HomeMy WebLinkAbout1987-1722 - Ordinance - 08/27/1987ORDINANCE NO. 1722
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 11, SECTION 1 D., OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, RELATING TO
UTILITY DEPOSITS ON COMMERCIAL 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 1D. COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CONSUMERS,
is hereby amended to read as follows:
D. CO~MRRCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CONSUMERS
(1) DePosits reauired
Any commercial establishment or industrial user, as a
condition for obtaining connections and service for
electricity or water, or for continuing such connections
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, a valid non-documentary bank letter of credit,
or placement of a surety bond with an insurance company
licensed to do business in Texas, with the best bond
rating as acceptable by the City Finance department.
(2)
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 t~)at any
cash 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.
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(3) Connections Ma? 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, a pledged or assigned certificate
of deposit, a bank letter of credit, or an acceptable
surety bond hereunder. The expiration of a letter of
credit, or the lapse or the failure to renew said surety
bond, 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
1987.
27th DAY OF Au~ ___,
APPROVED=
ATTEST:
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