52.03 INSPECTION.
(A) The application for new service shall contain a description of the premises to be served. The Superintendent of the Electrical Department or his representative shall have the option of making an inspection of electric wiring of the premises before electrical energy is supplied to determine the efficiency and conditions of the wiring.
(B) By inspecting a premise, and approving it for electric service, the city takes no responsibility in guaranteeing the safety of adequacy of the wiring.
(Ord. 624, passed 9-20-93; Am. Ord. 635A, passed 1-17-94)
§ 52.04 SERVICE VOLTAGE.
(A) The standard service voltage for all locations as follows:
(1) Residential:
120 volts – single phase
120/240 volts – single phase
(2) Commercial & Power:
120/240 volts – single phase
120/208 volts – three phase – 4 wire
120/240 volts – three phase – 4 wire
(B) Any other service voltage is considered non-standard.
(Ord. 624, passed 9-20-93; Am. Ord. 635A, passed 1-17-94)
§ 52.05 NON-STANDARD SERVICE VOLTAGE.
(A) There may exist locations where an existing distribution network has other than standard secondary service voltage.
(B) If a non-standard service voltage or 3 phase service is desired, the owner shall consult with the City Electrical Department before purchasing heavy duty residential, commercial or industrial equipment for installation on Municipal Utility System. If it is practical in the opinion of the Superintendent of the Electrical Department, the non-standard service voltage may be provided, however the owner may bear the additional expense at the discretion of the city of special distribution transformers and the risk of extended loss of service in the event of a transformer failure.
(Ord. 624, passed 9-20-93; Am. Ord. 635A, passed 1-17-94)
§ 52.06 TYPES OF CUSTOMER SERVICE TAPS.
The following types of customer service taps are provided by the Municipal Utility.
(A) Overhead tap – Overhead service area. Overhead service shall be delivered to the individual residence by means of overhead cable from the electric system pole structure to a designated point on the dwelling of sufficient height to comply to applicable code clearances. The location of the service entrance shall be such as to provide for the shortest route from the structure to the home as practical. The owner or contractor shall provide the service head, riser conduit, and all other materials and installations required to make a complete installation. Conductor tails of two foot length shall extend out the riser weather head to facilitate making connections to the tri-plex service conductors provided by the Municipal Utility. Service lengths installed by the Municipal Utility shall be limited to 75 feet from the property line. Any additional length of conductors or additional support facilities may be installed by the Municipal Utility at the customer’s expense at the discretion of the city. Meter sockets shall be provided by the city, but installed by the owner or the owner’s contractor, and shall be located at a minimum height of five feet above final grade with all meters located outside of any building, dwelling or restricted area.
(B) Underground tap – underground service area.
(1) In areas designated for underground services, the services shall be delivered to the residences by means of a buried tri-plex cable from pedestal, vault transformer located on or near the property line to a point designated on the dwelling. The location of the service entrance shall be such as to provide the shortest routes from the pedestal, vault transformer to the houses as may be practical. All obstructions such as debris, dirt piles, brush, etc., shall be removed prior to the installation of service, and a lot shall be graded to within one foot of final grade. The owner or contractor shall provide the necessary equipment to provide a complete installation as indicated on the attached drawings including ditch digging and backfilling. Service length provided by the Municipal Utility shall be limited to 75 feet from the property line. Any additional length of service shall be supplied by the utility at the customer’s expense.
(2) Underground service is not guaranteed by the electric utility as circumstances may force service to be provided to any location by overhead service.
(C) Underground tap – overhead service area. Underground service in an overhead service area will be available, provided engineering considerations will not prohibit service, in the opinion of the Superintendent of the Electrical Department.
(D) Overhead service – underground service area. Overheard service in an underground service area will not be permitted unless in the opinion of the Superintendent of the Electrical Department, that due to the engineering considerations this is the only feasible and practical manner in which service may be provided.
(Ord. 624, passed 9-20-93; Am. Ord. 635A, passed 1-17-94)
§ 52.07 FEE SCHEDULE FOR SERVICE TAPS.
