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ORDINANCE NO. 166
AN ORD ~ NANCE GRANT I NO TO LONE .sTAR GAS COfV1PANYj
A CORPORAT I ON} I TS SUCCESSROS AND ß\SS IGNS, A
TWENTY-F IVE {25} 'YEAR FRANCH ISE TO FURN ISH AND
SUPPLY GAS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC fN THE CíTY OF
NORTH R ¡ OHLAND HI LLS, Tt\RRÞNT COUNTY) TEXAS:
PROVlO ING THAT THE CQf')1PANVn3 orl£RAT~ ONS SHALL BE
SUa,JECT TO C I TV REGULA T ~ ONS: PROV 101 NG FOR
COMPANV TO ERECT BARRiERS AND TO HOLD THE CiTY
HARMLESS FROfv1 ANY L 1 AS ~ L ! TV I N CONNECT ~ ON if} ¡ 111 A
STREET EXCAVATION ~ PROV to !NO FOR COr"1PANY TO HOLD
C I TV HARMLËSSFOR ANY J\OT OF NEGL I GENeE: PRO-
\! 10 NG FOR A NON-EXCUJSHJE FRANCHISE ~ PROVH)H4G
FOR COf'1PANY TO CONTRf\.CT vn TN CUSTO~4ERS ~ PRQVJ 0 I NG
FOR cOf-tPAMY NOT TO BE REQll t REO TO EKTEND THE if?
LINES t-tORE THAN ONË HUNDRED (100) FEET. PROV ! D f NG
FOR ENFORCEMENT OF PROVfS10NS~ PROVIDING fOR
ACCEPTANCE BY CO~1PANY AND REPEAL ING ALL PHI OR
QRDiNANCES GRANTINO A PHANCHtSE TO LONE STAR GAS
CONPANY ~
BE: IT ORt)fUNED BY THE C j TY COUNCIL OF THEC I TY
OFNQRTH R H~HLAND HILLS j TEX,l\S ~
S£CTHJN 1" THAT THE C I TV Of' NORTH Rt CHLAND HH.LS, TEXAS,
A MUfUC I PAL ÐORPÖRA n ON$ f Tl)A TED J N TARRANT COQNTY, TEXAS,
HE:RË f NAtTER CA1..LEù LC t Tyn HEREBY GRANTS TO LONE STARGA$ COM-
PANY, A ur HJTV COt4PANY AUTHORIZE!) T(1)09U$1 NESS f N THE STATE
OF TEXAS,) HERE! WArTER' CAL.t.Ëtì nCOf\llPANY¡;, f is SUCCESSORS AND
A$$HJNS) CONSENT TO USE AND OCCUpy THt,: PRESENT AND FUTURe:
STREEtS, ALl.EY$" Hf GHWAYS,Pt)ElL! C PLACES,. PV13L 1(; THOROUGH-
FARES ANO GROUNPS OF CfTYF"OR THE PURPOSE OF LAYING> MAIN-
TAfN!WG.1 OØNS1'RUCTJNG~ OPERATING. AND REPLACING TBERtlN ANO
tHEREON PIPE Lf NEB AND ALL OTHERPERTHŒNT £QUIPMftNT NËEO€;P
AND NECESSARY TO PELI \lEA' AND SELL GAS TO .PERSONS, F f~M$, AND
QfJRPORATH:~N$} jNCLUrHtH~ AlL £IF THI:::GENËRAL PU13t.1 C W¡ THIN THE
C fTY OF NORTH R t OHl.AND HI lL$ 'CORPORATE LI M f TS AND THE
Ë N V jRQ~S THEREOF, SA H.lCON6.€N T aEING GRANTer 0 FOR A TERN OF
TWgNTY-F! liE (25) YEARS F~(}MANOAFTER THE OAT!! aft' THE F U'4AL
PASSAGE,ANP APPj'tOVAt OF TH f $ ORDINANCE:..
