HomeMy WebLinkAbout002 - 03/01/1940 - AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 008, 1935 AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 002, 1937 AND ORDINANCE NO. 005, 1938, ORDINANCE NO 2 , 1940
BEING AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO 8 1935 AS
AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO 22 1937 AND ORDINANCE NO 5, 1938,
RELATING TO THE FIXING OF A SCHEDULE OF RATES TO BE CHARGED BY
THE CITY OF FORT COLLIINS, INCLUDING RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR
ALL ELECTRIC SERVICE WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS AhD UPON THE FRINGE LINES OLTSIDE OF THE CITY OF
VORT COLLINS CONNECTED WITH THE DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM OWNED BY THE
CITY OF FORT COLLINS, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 4 OF
ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CITY CHARTER BY CHANGING AND PJZENDING
SCHEDULE 11 OF SECTION 2 THEREOF
VEEREAS, 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 and Ordinance
No 2, 1937 and Ordinance No 5, 1938 and
WHEREAS, the City Manager and the Commissioner
of 'Norks and Puolic Utilities have recommended that Schedule
11 of Section 2 be changed and amended and the City Council is
of the opinion that the recommended change is a fair and reason-
able rate
THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
Section 1 The City Council finds and determines
that the proposed rate to be charged and collected by the City
of Fort Collins as set forth in Schedule 11 hereinafter set forth,
is a reasonable rate to be charged by the said City of Fort Collins
and is a lawful rate for the said City of Fort Collins to charge
and collect from consumers 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 said Municipal Light and Power System insofar as the s4id
schedule applies to said consumers, and that Section 2 of Ordinance
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No 8, 1935 as amended should be amended by changing Schedule
11 thereof
Section 2 That Section 2 of Ordinance No 8
1935 and Ordinance No 2, 1937 and Ordinance No 5 1938 be
and the same is hereby amended by substituting the following
Schedule No 11 in lieu of Schedule No 11 adopted by Ordinance
No 8, 1935, to-wit
SCHEDULE NO 11
Residence Rate (Optional)
AVAILABILITY
Available for domestic service only
RATE (Net)
First 35 KWH used per month per KWH $ 0 06
Next 35 K71H used per month per M 04
Next 75 KVTH used per month, per M 02
All additional MVH used per month, per KWH 01
MINIMUM
Net minimum charge per meter, per month 1 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
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 like
periods provided the customer complies with the special
rules and regulations
SPECIAL RULES AND REGULATIONS
Under this schedule the customer agrees to install and use
service for hot water heating or cooking The cooking unit
shall be a standard electric range, 5 kilowatts or larger,
or a regulation 30 gal or larger, hot water heater It
is further agreed by the customer that the hot water heater
shall be regulated automatically by the department on peak
loads Peak loads shall be considered from sundown to
9 00 P M or as otherwise specified later The department
reserves the right to put in either automatic meter control
or other electric control for regulation during peak hours
on hot water heater only
115-230 volt motors used on house appliances of either split
phase type or repulsion-induction type up to 1/4 HP are
included in this rate Other motors up to One HP subject
to inspection by the department
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Consumer desiring service under this schedule shall make
written application therefor and subject their residence
to an inspection by the department if required
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
Introduced, read at length and adopted by the
unanimous vote of all members of the City Council, at a
regular meeting held this 1st day of March A D 1940
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Commis of a e y and Ex- f icio
Mayor
Attest
/s/ Miles F House
City Clerk
STATE OF COLORADO, )
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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 foregoing
Ordinance, consisting of three (3) sections, was duly proposed
and read at length at a regular � meeting of the City
Council, held on the I st day of March A D 1940
and was duly adopted and ordered published in the Fort Collins
Leader a weekly newspaper and an official newspaper of the
City of Fort Collins by the unanimous vote of all members of
the City Council as an emergency ordinance, in accoraance with
the provisions of Section 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City
Charter and thereafter and on to-wit the 7th day of
March , 1940, said Ordinance No 2 was duly published
in the Fort Collins Leader, a weekly 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 7th day of
March A D 1940
City Clerk