The following fees shall be paid by each customer requiring service:
(A) Fee – standard 120/240 volt single phase 3 wire service:
Overhead tap/overhead service No charge
area
Underground tap/underground service
area (including mobile home pedestal) $120*
Underground tap/overhead service area
(new service) $170*
(Existing overhead to be changed to
underground) Actual cost
*Cost based on maximum cable run of 75′ (as measured from property line to weather head or first pedestal and a maximum cable run of 75′ from pedestal to pedestal). If additional cable is required, the customer will be charged for the additional cable at $1.50 per foot, or at actual cost, should such cost be greater.
(B) For non-standard service.
(1) Any person, firm or corporation requesting special electrical service (3 phase service or a special voltage) requiring additional line and/or addition or special transformers to supply electrical energy shall pay, prior to the time of electrical service is installed, a sum equal to 15% of the cost of additional line, transformers and labor necessary to make the necessary installation. The cost of such service shall be computed by the Superintendent of the Electrical Department and if the cost of equipment and labor exceeds $2,000 the applicant shall pay 15% of the first $2,000, plus 50% of the excess over and above $2,000. The city will consider any special circumstances or applications, should the installation costs for non-standard service merit special consideration, and the city may, at the city’s discretion, consider reduced amounts and/or special payment terms.
(2) If a customer elects and makes a request to have a non-standard service, and the feasibility of such service is approved by the Superintendent of the Electrical Department to provide such service, the customer assumes all risks incurred for such special non-standard service. These risks would include extended outages that may be due to transformer failure until the transformer is repaired or a suitable replacement can be obtained and installed.
(Ord. 624, passed 9-20-93; Am. Ord. 635A, passed 1-17-94)
§ 52.08 TEMPORARY SERVICE TAP CHARGES.
Charges for temporary service connection shall be $60 and the usage shall be charged under the city’s C1 rate. If temporary service is eventually changed to a permanent service, the customer will be charged the appropriate rate under the rate ordinance.
(Ord. 624, passed 9-20-93; Am. Ord. 635A, passed 1-17-94)
§ 52.10 METERING.
The following metering rules and regulations shall be adhered to:
(A) Where. All locations of customer service by the Municipal Electric System shall be metered. Meters shall be provided and installed by the City Electrical Department. If in the opinion of the Superintendent of the Electrical Department, situation dictates that a service go unmetered due to the lack of a proper meter, the customer will be billed on a flat rate, or on estimated usage, as determined by the city. All apartments or multi-constructed units must be provided with individual meters.
(B) Location. All meters shall be mounted on an exterior wall in an easily accessible location, as designated by the Superintendent of the Electrical Department or his appointed representative.
(C) Testing. Any municipal electric meter shall be taken out of service and tested upon complaint of the customer and shall be performed upon payment of a fee of $10. If upon test the meter is not within three percent of being accurate, it shall be repaired or replaced and the $10 fee returned to the customer. If the meter is within three percent of being correct, the fee will not be refunded.
(D) Meters stopped or registering inaccurately. Customer billing will be based on estimated usage when meter are found stopped or registering improperly. Such estimates will be based on previous 12 months billings amended to the current conditions when such information is available.
(Ord. 624, passed 9-20-93; Am. Ord. 635A, passed 1-17-94)
§ 52.11 USE OF SERVICE.
The following rules of service shall apply:
(A) (1) The Superintendent of the Electrical Department may deny service to a customer, when in his opinion the wiring or equipment is unsafe or has objectionable characteristics. However, the city will cooperate with the customer in order to determine the necessary remedial action of such characteristics.
(2) All of the customer’s lighting equipment, motor driven equipment, apparatus, and appliances shall have such characteristics or be equipped with corrective devices so as to enable the city to maintain a satisfactory standard of electric service. In the case of high motor starting current, violently fluctuating or intermittent loads, etc., city reserves and shall have the right to require customer to install, at the customer’s expense, transformers and apparatus to correct the objectional conditions. (These causes may include but are not limited to welders, hoists, elevator motors, pumps, and similar apparatus).
(B) When a separate or oversized substation or transformer must be installed specifically to eliminate the effect of the objectionable load characteristic, and the distribution system, would otherwise have the capacity and equipment required to supply a normal load service of the same size, or where separate transformers and/or service are installed at customer’s request, to supply apparatus which may be abnormally sensitive to voltage, the cost of such substation or transformer is considered a corrective device under division (A) of this section, and shall be provided at the customer’s expense, unless at the discretion of the city, special circumstances require a reduction in the cost to the customer.
