added five percent of the first $100.00
or less of net monthly bill, plus two percent of the amount
in excess of $100.00.
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.
SCHEDULE 5
SPECIAL -- PRIMARY
Large Power
APPLICABILITY
Applicable within the city limits of Fort Collins
AVAILABILITY
Available for alternating current, 60 cycle, power only.
Service to be taken at one point of delivery only and metered
at voltage of city's primary distribution system. Not avail-
able for standby or resale service. Not available during
peak load hours if notified by the Light and Power Department
in advance of peak hours
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SCHEDUIE 5 (continued)
RATE
First 20,000 KWH used per month,
per KWH ------------------------------------ $0 0175
Next 302000 KWH used per month,
perKWH ------------------------------------ .015
All additional KIH used per month,
per KWH ------------------------------------ , .0125
MINIMUM
Net minimum charge for any calendar month
per meter, per month ----------------------$100000
DELAYED PAYMENT CHARGE
To all bills not paid within ten(10 )days from date
of bill, there will be added 5% of the first $100 and 2% of
the amount in excess of $100.00,
CONTRACT PERIOD
All contracts under this schedule shall be for a minimum
period of six months and thereafter until terminated, where
service is no longer required, on three days written notice
by either party
RULES AND REGULATIONS
It is specifically understood that the customer is to
hold the power factor of his motors to as near 80% as
possible with the above rate schedule.
POINT OF MEASUREMENT
All current under Schedule 5 shall be considered as
measured at the voltage of the city 's established primary
distribution system at the point where service is delivered.
TRANSFORMERS
Customers who do not guarantee to use service for
twelve months each year, under Schedule 5, shall be required
to furnish and maintain transformers for stepping down
voltage from that furnished by city's primary distribution
voltage to that required by customer 's installation
City shall not be required to furnish transformers in
any case unless they are of standard size and voltage.
POWER FACTOR -
Should the average monthly power factor or unbalance
between phases of the customer 's installation fall below
80%, under Schedule 5, the demand or contract horsepower
shall for purpose of billing be increased in the ratio of 80%
to the actual average power factor or unbalance
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.
SCHEDULE 6
SPECIAL HOT WATER HEATER RATE
AVAILABILITY
Available for Clubs, Sororities , Lodges, Hotels or
other business houses.
RATE(Net )
For all KWH used per month, per KWH-------------- $0.01
MINIMUM
Net minimum charge per meter, per month---------- 2 00
DELAYED PAYMENT CHARGE
For all bills not paid within ten days from date
of bill, there will be added 5% of the net bill.
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SCHEDUIE 6 (continued)
CONTRACT PERIOD
All contracts under this schedule , except when a line
extension other than a service loop is required, shall be
made for a period of thirty(30) days , automatically renewed
for a like period but terminable thereafter when service
is no longer required on three days written notice
SPECIAL RULES AND REGULATIONS
Under this schedule the Department reserves the right
to automatically control the service during peak hours .
Peak hours considered from sun down to 9 00 P. M. or as
otherwise specified later. No other device shall be used on
this schedule other than the hot water heaters The customer
agrees to install such hot water heating device, standard 20
gallon tanks or larger, on a separate meter service, 115-230
volt service.
It is understood by the customer that this special
hot water heating rate shall not affect other commercial
schedules now in effect by the Department in any way.
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.
SCHEDULE 7
PUBLIC BUILDING SERVICE
General - Fort Collins and School District No. Five
APPLICABILITY
Available in the corporate limits of Fort Collins and
✓ suburgan fringe territory, provided lines are constructed
near service to be rendered.
RATE
Schedule "A"
All kilowatts used per kilowatt hour for
lighting and small motors---------------------$0,03
Schedule "B"
For all cooking and hot water heating,
school cafeterias and home economics
laboratories served by separate meter and
separate line
First 500 KWH used per month, per KWH--------- .Ola
All additional used for cooking and
heating -------------------------------------- .01
MINIMUM
Minimum charge per meter per month ------------- $2,00
CONTRACT PERIOD AND CONDITIONS
All contracts under this schedule shall be applied
for in writing by the boards in control of the buildings
and the contract shall automatically remain in force until
terminated by either the Department served or by future
city regulations .
