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` r ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A
SCHEDULE OF RATES FOR GAS
AND SERVICE FURNISHED FROM
THE GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
OF THE CITY OF FAIRHOPE
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City
of Fairhope that the following schedule of rates for gas
and service furnished from the gas distribution system
of the City of Fairhope in the said city and in all
territory served thereby be and the same hereby is adopted:
SCHEDULE OF GAS RATES
CITY OF FAIRHOPE
Domestic and Small Commercial Rate:
First
300
cu.ft.
each month -
$1.00
Next
1, OOO
t+ ►+
.11
11. -
.15
per 100 cu.ft.
Next
1,700
I► -
.13
n ++ if n
Next
,17,000
n n
n
n—
.08
n n it n
Next
30,000
n n
►►
n -
.06
►► n it n
All over
50,000
►► T►
tt
tt -
.05
n r+ ,► ,+
Minimum
monthly bill
-
1.00
Large
Commercial and
Industrial
Rate:
A monthly demand charge of $2.00 for __each 1,000 cu.ft:
based on the maximum quantity of gas delivered to the customer
on any day during the twelv-e_calendar month period ending with
the oseTof the current month (or portion of said period i- '
service was initially started -Tess than twelve calendar months
prior to the ending of the current month), plus a monthly
commodity charge equal to the following quantity of gas consumed
during such current month:
First 250,000cu.ft. each month - $ .50 per 1,000 cu.ft.
Next 750, 000 ►+ n tt if - .40 ►► it ►► It
All over 1, 000, 000" " tt It - .3125 " it it ►►
Large Industrial Rate:
For large industrial users the rates shall be such as may be
negotiated between the city and the user but which shall be not
greater than .31250 for each 1,000 cu.ft. and not less than .16�
for each 1,0007cu.ft. us,,ed each month.
L
consumerr Deposits
Each consumer shall keet on deposit with the city $5.00
as security for the payment of bills rendered to such
consumer; provided, that any consumer who uses in excess of
50,000 cu.ft. of gas from the system each month shall not
be required to maintain such deposit but may be required to
maintain a deposit sufficient to cover the average monthly
bills of such consumer.
W - +.
2 -
Due Dates of Bills -and Dis-
continuance of Service for Nonpay-
ment of Fills
All bills for ?as and service shall be rendered monthly
and each bill s'ia.11 be in the amount of the minimum
charge for the ensuing monthly period following the date
of such bill, plus any excess for gas and service furnished
durin the preceding monthly period. Each bill shall be
due when rendered and shall become delinquent ten days
after the date thereof., If any such bill shall not be
paid^rithin twen. days�_er it becomes_ delinquent
service shall thereupon be discontinued to the consumer
whose bill is so delinquent and the city shall apply
toward payment of such delinquent bill any sum remaining
of the deposit and minimum charge paid by the co-asumer
so delinquent. A penalty of g2..00 shall be added to the
delinquent bill when service is 3isconnected, and if
such service shall be disconnected then such bill plus
an additional penalty of '2.00 for reconnecting the
service shall be paid before the service is restored.
The term "monthly period" as used herein shall be con-
strued to mean the period between the date of the read-
ing of the meter during one calendar month and the date
of reading the same meter during the ensuing calendar
month.
Adopted and approved this 23rd day of Januar ,
-- 1950.
ATTEST: - _�W
T. J. $lumpp
_ 1'arie 1,1oore Mayor
City Clerk