HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-1334 - Ordinance - 12/18/1981ORDINANCE NO. 1334
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHPATER 11, SECTION 1 D. RELATING TO UTILITY DEPOSITS ON
COMMERICAL AND INDUSTRIAL ACCOUNTS AND THE RETURN OF SUCH DEPOSITS AFTER TWO YEARS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION:
That Chapter 11 Section 1 D. COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CONSUMERS, is hereby
amended to read as follows:
D. COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CONSUMERS
1. Deposits required
Any commercial establishment or industrial user, as a condition for obtain-
ing connections and service for electricity or water, or for continuing such con-
nections and service if they have already been made, shall make a deposit with the
City of College Station in an amount sufficient to cover the estimated consumption
of electric current and water for an average eight week period. The estimate of
such consumption shall be made by the Supervisor of the Utility Billing Department
or his deputy. Such deposit may be made in the form of cash, the pledging and
assignment of a certificate of deposit, or a valid non - documnetary bank letter of
credit.
2. Deposit returned
Commercial and industrial consumers who have a record of twenty -four (24)
' consecutive payments made on or before the due date for such payments, may request
that any cah*s deposit be returned to them by the City of College Station. If
the deposit required herein has been made by the pledging or assigning of a
certificate of deposit or the furnishing of a letter of credit, the continued
maintenance of such deposit or security shall not be required after a consumer
has established a record of twenty -four (24) consecutive payments on or before the
due date. However, in any event, the failure to pay any utility payment by the
due date shall entitle the City to require a new deposit.
3. Connections may not be furnished, disconnection
In no event shall utility connections be furnished to any commercial or
industrial consumer who has neither made a cash deposit or furnished a pledged
or assigned certificate of deposit or bank letter of credit hereunder. The expira-
tion of a letter of credit, or the lapse or renewal of a certificate of deposit;,
without assignment shall entitle the City to disconnect service upon fifteen days
notice to the consumer, with such notice being mailed to the current mailing address.
If current mailing address is not available then service address shall be sufficient.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE 18th
ATTEST:
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D i6 n Jones, i ttA& retary
DAY OF December , 1981.
APPROVEr
Gary Hal fkr,`- Mayor
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