RULES AND REGULATIONS
Under this schedule the Department will permit 115
volt motors rated up to one-quarter (4) horsepower split-
phase type, or one-half (2) horsepower repulsion induction
type . Larger motors with 230 volts , three line service are
subject to inspection by the Department
It is agreed under this schedule that all lighting and
motor loads shall have an average power factor of 85% or better.
Service under this schedule will be in accordance with the
general provisions of the Service Rules and Regulations of
the Department as approved by thf° City Council.
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SCHEDULE 8
MUNICIPAL RAILWAY POWER AND LIGHT AND
CITY HALL SERVICE
AVAILABILITY
Available only for combined power and lighting
service to the Municipal Street Railway, City Shops and
City Hall of the City of Fort Collins .
RATE
Energy Charge
All KWH used, per KWH -------------------------- $0,01
Service to the Municipal Railway shall be metered
at the voltage of the city's established primary distri-
bution system.
Service to the City Hall shall be metered at the
voltage of the city's established secondary distribution
system.
The city shall have the right to obtain service
under any of the city's rates available for such service
in lieu of the above 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,
SCHEDULE 9
SPECIAL DEMAND POZR SERVICE
APPLICABILITY
Applicable within the city limits of Fort Collins
where lines and services are adequate for this kind of load.
AVAILABILITY
Available by contract to all power consumers using
the Departmentts standard secondary service for operation
of X-ray machines , electric welders of proper power factor,
and other apparatus with excessive momentary demands.
RATE
Primary Charge
First five KW per KW of demand,
per month --------------------------------- - 1.00
Balance of demand per KW per month -------- .75
Plus energy charge per KW ----------------- .035
MINIMUM
Minimum charge for the above service---------- 00
PAYMENT
The above rates are net. Service bills become due
and payable within ten (10) days from date of bill
DETERMINATION OF DEMAND-
The KW demand shall, at the option of the Department,
be the manufacturers name plate rating or as indicated by
a suitable indicating instrument.
The demand shall be either the KW rating or 80% of
the KVA, whichever is the greater. Computations will be
to the nearest KW.
CONTRACT PERIOD
Service is for a twelve month period If discontinued
for reasonable cause sooner, a charge of j1*00 will be made
for disconnecting and reconnecting
RULES AND REGULATIONS
All equipment must be inspected by the Department
engineers before placing in service. The General Rules and
Regulations as to proper and safe shielding and wiring of
all such appliances must be followed in the above installations.
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SCHEDULE 10
BUSINESS DISPLAY LIGHTING SERVICE
APPLICABILITY
Available for window and display lighting service in
the business section when the size and character of the
installation meets the approval of the city, and the burning
hours are controlled as specified in the rate.
RATE(Net )
Burning all night, per 100 watts connected,
per month ----------------------------------- $0.80
MINIMUM
Net Monthly minimum charge per customer as
provided by the burning hours of the rate. No
connected load shall be considered as less than
200 watts.
DELAYED PAYMENT CHARGE
The above rates are net . To all bills not paid within
ten (10) days fro-i date of bill, there will be added 5%
of the net bill
CONTRACT PERIOD
All contracts under this schedule shall be made for
a period of twelve (12 ) months , automatically renewed for
like periods but terminable, where no service is longer
required on three (3 ) days written notice.
Standard Rules and Regulations apply the same aR in
Commercial Rate No. 2.
SCHEDULE ISM"
MUNICIPAL STREET LIGHTING
APPLICABILITY
Available within the city limits of Fort Collins
AVAILABILITY
For street lighting purposes where service is rendered
thru overhead or suspended type equipment or for underground
connections in the business district of the city
RATE
For all street lighting ordered by the City Council
per month ---------------------------------- $1 180.33
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
The 'Department is to furnish and install all lamps,
wire, poles, fixtures and other equipment necessary in
rendering street lighting service, and will maintain
and operate same
CONTRACT PERIOD
The above rates are to remain in force until changed
on recommendation of the City Manager and by authority of
the City Council.
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ELECTRIC RATES
GENERAL SERVICE RULES AND REGULATIONS
1. Service Standards r
Standard secondary service as referred to in rate
schedules is alternating current, 60 cycles , single or three
phase.
