There is hereby granted to NorthWestern Energy, a corporation, its successors and assigns (hereinafter called the “grantee”) the right, privilege and franchise of the full period of 50 years from the effective date hereof and thereafter until and unless otherwise provided by ordinance to construct, equip, lay maintain, and operate in, under upon, over and across the streets, avenues, alleys, highways, bridges, easements and other public places in the city, county, state as now or hereafter constituted mains, pipes, conduits, manholes, reducing and regulating stations and all other appurtenances, accessories, and facilities for the purposes of transporting, conveying, distributing, supplying, and selling natural gas or artificial gas for light, heat, power, and other purposes, at rates fixed and allowed by the Public Service Commission of the state, and grantee aggress to make publically available the schedule of rates thus fixed or allowed as required by the rules and regulations of the Public Service Commission of the state.
(Prior Code, § 13.02.010) (Ord. 129, passed 11-2-2009; Ord. 2019-11, passed 9-16-2019)