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t c TUESDAY AUGUST 11, 1959 - Subsection (c). Pressure. Gas Pressure, as measured at the outlet of the Grantee IS service to any consumer, shall never be less than four inches of water column, to be determined as herein provided. The Grantee shall install and maintain a reasonable number of graphic recording pressure gauges at points in the distribution system as necessary to determine average pressure. Subsection (d). Meter Accuracy. All gas s erv:ice shall be supplied through a meter which shall accurately measure the amount of gas supplied to any consumer. The consumer shall supply a safe and proper place for the installation of each such meter. Meters shall be tested for accuracy by the Grantee upon the request of any consumer who believes his meter to be inaccu- rate. If, upon test, it appears that such meter overruns to the extent of 3 per cent or mare, the Grantee shall pay the cost of such tests and shall make a refund for overcharges collected since the last known date of accuracy but for no longer than six months, on the basis of the extent of the inaccuracy found to exist at the time of the tests. If, when any meter is tested upon the damand of a consumer, it is found to be accut'ate or slow or less than 3 per cent fast, the Grantee may require the consurr.er to pay the reasonable cost of such testing. Every meter, whether complained of by a consumer or otherwise, shall be removed from service at least once each seven years and thoroughly tested for its accuracy. Any meter found inaccurate upon any test beyond a tolerance of 2 per cent shall not be returned to service until properly adjusted. --- Section 7. Use of Streets. Subsection (a). General Control and Location of Gas Mains and Pipes. The Grantee, in any opening it shall make in the streets in the City, shall be subject to the provisions of this franchise, and to all applicable ordinances and regulations. The City reserves the right by resolution or otherwise to designate the location of any gas mains or gas service lines, with reference to other municipal street facilities such as se....ler and water mains, electric poles and lines and other services, in such a manner as to promote the public safety and to protect public proper-ty. The Grantee shall not have the right to lay its gas mains ar pipes in the same di teh in which water or sewer lines or pipes are laid unless it shall secure the written consent of the City in each specific instance. The Grantee shall so construct and locate mains and pipes as not to interfere with the construction, location, and maintenance of sewer or water cormections or sewer or water mains. Any designation of location autho- rized herein shall be accomplished by the City so as not unnecessarily to delay the Grantee - in any of its operations. The City also reserves the right to approve the locations if within the City of any new regulator station of the Grantee and of any mains carrying a pressure of 25 pounds or more, but such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Subsection (b). Disturbance of Streets - Restoration. (1) The City Council may require that written permits, in any or all cases, be obtained by the Grantee from the Director of Public Works of the City, whenever it becomes necessary to excavate in the public streets or public grounds of the City in order to install, construct, extend, or repair any of the Grantee's gas mains ar pipes or services now located, or to be in the future located, therein or thereon. Such permits, if required, may be applicable to any or all types of excavations as prescribed by the City Council. Such permits, further, shall state the particular part or point of the street where said excavation is to be made and the length of time in which such permit shall authorize such work to be done. An exception to requirement for permit shall be made in cases of emergencies involving public safety.