SECT~ON 2" CQMPANY $HAl.L LAY", MAiNTAiN, CONSTRUCTj
O?ËRATE AND REPLACE ~T$ PfPI;tS, MAIMS, LATERALS ANO OTHER
EQUfpf\1I:£Nr so AS TO INTERFERE AS LITTL£ AS POSSiBLE WtTH
TRAFFiC AND SHALL PROMPTLY CLEAN UP AND RE$TCRt ALL THOROU~H-
J=ARE STREETS AND OiHËR SURFACES ~m ¡ CH f T r·1AY fH STURB TO THE t R
OfH Q f NAL tONfH 1"1 ON. BEFORE: THE COfo1PANY SHAlt. a£ AUTI-HHH lED OR
REQ.!JtREP TO £XTEND, R€PAH'1 OR RELAY ITS EXiSTING GAS MAINS OR
STREET SERVfCE LINES, THËRË SHALL 811 FlU:::!) \<JiTH THE: DlfH!CTOR
OF PI,JBL I C \'^}ORKS A WR ¡ TTEN STA TEP1E;t·n- SHOWI NG THE:' NATURE AND
CHARACTER OF" THE EXTr':::; I QNS ÞROPQSËIJ TO 8£ NADE j PROV I DED
HOWEVER, COrv1PANY NA Y MAKE EMEHGENDY REf>A IRS Þ.ND RE:Pt.-ACENENTS
WI THQUT PRI ùH F I L H4G W! TH THË D! RËCTOR OF, PUEL I C WORKS BUT
SHALL F LE A ¡tlR ¡ TTËN STfnSME:Nr ?ROJ'1PTL Y THIZRËAPTER.. COMPANY
AT IT$ OWN COST AND EXPENSE, AND AT THE CITY'S REQ,UE:$T.1 AND
FOR THE: C¡ryfS BENEFI>r~ SHALL lQWER, RELOCATE; OF? RE:LAYEXfST-
iNS GAS MA NS OR STR£ET SERV ICE L! NE$ ~ìHËRE NECESSARY (H,JETO
THE LOWER I NG OF STREET GRADtB BY THE C I TY~ CLO$ i N{~ Of STREET,
OR WORK IN OR UNDER THE CI"fyt$STREETS BY THE CITY; aUT
CONPAN'r" SHALL Ht\ VE NO SUCH OBL! GA i HJN TH€:RE'FOR WHERE THE RE-
QUEST BY THE CITY IS MADE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENABLING ANY
OTHER PERSON) F I RMj CORPORA r ION OR GOVERNMENTAL AUTHOfU TY TO
USE: THE STREËTSJ ALL€YS) H t GHl-JAV$ AND P!.JßL I C PLACES OF THE
C j TY) OR TO USE: THE LAND THERETOFOfHî USEP FOR STREETS; ALL£VS
OR HIGHWAY PURPOSES4
SECT tON 3.. COfv1PANY t S PROPERTY AND OPE RAT f ONS iN THE
C! TY SHALL BE SU8,JECT TO SUCH REGULAr IONS 8Y THE CiTY AS MAY
BE REASONABLY NECESSARY FOR THE PRO~£CTtù~ OF THE GENERAL
PUBLIC.
SE C T ON 4. kJHE: N CQ!\1P J'\ NY SHALL HAKE OR CA USE TO BE
MADË EXCAVAT IONS OR SHALL P·LAC€: OBSTRUlH I QNS 1 N ANY $TREtT,
ALt~EY OR OTHER PU8L I C PLACE> THEPUßL. C SHALL 13£ PROTECTED
BY BARR ER$ AND L I GNTS PLACCD, t:RFCTEQANP fvlA t NTA I NEQ BY COM-
PANY; AND AT THE C¡ Ty1$ REt{tHtST AND tNS"fANm: THE CONrANY
SHAL.l FURNISH FLAGMEN iO öIRE:CT AND HE:LP DIRECT THE: TRAFFlC
AROUND SAIO BARRIERS WHEN TRAFFIC CO~DITjONS R£A$ÐNABLY so
R€Q.\,HRE: AND IN THE EVENT OF tNJURY TO ANY PËRSQN OR DAMA$E
TO ANY PROPERTY BY REASON OF THE' úONSTRUDTtON,1 OPERATiQN OR
MPd NTENANCE or THE GAS tH ETRI BUTI NG PLANT OR SYST£~1 OF
CONPANY, COMPANY SHALL ¡ NOEf·m f FY I\NO KE:EP HAI'U1U£$S THE C! TY
FROM ANY AND A.LL L II\B ~ L ¡ TY ¡ N CONNECT H)N 1'l¡£Rf.WI TH + THE
COf4PANY SHALL REPA f R AND CLEAN UP ANO RESTORE TQ THË OR f G I NAL
CONDi Ti ON ALL STR2Ë'rs AND ALLEYS Oi STURBED DUNl NG THE CON-
STRUCTiON ANO REPAir OF ITS GAS DIBTRfBUTfNG SYSTEM.
