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<br />/"'~"" <br /> <br />ELECTRIC UTILITY <br /> <br />~ 7-10 <br /> <br />Sec. 7.7. Meters required; exceptions. <br /> <br />No electric current shall be supplied by the city, except through meters installed and <br />maintained by the city; except that, on a temporary basis in case of an emergency or as a <br />convenience to the department, the electric department may furnish unmetered electric <br />current on a flat-rate basis and at such rate as it may deem justifiable. <br />(Code 1971, ~ 5-6) <br /> <br />Sec. 7-8. Connection charges, service rates, etc. <br /> <br />Charges for electrical connections and rates, tariffs and deposits for electrical service, <br /> <br />together with the method of collection of such charges, rates, tariffs and deposits, shall be as <br /> <br />provided and established by the city council by ordinance. Nothing in this Code or the <br /> <br />ordinance adopting this Code shall affect any such ordinance and all such ordinances are <br /> <br />hereby recognized as continuing in full force and effect to the same extent as if set out at length <br /> <br />in this Code. <br /> <br />(Code 1971, ~ 5-10) <br /> <br />Charter reference-Authority of city to iropose and collect charges for electric services, <br />Ch. 1, ~ 2(14). <br />Cross references-Adjustment of electric bills to correct errors, ~ 2-22; refusal of water <br />service until past due charges for electrical service are paid, ~ 23-16. <br /> <br />Sec. 7.9. Operation and maintenance of privately-owned lines and equipment over <br />or through which service furnished. <br /> <br />all distribution lines and equipment, either inside or outside the city's corporate limits, <br />belonging to private interests, over or through which the city supplies electricity shall be <br />operated and maintained in accordance with the building code of the city and with established <br />cogeneration rules and regulations of the city and its electric department. The cost of <br />maintaining such lines may be assessed against the owner and the department shall not be <br />required, in cases of emergency, to notify such owner before repairing such lines or equipment. <br />(Code 1971, ~ 5-9) <br /> <br />Sec. 7-10. Damaging, removing, etc., meters, switches or other IIxtures. <br /> <br />If any unauthorized person shall break, remove, destroy, damage or deface any electric <br />meter, meter seal, service switch, service wires, pipes, poles or other electrical fixtures <br />belonging to the city, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. <br />(Code 1971, ~ 5-2) <br />Cross references-Penalty for Class I misdemeanor, ~ 1-11; damaging property generally, <br />~ 13-28 et seq. <br /> <br />Supp. No. 58 <br /> <br />437 <br />