Grantor hereby grants to grantee, its successors and assigns, the right, power, privilege and authority to enter upon all roads, rights of way, streets, alleys, highways, lying within the boundaries of grantor and owned or maintained by grantor now or in the future ("franchised area") to construct, or otherwise acquire, and to own, maintain, equip, and operate plants and works, and all necessary or desirable appurtenances thereto ("facilities"), for the purchase, transmission and distribution of gas, including the right to construct, lay, maintain, operate, extend, renew, remove, replace, repair, use and operate a gas distribution system, in, under, upon, over, across, and along the present and future public rights of way within the present or any future corporate limits of the grantor, including streets and bridges, for the purpose of transporting, distributing and selling gas (with the right and privilege to make such connections with said pipes as will enable the grantee to supply gas) for heating, lighting, power and any and all domestic, commercial, and industrial purposes, and other reasons and purposes within and through the grantor's corporate limits and to the grantor and its inhabitants, and to other persons, firms, entities or municipal corporations.
A. Service To Be Furnished: At all times during the term of this franchise, the grantee, subject to its tariffs, rules and regulations as filed with the appropriate regulatory body and subject to available natural gas supplies, shall supply natural gas to the city, its successors, and to its inhabitants and persons and corporations thereof and any other consumers who shall request the same and shall, as appropriate, acquire, construct, maintain, equip, and operate all necessary facilities for the purchase, transmission and distribution of natural gas for the benefit and convenience of the city of Spirit Lake and its inhabitants. (Ord. 507A, 7-24-2007)