HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1981-043 ORDINANCE NO. 81-43
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND CHANGING
A FRANCHISE ORDINANCE ENACTED BY THE
CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TARRANT COUNTY,
TEXAS, ON MARCH 7, 1961 AND BEING
PARTLY STYLED, "AN ORDINANCE GRANTING
TO LONE STAR GAS COMPANY, A CORPORA-
TION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, A
FRANCHISE TO FURNISH AND SUPPLY GAS
TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TARRANT, TEXAS" ; AND PRO-
VIDING FOR A MODIFICATION OF THE
DEFINITION OF THE TERMS "SERVICE
LINES" AND "YARD LINES" REFERENCED
IN SECTION 4 THEREOF; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPE-
VINE, TEXAS :
Section 1. As of the effective date of this amendatory
ordinance, and upon acceptance by Lone Star Gas Company of
the provisions hereof, Section 4 of the aforesaid captioned
franchise ordinance enacted on March 7, 1961, shall be
stricken, cancelled, and nullified and there shall be sub-
stituted in lieu thereof a new provision reading as follows :
"SECTION 4. In addition to the rates charged for
gas supplied, Company may make and enforce reason-
able charges, rules, and regulations for service
rendered in the conduct of its business including
a charge for services rendered in the inauguration
of natural gas service, and may require, before fur-
nishing service, the execution of a contract there-
for. Company shall have the right to contract with
each customer with reference to the installation of,
and payment for, any and all of the gas piping from
the connection thereof with the Company' s main in
the streets or alleys to and throughout the con-
sumer' s premises. Company shall own, operate, and
maintain all service lines, which are defined as the
supply lines extending from the Company' s main to
the customer' s meter where gas is measured by Com-
pany. The consumer shall own, operate, and maintain
all yard lines and house piping. Yard lines are
defined as the underground supply lines extending
from the point of connection with Company ' s customer
meter to the point of connection with consumer' s
house piping. "
Section 2. Enactment of this amendatory ordinance shall
in no way ever be construed so as to diminish or impair any
consumer' s ownership interest in service lines (or portions
thereof) installed prior to the effective date of this amenda-
tory ordinance.
Section 3. The terms and provisions of this amendatory
ordinance shall be deemed to be severable, and if the validity
of any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this amendatory
ordinance should be declared to be invalid, the same shall not
affect the validity of any other section, sentence, clause or
phrase of this amendatory ordinance.
Section 4 . Except as heretofore and hereinabove changed
and amended, the terms , provisions, conditions and requirements
of the aforesaid franchise ordinance shall remain in full force
and effect.
Section 5. Pursuant to Article 10 of the Grapevine City
Charter, this franchise ordinance shall take effect from and
after the following conditions have been satisfied:
A. Ordinance read and approved at two (2) separate
regular meetings of the City Council, with the
second reading not occurring until at least thirty
(30) days after the first reading.
B. Full text of the ordinance shall be published once
each week for four (4) consecutive weeks in a local
newspaper of the City of Grapevine after the second
reading of the ordinance at the expense of the Com-
pany.
C. Written acceptance by the Company after the provi-
sions of Article 10 have been satisfied.
D. Effective date of the ordinance shall be thirty
(30} days after the second reading and subsequent
to the required publications of the ordinance.
E. Upon the requirements of Article 10 of the City
Charter being satisfied and the written acceptance
of the franchise ordinance by the Company, the pro-
visions hereof shall be binding upon the City and
the Company, their successors and assigns.
PASSED AND APPROVED on the first reading on this the 21st
day of July , 1981.
PASSED AND APPROVED on the second reading on this the l �t
� day of ��tember , 1981.
APPROVED:
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Mayor
ATTEST:
City Secr a y
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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City Attorney