HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982-12-07-Ordinance 2020_Telephone FranchiseORDINANCE NO.2020
.AN ORDINANCE GRANTING UNTO NORrHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE
COMPANY,A CORPORATION,ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS,THE
RIGHT,FRANCHISE,AND PRIVILEGE FOR A PERIOD OF TWENTY-
FIVE (25)YEARS FROM AND AFTER THE ADOPTION AND APPROVAL
HEREOF,TO ACQUIRE,CONSTRUCT,OPERATE AND MAINTAIN IN THE
CITY OF WAUKEE,IOWA,THE NECESSARY FACILITIES FOR THE
OPERATION OF A GENERAL TELEPHONE SYSTEM;TO USE AND OCCUpy
THE PUBLIC STREETS,HIGHWAYS,AVENUES,ALLEYS,BRIDGES AND
PUBLIC PLACES FOR SUCH PURPOSES:AND PRESCRIBING THE TERMS
AND CONDITIONS THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Waukee:
Section 1.That Northwestern Bell Telephone Company,
a corporation,its successors and assigns,be and it is
hereby granted and vested with the right,franchise and
privilege for a period of twenty-five (25)years from and
after the adoption and approval hereof,as provided by
law,to acquire,construct,operate and maintain in the
City of Waukee,Iowa,the necessary facilities for the
operation of a general telephone system;and to construct
and maintain along,upon,across and under the streets,
highways,avenues,alleys,bridges and publ ic places the
necessary fixtures and equipment for such purposes.
Section 2.This franchise shall not be exclusive and
shall not restrict in any manner the right of the City
Councilor any other governing body of the City in the
exercise of any regulatory power which it may now have,or
hereafter be authorized or permitted,by the laws of the
State of Iowa.This franchise does not confer the power
to appropriate and condemn private property upon North-
western Bell Telephone Company.
Section 3.If,during the term of this franchise
ordinance,there shall be enacted by the Iowa General
Assembly,a valid statute granting to cities that regula-
tory authority over the construction,operation and main-
tenance of electric transmission lines which is currently
exercised by the Iowa State Commerce Commission,then
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company shall construct,
operate and maintain its general telephone system in the
City of Waukee in accordance with regulations of the City
adopted pursuant to such statute.
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Section 4.Effective Date.This ordinance shall
be in effect after its final passage,approval,and publi-
cation as required by law.
Passedoy t he Council on .the 7th day of .De,c;:ember,1982,
and Approved this 7th day of December,1982.
Attest:
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