HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 283 N.C.S. 06/19/1953~f!'cn
ORDI1~NCE NO o 283 N"C"S b
INTRODUCED BY COUNC!U,rAN SECONDED BY COmJOI~N
·W ..C'"Brown Leigh Shoemaker
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ORDlNA11CE GRArJTnm TO PACIFIC GAS AIm ELECTRIC
COMPANY,ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS,Tm:FRAliJCIIISE
(1)TO USE~FOR TRA1'S1:TITTn~G AIID DISTllIDUTnrG
---",ELECTRICITY.SUITED FOR LIGHTIUG,FOR USE BY CON...,
sm-mRS FOR ANY AND ALL tAt-JFUL PURPOSES OTllER THAN
LIGHTI11G:t ALL POLES I1 '\'JIRES,CONDUIT~'AND APPURTE"tq....
ANCES ~,'HICH ARE ~mw OR 1-'lAY'IIEREAFTER BE LAJJFULLY
plACED AND r-1AINTAINED IN TfTE PUBLIC STRI!~ETS AND
PLACES l-JITHIN TEE CITY OF PETALUMA UNDER.THAT
CERTAIN FRANCHISE OF GRANTEE ACQUIRED PUHSUUIT TO
SECTION 19 OF ARTICLE XI OF~rlE CONSTITUTION OF THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,AS SAID SECTION .EXISTED PRIOR
TO ITS Al4ENDMENT ON OCTOBER 10D 1911,ANtI (2)TO
CONSTRUCT 11 l rLAINTAIN AND USE IN SAID PUBLIC STREETS
AND PLACES ALL POWS,".'IRES,COHDUITS AND APPUB,TEN...
ANCES 11 INCLUDINGCOlJJlJIUNICATION C!RCUITS,1;;HENEVER
AND WHEREVER SAID C01'iSTITUTIONAL FRAUCHISE SIIA.LL
nOT BE AVA lLAl3IE THEREFOR D NECESSARY TO TRANSf.lIT AND
DISTRIBUTE EIEC'l'RICITY SUITED FOR.!)AND FOR USF.BY
CONSU}-'lERS FOR,ANY OR ALL !AvJF'UL PURPOSES ..
BE IT ORDAHl'ED BY THE counCIL OF'TEE CITY OF PETALTIm
AS FOLLm.;rs:
Section 1..tfuenever in this ordinance the 'Words 01>-
phrases hereina£ter in this section defined are used,they shall
have the respective meanings assigned to them in the follOl.rlng
del'1nitio:ns (unless"in the given instance,the context wherein
they are used Shall clearly import a different meaning):
(a.)The word "Cra.nteen shall mean Pacific'Ga.$apd Electric Companyo
its lawfUl suecesso~s or assigns;
(b)The "'lord "city"shall mean tbG City or Petalum.a.l'a m"tll'l1clpal
corporation qf the Stat~of Gallforn1a,in ita present In~'
corporated form or in any1tl.ter reorganized,.consol1dated~
enlarged or reincorporated form.
(e)The wor'd "stI'eeta"shall mean the publ4..t stz-eetsl}ways,alleys
and places as the same now or m,ay hereafterexlst within said
city:;including state bi~ways,:o nOvl or ·hereafter established
within said city,and freeways hereafter established within
said city;
(d)The plU'e.se "poles II 'lfl1res p conduits and appurtenances n shall
mean poles,to'Wers p supports",wires!>conductorsl)cables Q guys,
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conduits,ductsl!vaults$'manhciles~meters,cut..outa~switches,
communication circuits,appliances"attachments;appurtenances
and any other property located 01"to be located in,upon,
along,aeross 11 under or over the streets of the city,and used
or useful in the transmitting and/or distributing or electricity;
(e)The phrase "construet,maintain and use"shall mean to construct ll
erect,'install,operate,maintain,use,repair or rep1ac8 0
(f)The phrase "constitutional franchise"shall mean the right ac-
quired through acceptance by said grantee or its predecessor
in estate of the of~er contained in the provisions of Section 19
of Article Xl of the 90nstitutio~or the State of California"
as said section existed ~r1or to its amehdment on October 10,
1911"
Section 2 a The franchise (1')to t\sel'for'transmitting and
distributing electricity,suited for lighting,for use by consumers
for any and all lawful purposes other than li@lting,all poles,wires D
conduits and appurtenances Which are ~or may hereafter be law~
.:fUlly placed and maihtained in the .public str&ets and places l-Jithin
said city under that certain franchiso of grantee acquired pursuant
to Section 19 o£Article:XI of thB Constitution of the State of
California~as said section existed prior to its amendment on
Octoper 10,~9ll.and (2)to constvuct g maintain and use in said
public streets and places all polcs~wires~conduits and appurten-
ancesl'i'ncluding C!QltIllUn1cation cirouits J whentlver and l.'Jherever said
eoris~itutional'franch:1sesh.al1 not,be avaUable theref<;)r ..necessar-y
to transmit and distribute e~ectrlclty s~ted·forJ and for use by
consumers for,la~y or all lawfu1 purrosesp 1s hereby cr~nted to
PacifI0 Gam 'and Electric C~anyp its ~ucc~ssQr~and as~ignsD .
