(A) The grantor hereby grants to grantee for the term of 25 years from the passage of this ordinance and the filing of a written acceptance by the grantee, the right to enter upon the public ways to install, operate, and maintain a distribution system along, across, over, and under the public ways for the privilege of transporting, distributing, and selling gas to consumers and the public generally within the corporate limits of the city.
(B) This ordinance shall have the effect of and shall be a contract between grantor and grantee and shall be the measure of the rights and liabilities of grantor as well as grantee.
(C) The franchise granted by this ordinance is not exclusive, and nothing herein shall be construed to divest the grantor of its control and regulation of the public ways.
(Prior Code, Appendix C, Article II, § 2) (Ord. 809, passed 3-16-1994)