(C) The electric rates that are applicable to customers for industrial and commercial services are based on all such customers maintaining a power factor of not less than 85 % lagging. In the event a customer’s power factor is less than 85% during periods of normal operation, the city reserves the right to require customer to install at his own expense such corrective equipment as may be required to increase customer’s power factor to not less than 85%.
(D) When a customer fails to install the necessary facilities on his premises to correct the objectionable conditions of his load or fails to prevent such objectionable conditions from interfering with the city’s supply of satisfactory service to other customers, the city shall have the right to deny service to such customer until the objectionable conditions shall have been corrected in a manner satisfactory to the city.
(E) Where corrective equipment is installed by the city on its distribution system to correct any objectionable conditions, the customer whose service caused the objectionable conditions may be required to pay, at the discretion of the city, without refund, the installed cost of such corrective equipment shall remain the property of the city, at the city’s option. In lieu of such payment, and subject to approval by the City, a customer may elect to pay a monthly charge equal to 1.50% of the installed cost of such corrective equipment, installed by the city.
(Ord. 624, passed 9-20-93; Am. Ord. 635A, passed 1-17-94)
§ 52.12 INCREASE IN CUSTOMER’S LOAD.
(A) When a customer makes application of service, he shall specify the amount of electrical load to be connected to the Municipal Electric System so that the city may determine the adequate service of sufficient capacity for the operation of the equipment to be serviced.
(B) The customer’s connected load shall not be increased beyond the limits hereinafter stated until the customer had given written notice to the City Clerk and the additional load has been approved by the Superintendent of the Electrical Department, unless the load increases total 3 HP or less, or electrical additions total 20 amperes or less, in which case an electrical load increase will not require notification.
(C) If customer does not give proper notice of increased electrical load, the customer will be liable for any damage to the Electric System equipment resulting from the increased load. Any person who installs additional electrical load in excess of those loads requiring notification without reporting to the City Clerk and obtaining approval of the Superintendent of the Electrical Department, shall upon conviction of such failure to notify, be subject to a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $100. The city may elect to refuse to furnish electrical energy to any person or corporation found guilty of failing to report an increased electric load, that requires such notification.
(Ord. 624, passed 9-20-93; Am. Ord. 635A, passed 1-17-94)
§ 52.13 RESALE OF SERVICE.
Electrical energy provided by the Municipal Electric System, shall not be sold to a third party or otherwise disposed of by a third party. The energy provided by the Municipal System shall be of the sole use of its customers.
(Ord. 624, passed 9-20-93; Am. Ord. 635A, passed 1-17-94)
§ 52.14 RESPONSIBILITY OF CONTINUITY AND QUALITY OF SERVICE.
The responsibility of continuity and quality of service shall be as follows:
(A) The Municipal Utility endeavors to furnish continuous and adequate service; however, it cannot guarantee the service as a continuity, freedom from voltage and frequency variations, or reversal of phase rotation, and will not be responsible or liable for damages to customer’s apparatus resulting from such failure or imperfection of service might damage customer’s apparatus, the customer shall install suitable protective equipment.
(B) Emergencies may arise in which it is essential for the city to immediately take lines or equipment out of service, for repairs and to prevent damage to life or property or to prevent a more serious interruption of service. The city Municipal Utility reserves the right to take lines or equipment out of service under such conditions and will attempt to give customers advanced warning of such interruptions as conditions may permit.
(C) The city Municipal Utility further reserves the right to take lines and equipment temporarily out of service for short periods of maintenance and changes in construction. Such outages will be planned at a time convenient to customers involved, if at all practical and possible.
(Ord. 624, passed 9-20-93; Am. Ord. 635A, passed 1-17-94)
§ 52.15 MOTORS AND APPARATUS.
The requirements for connecting motors and electrical apparatus shall be as follows. Motors:
(A) The utility reserves the right to select the type of service to be supplied and shall be consulted before equipment is purchased or ordered by a customer, regarding the general characteristics of service, including those services having motors 5 H.P. and larger or where the aggregate load of smaller motors is more than 7-½ H.P.
