1391 ORD AMENDING SECTION #1 OF ORDINANCE NO 1271 OF SCHEDULE OF RATES FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL RATES

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ORDINANCE NU. 1391 . AiJ ORDINANC'i, AP7ENDING SECTION #l, OF ORDINANCE N0. 1271 OF' THE SCHEDULE GF RATES FOR i;.ESIDEPITIAL ATdD C011PIMERCIAL FtATES TO BE CHARGED BY LONi; STAR GAS COMIPANY, AND AMENDING SAID SECTION #11 0F ORDINANCE N0. 1271 WHICH 'vVAS APPRUVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL Or THL CITY OF PARIS ON OCTGBiIZ 13, 1952. THAT uJIIEREAS, The Lone Star Gas Company was hereto- fore granted a franchise, and a Schedule of Rates was here- tofore on October 13, 1952 approved by the City Council of the Cit,y of Paris; and, 'WHER.LAS, said Schedule of Rates as shown in Section #1, of Grdinance No. 1271 did not provicte for any charge for inaugurating or reinaugurating gas service; and, M-iEREAS, The Lone Star Gas Company has heretofore requested that such Section #1, of Ordinance No. 1271 be amended to provide for such inauguration or reinauguration of gas service to residential and comrnercial custome.rs; and, inTHEREAS, same has been heard by the City Council on several occasions heretoiore, and the matter has bezn thoroughly investigated bjT the City Council; NOW, THEREFORE, B'U IT ORD1IINED 3Y THE CIiY COUPICIL 0F THE CITY OF PARIS: That Section #1, of Urdinance No. 1271 of rates for residential and commercial users of gas, as approved by the City Council of the City o:f Paris on Gctober 13, 1952, be, and the same is hereby amend.ed as follows: That the Lone Star Gas Company be, and the same is hereby permitted to make a charge not to exceed the sum of One Dollar (41.00) per cUStomer for inaugurating or re- inalzgurating gas services, except in cases as hereinaFter prcvided; That inauguration or reinauguration of service py the coripanV shall, for the purposes of this ordinance, be deemed to mean the unsealing of a sealed meter or installa- tion of a new meter and turninb on of natural gas. That the following classes of customers shall be exempt frorri the payment of inauguration or reinauburation oi the service charge herein provided: l. Customer who has been removed from the accounting records of Lone Star Gas Cornpany as a custemer fcr a period of more than twelve (12) months. 2. Churches, schools, and governmental customers. 3. Customers whose service has peen interrupted by a d.isaster or catas- trophe, including fire, or acts of God. 4. New customers added to the Lone Star ixas Company System in Paris, Texas. 5• Builders receiving service while building is under construction.