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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 13.08 OF
THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE TOWN OF ESTES
PARK,COLORADO,THE SAME PERTAINING TO
LIGHT AND POWER RULES AND REGULATIONS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
TOWN OF ESTES PARK,COLORADO:
Section 1.That Section 13.08.040 B of the Municipal
Code of the Town of Estes Park,Colorado,is amended to read
as follows:
13.08.040 B.Discontinuance by Town:The department
may discontinue service under any of the following conditions,
subject,however,to the requirements and procedures set
forth and adopted in subparagraph 4 and Chapter 13.10 of the
Municipal Code:
1.If user’s wiring or equipment is considered
unsafe,service may be discontinued after due notice and
will not be reconnected until the unsafe condition has been
corrected.Notwithstanding the foregoing,the department
may discontinue service without notice to the user if a
hazardous condition is discovered on a user’s premises,or,
if the unsafe condition or manner of utilizing service could
be considered dangerous to the life,health or safety of any
person,thus,making an immediate discontinuance of service
to the premises imperative.
2.Consumer shall not connect any energy—consuming
appliance or device on the department’s side of a meter nor
tamper or otherwise interfere with the proper operation or
registration of department’s meter or permit others to
perform such connection,interference or tampering and for
violation of this regulation,service shall be disconnected
without notice and will not be reconnected until consumer
shall have paid an estimated service bill for the period
during which such violation existed and shall have irstalled
standard service entrance wiring in accordance with the
prevailing requirements of the town ordinance relating to
electrical installations,inspections,licensing,permit and
regulations.
3.Service may be discontinued for non—payment
of past due service accounts,for non—payment of any required
deposit,or if service to the user’s equipment is detrimental,
in the opinion of the department,to service to other users
served by the department.
4.Any discontinuance of service pursuant to
subparagraph 3 above shall be in accordance with and pursuant
to the Discontinuance Regulations set forth in Chapter 13.10
of the Municipal Code.Tariff sheets filed by the Town with
the Public Utilities Commission pertaining to termination of
electric service shall also be applicable to customers
receiving service inside municipal boundaries,except that
any hearing requested by a customer receiving service inside
municipal boundaries of the Town shall be held before the
superintendent of the department,or his designated representa
tive,and the superintendent or his representative is empowered
to decide whether or not the proposed discontinuance is in
conformity with the provisions of this Section and the
Discontinuance Regulations,and said person is empowered to
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decide the matter in dispute.
5.In the event of disconnection by the town for
any of the foregoing causes,and after evidence is submitted
that the cause for disconnection has been corrected,electric
service may not be restored until payment of a combined
disconnection and reconnection fee of fifteen dollars,
unless said reconnection shall be requested and performed
during non—business hours of the department,in which event
the combined disconnection and reconnection fee shall be
thirty dollars.The non—business hours of the department
are defined as between the hours of 5:00 P.M.and 8:00 A.M.,
Monday through Friday;weekends and any federal holiday or
holiday observed by the town.
Section 2.That Section 13.08.050 B of the
Municipal Code of the Town of Estes Park,Colorado is amended
by adding thereto the following:
Users who have previously received service from
the department shall be required to make a new or additional
deposit only if previous payment records include recent or
substantial delinquencies.
Section 3.The Board of Trustees hereby authorizes
the Town Administrator and other officials of the Town to
file with the Public Utilities Commission of the State of
Colorado such documents and to take such action as may be
necessary to obtain the approval of said Public Utilities
Commission as may be required under applicable law for
changes in rules and regulations for electric service.
Section 4.Except as herein specifically amended,
Title 13 and all ordinances or parts of ordinances of the
Municipal Code of the Town of Estes Park relative to the
Light and Power Department shall be and hereby are designated
to remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified,
confirmed and approved.
Section 5.The Board of Trustees of the Town of
Estes Park,Colorado,herewith finds,determines and designates
that this Ordinance is necessary for their immediate preserva
tion of the public peace,health and safety,in order to
provide for uniform regulations and to conform to recently
adopted rules of the Public Utilties Commission;and whereas,
in the opinion of the Board of Trustees,an emergency exists,
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this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force immediately
after its passage,adoption and signature of the Mayor.
Mayor 2
I hereby certify that the above ordinance was introduced
and read at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees on
the 28th day of October ,1980,and published
in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town of Estes
Park,Colorado,on the 31st day of October ,1980,all as
required by the Statutes of the State of Colorado.
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