SE:CTt ON 5. COMPANY SHALL HOLD 11-HS: CITY HARMLESS
FROf>1 ALL tXPENSE OR L I AS I L ITY FQR ANY ACt OF NEGl I GENCE OF
THE COMPANY HËREUNDER OR FOR ANY ACT OF TRIZ$PASS> NUISANCE,
OR TAK I NG OROAMAG! NG OF PROPERTY 0'( THE COflWANY ~
SECTION 6. NortH NG THERE I N SHALL EVER SE HELP OR
CONSTRUED TO CONFER UPON COHPANY EXCLUS! VE R I GHiS OR PfHV 1-
LEGES OF ANY NATURE WHATsoeVER.
SECTtON 7. t N AQD I T ION TO 1'1-!€' RATES CHARtiEO FOR GAS
SUPPLIED, COMPANY MAY ~1AKË AND ENFORCE' REASONABLE CHARGES,
RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR SKRVICË RENQERED IN THECONPUCT Of
f is BUSI NES',$, t NCLUTH NG A CHARGE FOR SERVICES !{E::ND£RED! N THE
I NAUGIJRATI ON OF NATURAL GAS SERV ICC, AND MAY REQ)Jf RE; SEfORE'
P'URNiSHtNG SERVH~E, THE GX£:CUTION OF A CONi~ACT THEREFOR.
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COMPANY SHALL HA ve THE RIGHT TO CONTt~ACT ItH TH ËACH CUSTONER
\»n T11 REFïîRIHJC£ TO THE I NSTAL.Lki I ON OF.~ AND PAYf'1£NT FOR} ANY
AND ALL OF THE: GAS PI P I NC FROH THE DONNE;Cn ON THERtOF \>n TH
THE C~MPANyrS MAiN iN THE STREETS ~R ALLEYS TO AND THROUGH-
OUT THE CONSUHERtS PREt41$R$~ COfiPANY SH!Ü...l. ØVJN) OPfRATE AND
MAiNTAIN ALL SERVICe LINES WHICH I\RE úf:FINED AS THE SUPPLY
LUHrs FROt"! THE ùOf'4PANY~S tvU\lN TO THE CONSUMERíS OURB LiNt:
vlHE/It NAft4$ ARË LOCATED IN TH€: STRËETS AND TO THE CON${H<1ER'S
PROPËRTVl f Nt: WHf:R£ ~1A I NS ARE LODA TEn ¡ N THE ALL8YS. CON-
$UMER SHAlL OWN,> OPERA iT AND H,/\I NTA I N ALL YARD 1...1 NES AND HOUSË
PJPfj\W. YARD LfNE8 ARE: DEFINED AS THE !JNotRCROUND SUPPLY
L HiES EXTEND f NG FROM THE POf NT OF CONNI:ICn ON HI TH COMÞANY' $
SERVICE liNE TO Tlit:: POINT OF CONNE:CT¡ÜN WiTH caNSUNERtS
HOUSE PIP I NG.
SECTf ON S. CONP.A,NY SHALL NOT Sf: REQU I REO 1'0 EXTEND
MÞ, t N$ ON ANY STREET t1ùHC THAN QNE HUNORED FEET (100'} FOR ANY
CUSTONËR OF GA$.
SECT ION 9. COMPAN'r' SHAU~ 1:%: £NTt TlEO TO REQtn HË FRùt~
EACH AN ) EVËRY CONSl!f\'tER OF CAS, BEFORE GAS 8£HV I ¢€S COMMENCE,
A DEPOSiT OF tWfCE THE M10UNT OF AN E$TIHAT12D AVERAGE: f.H)NTHLY
BILL) WHICH SAUl DEPOSIT !Y1AY HE RETAINED IT'!" COl'<1PANY UNTfL
$ERV I CES ARt: 0 I SCONT! NUED td'H1 ALL BI LLS THCREFOR HAVE. SEEN
PAjD, OOMPANY THEN SHALL RETURN SAID DE:p\)SIT TO THE CONSUNE:R;
TOGETHER WITH 6% fNTERË$T THEREONFROt1 THE DATE OF SAlt) DE-
?tHH T UNT H.. THE DATE OF 0 I SCONT I NUA.NCt OF SËRV ICE. COl'<lPANY
SHAlL BE ENTJ TLCD TO APPL Y SAI Ð ú£POS IT ItHTH ACCRUED I NTE-:.REST)
TO ANY ¡ NU£HTEPNE$$ O~'¡EO COMÞAN'{ BY THE CONSUMER t<1AXI NG THE
DE P 0 SiT .
