4568 - 48 Regulate & fix prices for East Ohio Gas

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~RDINANCE NO. 4568 EYNr. McGiI1 AN ORDINANCE to regulate and fix the prices and terms upon which the East Ohio Gas ComPany, its successors and assigns, shall be required to furnish natural ga~ to the city of Lakewood, Ohio and its inhabitants. WHEREAS, The East Ohio Gas Company is the lawful successor to the original The East OhioGas Company to which was granted the right to enter upon the streets, alleys and public grounds of the City of Lakewood for laying and maintaining gas mains, pipes and other appliances for the purpose of supplying natural gas to the Oity of Lakewood and its inhabitants as recited in OrdinanCe No. ~i1, adopted December 2, 19075 and ~HE~EA$, this Council desires to enter intO a contract regulating and fixing the prices andterms upon which The East Ohio Gas ComPany shall furnish natural gas, now, therefore, BE IT. ORDAINED BY TNE COUNCIL OFT~E CITY OF LAXEWOOD, STATE OF Section 1. ~herever in this ordinance the term "the Company" is used it shall be understood and intended to mean The East Ohio Gas Company~ and wherever the term "city"is used, it shall be understood and intended to mean the City of LakewoOd, Ohio, a municipaI corporation. Section 2. The service lines from the mains and pipes of the Company to the curb and curb box shall Be installed and maintained at the expense of the Company. and the Company shall, at its own cost and expense, supPly and maintain all meters and regulators and they shall be of standard make. Section 3. The Company shall extend its pipes and mains for the furnishing of natural gas to and upon any dedic~2ed street__avenue, high- way, alley, public ground or any part thereof within the limits of said City wheneve~ at.least one (1) cons_umer on an average fo~ cap} ad~}tional one hundred (100} feet of pipe in the street or streets xn wnxch ~ne extension is to be run, shall first in writing agree to take a supply of natural gas at the then established rate, measurement to betaken from the end of the nearest low pressure line~ provided, h~weyer,,}hat Company shall not be required to make any extensions durzng ~ne mon~ns of December, January, February and March of any year. Section $. The term ,natural gas" as used herein is intended to mean natural gas of the quality and character produced by nature in the petroleum, oil and natural gas fieldS of West Virginia and Ohio, or elsewhere, which natural gas is to b? furnished in its natural state without mixture of air, the abstr~ctmon of-any natural elements or adul- teration, at the consumer's meter, subject, however, to_the r~mov~ o~ oil and gasoline vaporsl provided, h?wever, t~t natur~l_~as.xurnx~nea or delivered pursuanp to t~e t~r~s_o~ }his.~raxn~ncet~naix a~w~s a heat value of not less than ¥~ ~ritlsh ~nermai un-ts per cuoxc ~oo~ at 15.6 pounds per square inch absolute pressure ($ ounces per square inch above atmospheric pressure at 15.3~ pounds per ~quare inch) 60 degrees temperature Fahrenheit (~20 degrees absolute) and .6 specific gravity. Tests to determine the British thermal units may be made from time to time in the city limits by said City through representatives duly authorized by council. Section 5. PREFERENCES. If at any time during the term of this ordinance the Company is unable to obtain a full supply of natural gas, the amount which the Company does obtain shall be fairly apportioned among the municipalities which the 0ompany is under obligation to supply.