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AN ORDINANCE • REORDAINING CHAPTER 31 (UTILITIES) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1990, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO UTILITY RATES ADOPTED JUNE 16, 2003. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, that: 1. Sections 31-29, 31-56, 31-57, 31-59, 31-60, 31-61, 31-62, 31-69, 31-102, 31-104, 31-106, 31-153, 31-156, 31-159, and 31-161 of Chapter 31, of the Code of the City of Charlottesville, 1990, as amended, are hereby reordained, as follows: ARTICLE 11. GAS Sec. 31-29. Charge for turning on service; pilot relight fee. (a) There shall be a charge of thirty dollars ($30.00) for turning on gas service. One pilot relight per furnace shall be provided without charge in each calendar year. A fee of thirty dollars ($30.00) shall be charged for each subsequent furnace pilot relight in the same calendar year. (b) Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, a ten -dollar relight/application fee shall be charged to those accounts using gas only for home heating purposes, provided such accounts were in good standing when terminated for the summer season and provided further, that service renewal is • requested by the same customer within six (6) months of the previous service termination. Sec. 31-56. Rates - Generally. The firm service gas rates based on monthly meter readings shall be as follows: Basic Monthly Service Charge $ 10.00 First 3,000 cubic feet, per 1,000 cubic feet $ 10.9498 Next 3,000 cubic feet, per 1,000 cubic feet $ 10.2928 Next 144,000 cubic feet, per 1,000 cubic feet $ 9.0978 All over 150,000 cubic feet, per 1,000 cubic feet $ 8.9788 Sec. 31-57. Same - Summer air conditioning. (a) Gas service at the following rate shall be available to customers who request such service in writing and 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 May through October of each year and shall be as follows: (1) Single Family Residential. For the first four thousand (4,000) cubic feet of gas used per month, the charge shall be the sum as set forth under section 31-56, and for all 0 Page / of 8