St:CTION 10.. THE RIGHTS, PRJ\lH.£GES AND FRANCHISt;S
GRANTED BY THIS ORDJNA_CE ARE NOT TO BE CONSIÐERED EXCLUSIVE,
AND THE C I TV HERE'BY EXPRE:$$L Y RE$ERVËS THE H ¡ GI'fT TO GRANT.,
AT ANY TIMt, LIKE PR¡VIL8GES) R'lGHTS ANP FRANCHISE AS IT MAY
SEE FiT TO ANY OTNËR PERSON OR CORPORATION FOR THE PURPOSE Of:
FURNISHHH~ GAs FORlICHT) HEAT ANt> Po\>JER TO þ,ND FOR THE CITY
AND THE f NHABI TANTS THt.R1!H'W.
SEcn ¡ ON 11. COM? AN Y) I 1S S UCC£S$OR$ AND ASSI aN $,
AGREES TO PAY AND CITY AGRE€:$ TO AOOEf>T ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST
DAY OF JUN£; P3fq,~ ANO ON OR B€F'ORE THE SAME DAY OF EACH
SUCCES:DINQ 'fEAR DURING THE LtFE or THIS FHANOHISE UP TO AND
f NeLUOI NG THE: ,,{ËAR F3sn, A SUM OF NONEV WI-I} OH SHALL Sf EQ,tH VA-
l.E'NT TOP'OUR PËR-CEN 1( 41~} OF THt GROSS fHSC€d PiS f(ËCE ¡ vr;D BY
COt1PANY FRON THE SALE OF GAS TO ALL ITS GONSut1R:RS WI TH I N THE
CORPDRATE LINITS or SAI!) CITY) fNOLUÐING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
RES It)ENT I AL AND ÚONfotERC i AL usts, I ND!JSTR ¡ Al,1 GOVËRNt4ENTAL AND
t-'WN f C ¡ PAL USE:$ FOR THE PRECEDING CALENDAR ytAR.. SUCH PAYMENT
SHALL at MADE BY COMP/\NY AND AC0EPT£D BVe ¡ TV AS PULL PAYMENT
FOR COMPANyJ S PH I Vi LËCES OF ut) I NG AND OCCUpy! NO THE STREETS"
ALLEYS; HHiHWAYSj EABËMEN'IS ttND PUBL I C WAYS Wf Tti I N THE CITY
AND OF OTHER FEf.:$ CONNECrgO WITH THAT USE; SUCH AS RENTALS)
$!JPERVISH'N, jNSPECTION AND OOCUPATiON Ol·IARGER IN lHtu OF
liCENst AND iNSPËCTIQN FEES) STREET ANO ALLEY R£NTALS"
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(ËXCEPTi NG ONl Y GENËRAt.. OR SPEC¡ AL AD VALOREr·1 i!\CES t./tit PH TH£:
CITY ¡ s ,tÜnHOR I ZED TO Uî VY ANQ ¡ f-1PO.8E UPON RËAL OR PERSONAL
PROf>ËRTY öR ANY Sf'~LE$ TAX THA T THE C ¡ TV f-11\Y ! N THE FUTURE a!S
AUTHOR I Zr::O TO LEV'Y) ~ THE PAYMËNT Ht'Rf ¡ N PHOV!DED SHALL BE FOR
iHE TWEL VE (12) t10NTHS PRËCED I NG dUNE 1 j OF THIS: YEAR I N viii f tH
PAYfv1£NT i $ f"1ADE ~
IN OROËR TO tJfTERMINE THE GROSS RECEIPTS RECËIVEI) BY'
CONPANY FRON lHË SALt: OF GAS WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIt'HTS OF
CITY, COMPANY AGREES THAT ON iH€: SAI'-1{;; DATE THAT PAYf.1€NTS
ARE HAD€: AS PROVIDEQ !N THE PRËCEDING ?ARf\,GRAPH.3 THAT IT \'>J1LL
F ¡ LE 1,11 TH C! 1''1' SECHETARY A SItJORN Rr¿ÞQRT SHCW! NO THË GROSS
RECE! PTS REef: I VED FROM THE SALE OF GAS 'H} iTS CUSTot'4ERS WI TIi I N
SAID CORPORATE LtHITS F()f< "fHE CAlËNOAR 'lE:AH PREm::~D¡NG THE DATE:
OF PAYHENT. CITY NAY" IF tT BEES fiT, HAVE THE BOOKS ANt)
RECORDS OF SA I D COMPANY E XAf>..lI NED BY Rtf-PRESEN TA T I VES OF CITY
TO ASCERTfU N THE COfHH:i:ùn'JESS OF THE: S!dORN REPORTS AGREED TO
BE F I LED HERE f N.
