3-10-5: TERMS:
Franchises may be granted for either a fixed or indeterminate period. An indeterminate franchise shall provide that it shall endure in full force and effect until the same, with the consent of the appropriate state or federal agency, shall be voluntarily surrendered or abandoned by its possessor, or until the state of California, or some municipal or public corporation, duly authorized by law, shall purchase by voluntary agreement or shall condemn and take, under the power of eminent domain, the property actually used and useful in the exercise of such franchise and situate within the city limits of the city of Corcoran or until the franchise shall be forfeited for noncompliance with its terms by the possessor thereof, or until it is terminated by any other manner that may be specified in the franchise grant. (Ord. 579, 2-9-2005)