(B) In general, 7-½ H.P. and larger motors will be three-phase and motors smaller than 7-½ H.P. may be single-phase. There may be, at the city’s sole discretion, exceptions to this rule.
(1) In outlying and residential areas where three-phase energy is not readily available, larger single phase motors may be permitted, but only with prior approval of the Superintendent of the Electrical Department.
(2) Where the customer is already using three phase energy, motors small than 7-½ H.P. may be added to the three phase service, upon notification to the city.
(3) Three phase service is not normally available for residential customers and is considered non-standard service.
(C) Motors and motorized equipment will generally be approved for use on the Municipal System only if the Total Locked Rotor current does not exceed an acceptable level, as determined by the Superintendent of the Electrical Department.
(D) If starting currents are objectionable and will cause interference on the Municipal System in the judgment of the Superintendent of the Electrical Department reduced voltage starting or such other methods as the Superintendent of the Electrical Department determines feasible, will be required to be furnished by the Customer.
(Ord. 624, passed 9-20-93; Am. Ord. 635A, passed 1-17-94)
§ 52.16 RENTED DUSK TO DAWN LIGHTS.
The rental of dusk to dawn lights shall be provided as follows:
(A) Private lighting luminaries (dusk-to-dawn lighting services) for homes, schools, security, churches, commercial areas, and industry shall be provided where feasible and in keeping with good electrical practice, as per the following specifications.
(1) (a) A self-contained automatic dusk-to-dawn lighting fixture to be either a 100 watt high pressure sodium or 175 watt mercury vapor lighting fixture shall be furnished and installed, or caused, to be installed by the City Electrical Department, such fixture to meet standards and specifications of the city, on existing wood pole structures for the customer’s usage at an annual charge of $96 per unit for mercury vapor and $120 per unit for high pressure sodium. In the event that the city furnishes a pole to mount an electrical light fixture, there shall be an additional charge of $12 per year. This said charge of $12 per year shall be waived, in the event of a three year agreement, in lieu of a one year agreement.
(b) The city Electrical Department will be responsible for making the installation, furnishing the electricity for the operation of the lamp, provide all the necessary maintenance (including the replacement of lamps, but excluding malicious damage) for the length of service, as agreed to by the city.
(2) Should the installation of the standard lighting unit require the installation, by the City Electrical Department, of additional facilities not required by the city for distribution purposes other than the private outdoor lighting to be installed, the Electrical Department will furnish, install, own and maintain the additional facilities (including wood poles) which may be necessary to provide such lighting from nearby distribution lines. The Electric Department will make a net monthly charge, in addition to the charge set forth above of one dollar.
(3) Dusk-to-dawn lighting shall be installed on wood poles with a normal ground to lamp height of approximately 25 feet. Should poles and/or underground cable installation, the city Electrical Department may, at its discretion, install or cause the special service to be installed. The customer shall bear the total cost that is above that of a normal wood pole installation and the additional charge shall be payable to the city prior to installation.
(4) Maintenance service to lights, currently existing, that are a part of the customers metered service, if required, will be performed at actual cost.
(5) The customer shall have the responsibility to notify the Electrical Department of any interruption of service of the dusk-to-dawn lighting. The Electrical Department will restore service only during regularly scheduled working hours and shall, in any event, be under no obligation to do so before 72 hours from the time of notification. In the event the Electrical Department is unable to effect repairs and damages not caused by the customer, with in this period, the Electrical Department’s only responsibility will be to abate the charges on a pro-rata basis for each day after 72 hours in which service is not available. The customer shall remove any obstruction in to the installation of the city owned facilities. Trimming of trees to improve the distribution of light shall be the customer’s responsibility. The customer shall provide any permits or easement required for the installation or maintenance of the city owned facilities; and permit access to such facilities by the Electrical Department vehicles and personnel.
(Ord. 624, passed 9-20-93; Am. Ord. 635A, passed 1-17-94)
§ 52.18 CONSTRUCTION OF SERVICES.
The construction for services shall, in general, be in accordance with the drawings set forth in Appendix A to this chapter, unless otherwise approved by the Superintendent of the Electrical Department.
(Ord. 624, passed 9-20-93; Am. Ord. 635A, passed 1-17-94)
