§ 12-154. Customer charges for extensions of service.

No customer shall be refused service arbitrarily. However, for unusual circumstances, such as a customer's request to locate his cable drop underground, existence of more than 150 feet of distance from distribution cable to connection of service to customers, or a density of less than 15 residences per 1,320 cable bearing strand feet of trunk or distribution cable, service may be made available on the basis of a capital contribution in aid of construction, including cost of material, labor, and easements. For the purpose of determining the amount of capital contribution in aid of construction to be borne by the grantee and customers in the area in which service may be expanded, the grantee will contribute an amount equal to the construction and other costs per mile, multiplied by a fraction whose numerator equals the actual number of residences per 1,320 cable-bearing strand feet of its trunks or distribution cable, and whose denominator equals 15 residences. Customers who request service hereunder will bear the remainder of the construction and other costs on a pro rata basis. The grantee may require that the payment of the capital contribution in aid of construction borne by such potential customers be paid in advance.

(Prior Code, § 157.15)