Article II — Service Pipes

All natural gas service line facilities from the mains to and including the meter on the premises to be served shall be at the cost of the owner of the property to be served or the applicant for the service. Such installation shall be made by the city. (Prior code § 27.10; Ord. 01-875 § 1, 2001)

No service shall be installed unless all applicable fees are paid and the service conforms to specifications drawn up by the city council and approved thereby, a copy of which specifications shall

be kept on file by the city clerk and shall be open to inspection by any person interested. (Prior code § 27.11)

All repairs to customer houseline facilities shall be made by and at the expense of the owners of the premises served. The city may in the case of an emergency, repair any customer houseline facilities and if this is done the cost of such repair work shall be repaid to the city by the owner of the premises served.

(Prior code § 27.12; Ord. 01-875 § 1, 2001)

Excavations for installing customer houseline pipe and facilities or repairing the same shall be made in compliance with the ordinance provisions relating to making excavations in streets. (Prior code § 27.13; Ord. 01-875 § 1, 2001)

Each natural gas service line shall include a readily accessible shut off valve located outside the premises in accordance with State and Federal pipeline safety regulations. (Prior code § 27.14; Ord. 01-875 § 1, 2001)

If any person is required by the city to advance costs to extend a gas line to property other than their own so that gas service is available for such other property without further extension of the gas line, the city shall require the owner of the other property, prior to connecting to the gas line, to pay the city a pro rata portion of the original cost of the gas line extension. The city, upon approval of the city council, may then refund a portion of the funds originally paid by the first owner. The right to require subsequent users to pay the pro rata portion shall not continue for more than ten years after the date of installation of the extension of the gas line. The amount to be refunded shall be based on a square footage ratio of individual property owners and total square footage of all potential users; and the council shall deduct therefrom no more than ten percent in administrative costs, to be paid to the city before refund is made.

(Prior code § 27.15)

All new construction or reconstruction of all gas service or distribution services shall be by permit issued by the city of Susanville and shall conform to the Susanville Municipal Utility Construction Standards, January 15, 2001, which is adopted by reference. (Ord. 01-875 § 1, 2001)