CHAPTER 111
NATURAL GAS FRANCHISE

 

111.01 Grant of Franchise	111.05 Restoration of Property
111.02 State Code Restrictions and Limitations	111.06 Indemnification
111.03 Excavations	111.07 Extension of System
111.04 Relocation of Property	111.08 Standard of Operation

 

111.01 GRANT OF FRANCHISE.

    There is hereby granted to MidAmerican Energy Company, an Iowa corporation, hereinafter called “Company,” and to its successors and assigns the right and franchise to acquire, construct, erect, maintain and operate in the City a gas distribution system, to furnish natural gas along, under and upon the streets, avenues, alleys and public places to serve customers within and outside the City and to furnish and sell natural gas to the City and its inhabitants. For the term of this franchise the Company is granted the right of eminent domain, the exercise of which is subject to Council approval upon application by the Company. The franchise shall be effective for a 25-year period from and after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter. 1

 

Notes

1	† EDITOR’S NOTE: Ordinance No. 2004-10, adopting a natural gas franchise for the City, was passed and adopted on December 13, 2004.

111.02 STATE CODE RESTRICTIONS AND LIMITATIONS.

    The rights and privileges hereby granted are subject to the restrictions and limitations of Chapter 364 of the Code of Iowa.