Any persons, firms, associations or corporations engaged in the business of furnishing natural gas within the town limits which are not operating under a valid franchise from said town, and upon which the tax provided under § 34.115 of this chapter is imposed, are hereby granted a revocable permit by said town for so long as this subchapter remains in effect and the taxes are paid in accordance with the terms of this subchapter to acquire, construct, erect, install, extend, repair, remove, relocate, replace, operate and maintain a system of works, pipes, pipelines, apparatus, structures and appurtenances in, across, upon and under the streets, alleys, avenues, boulevards, lanes, parks, parkways, sidewalks, parking, driveways, rights- of-way, utility easements and other public ways, places, areas and grounds, all being sometimes referred to herein as “streets, alleys, avenues and other public ways, places and grounds,” in the town as now constituted, and as may be added to hereafter, for the purpose of transporting, distributing and selling natural gas to said town, its inhabitants and the public generally for domestic, commercial and industrial uses, and for any and all other purposes for which natural gas, during the period of this revocable permit, may be used, together with the right to enter upon the streets, alleys, avenues and other public ways, places and grounds of said town for the purpose of constructing, erecting, installing, extending, relocating, operating, maintaining, removing and repairing said works, pipes, pipelines and all necessary apparatus, machinery, structures and appurtenances.
(Prior Code, § 7-506) (Ord. 97-3, passed 12-2-1997)