StOTfON 12.. THE CiTY RE.SËRVES TO I TSlSlF THE fH¢HT
AND POWER AT At,L 1" I fvms TO [XERD ¡ Sgj t N THE: I NTEREST OF THE
FlJaL I C~ FULL REGULATt ON AND CONTROL 1'0 I N$URE THE RENDER f NG
OF KFFtClgNT PUBLlO $ËRVICE Ai REASONABLE R¡TES~ ANt) THE'
MA j NTEWANCE OF COl'WANy1 S PROPERTY I N Goon REPA; R THfWliGHOtJ"f
THE ÏERfv1 or TH ¡ S F'RANCH 1st.. TH£ fe'A I t,URIt OF THE GRANT!21-: TO
COt>1Pt.Y Wf TH tHE T!2Rt<1S OF TH f S FRANÙH ¡ SE AFTER DUË NOT t CE AND
HEAR!NG AND THt PRQVfO!NG OF AN ADEq.tJATE T!NE FOR COMPANY TO
CONPlY !¡HTH SAle iËRN$, SHALL ENnTLE THE CITY TO COMr€L
COMPLIANCE BY $lHi IN ANY COURT UF OOMPËTENT J(JRISOICTtON ANI)
UPON tHJLMINATION OF TH~ SUI T~ IF 'fHË C(Ji"1PAW',/ STiLL FAiLS TO
COMPL\' ì'if I'll 'fHE TERNS OF THË FRANCJU BE, '[HC C! TY NAV COt-1PEL
CO¡-.tPL ¡ A~$CE: UNDER PENAL TV Or rORFE ì 1'URE THERËOF.
SECTtON 13~ THE: Ct)tv1PANY SHALL FilE ITS \>!RITTEN
ACCEPTAN<:iE OF TI1 ¡ S FRAtH.::ti ¡ SE ì-n THI N $ ¡ XT"'{ (6o} DAYS AFTER ITS
PASSAGE: AND APPROVAL.
SECTfON 14. UPON Tl-flB FRANCHISE OROINANCE HECOt"¡ING
EFFECT I V!::, ALL PREVIOUS ORQINANúE$ OF THE CITY OF NornH
RICHLAND HILLS GRANTiNG A FrVHWHI$E: ioLONt STAR GAS COMPANY
SHALL SE AOTúHAT I CALL Y CANCE:LLED ANO ANNULLEÜ;- AND THE SAI'-tE,
rOGETHER WiTH THAT (::E:R'fA f N STREET RENTAL Pi'N) I NANCE: PASSE:O
AND APPROVE:O BY THE: CITY OF NùR1'H HiGHLAND HILLS) INSOFAR
AS SA fJORDI NAN¢E IS APPl I CABLE TO CONPANY, SHALL aE OF NO
FORCE AND EFFECT~
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PASSED ON F ¡RST HEi\D t NG 1% T REGULAR t4f:tn NO OF THg C1 TY COUNC I L
or THEC!TY OF NORTH R¡CHLAND H1LL:S~ T!tXf~S ON THIS THE 10TH
~AY DF APRIL! 1967- .
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LEGAL AFFIDAVIT
THE STATE OF TEXAS:
COUNTY OF TARRANT:
Before me, the undersigned authority on this day personally
appearedEleanor LewiEknown to me to be a credible person. who
first being sworn, deposed and upon her oath said:
Bookkeeper Mid Cities Dail¡¡ New~
That she is the . of the , newsPaper
which has been regularly and continuously published and of general
circulatidtl -in the City/Town of
Hurst
, for a period of
more than one year next preceding the first publication of the
attached Legs 1 Not i ce
and that he caused said notice to be
published in said newspaper on the following date/so
L¡/lB/67
That the attached is a true and correct copy of said notice as pub-
lished on said date/s in said
Mid Cities DRily News
(i~ .--/,
r .~ I?</~
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Sworn to and subscribed before me, this th~day of~,
1~6L
County ,
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