(a) Single phase, 2 or 3 wire, 115-230 volts.
(b) Three phase, three wire, 230 volts.
Standard primary service as referred to in the rate
schedules is alternating current, 60 cycle, single or three
phase, 2400 volts .
2. M ter and Service Drops
The Department will furnish, install at its expense, own
and maintain the equipment to properly meter the service required.
Standard overhead service drops from the supply lines of
the Department to the premises of the consumer will be provided
by the Department. In the event an underground service is
desired by the consumer, he shall provide, own and maintain it.
An allowance will be made by the Department for a reasonable
deduction, estimating the cost of overhead services for such
reductions.
3. Space for Meters
The consumer will provide at his expense and in connection
with his wiring, a suitable mounting space or enclosure for
the installation of the metering equipment in accordance with
the prevailing requirements of the 'Hiring Ordinance of the
City of Fort Collins
All new installations or changes require, where possible,
sequence outdoor metering No meter shall be fastened to
walls by consumers, either plastered or otherwise fixed in a
socket preventing removal for test.
4. Consumers ' Wiring
The consumer shall provide at his expense all inside
wiring necessary for the proper utilization of the service.
The Department will require that the service entrance wiring,
the meter "loop" and the service entrance switch be installed
in accordance with the prevailing requirements of the Wiring
Ordinance of the City of Fort Collins The service entrance
wiring shall be brought to a point outside the building which
may be satisfactorily reached from the Department 's supply
lines without service drop trespass upon other property.
The meter loop wiring shall be such that one meter will
measure the entire requirement of each class of service.
The Department will not assume any responsibility with
respect to the consumers ' wiring, or for damages to the con-
sumer resulting from defective wiring installed by consumer.
Service may be discontinued after due notice to the consumer
if wiring or equipment is considered unsafe, and will not be
reconnected until the unsafe condition has been corrected.
5. Instantaneous Demand
As a protection to service and equipment, motors of
five (5) horsepower or larger shall have such characteristics
or be equipped with a starter of such design that the instan-
taneous current requirement will be limited to approximately
300 per cent of normal full load current.
In all installations of motors, starting devices and
equipment must be inspected by the Department before the motor
is placed in service by the consumer.
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6. Right of Access
The Department shall have the right to enter upon the
premises of the consumer at all reasonable times for the pur-
pose of inspecting, repairing, replacing or removing
Department-owned equipment
7. Application and Contract for Service
Applications for service shall be made at the office of
the Department on standard forms, which when signed by the
applicant and approved by the Department, shall constitute a
contract between the consumer and the Light Department of the
City of Fort Collins .
The Department will, if desired, assist the consumer in
selecting rate best suited for his requirements The consumer
shall be responsible for the rate schedule selected and his
use of service shall be in accordance with provisions thereof.
8. Credit-Deposits-Payment Guarantees
Applicants for service will be required to establish credit
satisfactory to the Department before applications 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 payment for
service bills and will be applied as credits to service accounts
only after service has been discontinued.
Interest will be paid by the Department upon such deposits
at the rate of six (6 ) per cent per annum, payable upon the
return of the deposit or annually upon the request of the con-
sumer, for the time such deposit is held by the Department and
the consumer is served by the Department unless such period
be less than six (6) months, provided that in computing
interest no consideration will be given to fractional parts
of months or dollars.
9. Revenue Guarantees
The Department will require of each consumer for each
meter installed at each address, before service is discontinued,
a total revenue equivalent to the monthly minimum charge
specified in the rate schedule under which service is taken
The above requiPement will not be applicable to owners of,
or agents for rental properties, desiring temporary continu-
ation of service for a period not exceeding ten (10) days for
cleaning or other emergency purposes, after properties have
been vacated by tenants, and service remains connected.
10. Resale
Service will be furnished for the sole use of the consumer
at the premises designated in the service application and con-
tract, and the consumer shall not directly or indirectly sell
or otherwise dispose of such service to any other person or
persons , except upon specific authorization of regulatory author-
ities having jurisdiction.
