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Sec. 14-2.1. Same—Summer air conditioning.

Gas service under the following rate shall be available to
customers, provided such request is made in writing, who have
installed and use air conditioning equipment operated by natural
gas as the principal source of energy. The air conditioning rate
will be available for bills rendered during the months of June
through October of each year, and shall be as follows:

(a) Residential. For the first 4,000 cubic feet of gas used per
month, the charge shall be the sum as set forth under section
14-2, and for all gas used in excess of 4,000 cubic feet per month,
the rate shall be one dollar and five cents per 1,000 cubic feet.

(b) Other. All gas used for summer air conditioning shall be
separately metered and billed at the rate of one dollar and five
cents per 1,000 cubic feet. All gas used during billing
periods other than June through October of each year shall be at
the rates set forth in section 14-2, or section 14-3, if the customer
has an interruptible contract. The city manager may, when he
deems it impractical to install a separate meter for air
conditioning equipment, permit the use of one meter for all gas
delivered to the customer, in which instance the director of
finance shall estimate the amount of gas for uses other than air
conditioning and shall bill for such gas at the rates provided in
section 14-2 or section 14-3.

(c) The rate for gas used under this section outside the city
shall be greater by ten per cent than the rates specified in
subsections (a) and (b).

(d) The minimum monthly charge under this section shall be
two dollars and twenty cents. (6-15-64; 6-21-71; 6-19-72; 8-5-74, § 1;
3-17-75, § 1.)