11. Tampering with Meter
The consumer shall not tamper or otherwise interfere with
the proper operation of the Department 's meter or other equip-
ment, or in any way interfere with the proper meter registration
of service used.
For violation of this regulation, service will be dis-
continued without notice to the consumer and will not be recon-
nected until the consumer shall have installed standard service
entrance wiring in accordance with the prevailingrequirements
of the Wiring Ordinance of the City of Fort Collins.
The consumer will be liable for an estimated service bill
for the period during which such irregularity existed.
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12. Service Shut-off for Non-payment -
Service may be discontinued for non-payment of past due
service accounts after forty-eight (48) hours notice to con-
sumers . A charge of $1.00 may be made for reconnection
13, Service Failures
No liability shall attach to the Department for service
failures caused by strikes , acts of God or unavoidable
accidents or contingencies beyond its control
14, Attachments to Poles
Attachments to poles or lighting standards will not be
permitted except upon specific authority of the Department
The attachment of radio aerials is prohibited.
15. Gratuities
Inspectors, agents and employees of the Department are
forbidden to accept any personal compensation or gratuity from
consumers .
16. Luminous Tube Lighting-
Power Factor correction of Luminous Electric Discharge
Tubes or other lighting equipment of inherent low power factor
characteristics shall, at all times, be provided with effective
power factor corrective equipment such that the power factor
of such lighting equipment shallbe not less than eighty-five
(85%) per cent lagging. Such corrective equipment shall be
directly connected in the load circuit without separate fuses .
The Department reserves the right to refuse or disconnect
service to such lighting equipment until these requirements
have been complied with
17 Verbal Agreements
No promise, agreement or representation of any employee
of the Department shall be binding upon the Department, unless
the same shall have been incorporated in the contract for service.
18. Extension of sines and Services
Extension of distribution or transmission lines to place
of delivery of service to consumer or consumers will be made,
subject to the following conditions, and in accordance with
Rules 42A and 42B of the Public Utilities Commission of the
State of Colorado.
(a) Permanent Extensions for Continuous Service
A-1 Permanent extension for continuous service will
be constructed within a reasonable time after acceptable appli-
cation therefor, when in the judgment of the Department the
assured annual revenue for each year of the three year period
immediately following the construction of such extension and
establishment of service thereto, will equal or exceed forty
(40%) per cent of the total cost of such extension.
A-2 When it is not certain in the judgment of the
Department that the assured annual revenue for each of the three
years following construction and establishment of service to
such extension will equal forty(40%) per cent of the cost thereof,
such permanent extension will nevertheless be made when the con-
struction and existence of such extension is, in the opinion of
the Department, economically sound and feasible.
(b ) Revenue Guarantees or Deposits
B-1 All extensions of lines outside the city limits
are to be made on special contracts subject to the approval of
the City Council.
B-2 If extensions are made that may later on serve
two or more customers, the Department reserves the right to
repurchase line at any time subject to reasonable depreciation.
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Section 3 Ordinance No 8, 1935 , as amended by
Ordinance No 2, 1937, Ordinance No 5, 1938, and Ordinance
No 2 , 1940, is hereby repealed except that the schedule of
rates and rules and regulations therein contained shall apply
to and be used on all billings of the Light and Power Depart-
ment to and including the 31st day of December, A D 1945
Section 4 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 shall apply to all
billings made by the Light and Power Department from and after
the 1st day of January, A D 1946
Introduced, read at length, and adopted by the
unanimous vote of all members of the City Council , at a regular
meeting held this 28th day of December, A D 1945
Commission' SafeWj and ex-
officio Mayor
Attest
City C er
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STATE OF COLORADO, )
ss.
County of Larimer )
I, Miles F House, City Clerk of the City of Fort
Collins , do hereby certify and declare that the foregoing
Ordinance, consisting of four sections , was duly proposed and
read at length at a regular meeting of the City Council, held
on the 28th day of December, A D 1945 , and was auly adopted
and ordered published in the Fort Collins Coloradoan, a daily
newspaper and the official newspaper of the City of Fort Col-
lins, 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, and
thereafter and on, to-wit the 1st day of January ,
A D 1946 , said Ordinance No 7 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 saia City this 1st aay of January
A D 1946
City Clerk
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