.Section 3"Sald 't'ranchisesh3.l.1 be jpdetermlnateJl that 1s
to say ~said franchise shall,endure in rull force and e.fi'ect until
the same shall,with the Qpnse!lt of the Public Utilities Commission
of the State of Califom la,be 'V'Oluntaz'lly surrendered or abandoned
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by ·the grantee,or until the state or some municipa.l ox'public
c OI'porat ion thereunto duly authorized by law shall purchase by
voluntat'y agreement or shall condemn and tak~under the poweI>or
eminent dOll'1ain,.all property actually used and usef'ul in the exer.
cise of said franchiee and situate in the territorial l.imits of'
the state,municipal or public corpoI>ation purchasing or condemning
such property~or until.said ~anchise shall be forfeited for non-
compliance with its terms by the grantea o
Section 4~The grantee of said fl'anchise shall during the
te%'ll1 thereof pay to said c1ty a sum annually wl,dch shall be equiva..,
lent to two per cent of the grOB!annual receipts of said grantee
arising from the use,operation or possession ot said franchise;.
provided,however,that such pa}"lTlent shall in no event be less
than a SUIll which shall be equivaleht 1;,0 one~half pe;r cent of the
gross annual reoeipts derived by grantee from the sale 0:1 eleot:r>i=
city within the limits of'such city under said franchise and said
constitutional franch1se o
Section 5~~grantee sb411 file with the Clerk 01'
said city,withi;p.three mbnths after the expiration.of'the calen-
d~yeat-lil or fractiC!lnal talendar year~follow1ne the da.te of the
grantIng hereof,and Vith~n three months afte:r>the expiration of
each and evel'y calendat>year thereafter,a dUly v.e~1.f1ea statement
showing in detall the total gross re~eipts ofsu~h grantee during
the prec:.~ding calendar year I or sUl:~h f'ractj.onal cale-ndar year 8
Trom the sale of electricity within said e1tyo Such grantee shall
pay to said city wi thin fj.fteen QaYs after the time fot"i'iling
such statement.1n lawful m<!l~ey of the United States,the aforesaid
p~rc&ntage.of its gross reoe;tpts fa!'such Qa1e.n<Iar yeat',.or·such
fractio~l calendar year.qpv~re.d by such statement o Any neglects
omission or re~sal by ea1d grantee to file suchverlfied 8tate~
mant,or to pay said pe::,ce.,nta.ge .at the time a.n.d in the manner
speci~ie~lII shall be groUnds for ,the declaration·of a f'or~~~ture
of this fra.nchise and of all rightt of grantee hereunder-r
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Section 6"Tilii:franchise is granted under the
Franchise Act of 1937~and pursuant to the City Chartero
Section 11)The cQll1pensation reserved to the city for
the privilege hereby granted shall be that eet :forth in Section 4
hereof.which is deemed by the city to be adequate compensa'cion
for such privilege ..
Section 8f)The right is hereby reserved to the city to
take over at any t1me during the duzo8.tion of this franchise,in
the manner provided by law :for condemnation of'public utility
properties,such portion of'the pUblic utility's properties owned
by the grantee,its successors or assigns Jl as are located within
the limits of the City of Petaluma#without compensation for the
value of the franchise granted hereby ....
Section 90 The grantee of this franchiae shall (a)con...
struct,install and maintain al~poles£,w1res,conduits and appur."
tenances in accordance with and in conf'orm:1:ty with all of the
o~dinances.rules and regulations heretofore or hereafter adopted
by the legislative body of the City of Petaluma in the exercise of
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its police powers;(b)pay to the City of Petaluma on de~~d#the
cost 01'all repa1rs to public pr.operty If'.lP.de nec~ssary by ~Y ope:ra=.
tiot18 of the gl'antee under this franchise;{c}indemnii'Y ana hold
harmless the c~ty of Petaluma and its officers from any and all
liability for damages p~oxfmately resulting fram any operations
under th1t;1 franchise:(d)remove <Tr relocate,v4thout expense to
the City Qf'Petaluma any facilities inStalled,used and maintained
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unde~this franChiee 1»an¥streets,inclUding on ~r bridee'or
artificial support in or ~derly1ng any such street.so long as
:!Jueh street,br:dge O~artifl~ial support shall :z:eIllB.in under the
.jurisdiction of the city as a city street,'Where such removal or
relocation 1s made necessary by any 1awfu~change of grad~D align~
ment or width of sueh street"1ncJ.ud1ng the constt>uctlon of any
subway or viaduot,?and also where such removal or relocation .is
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made neeesss:ry 'bey 'Fosson 01:an~repair or a1tOl'tlt ion or improve..
ment of lIDy such street.including any BUoh bridge or artificial
support,p,JOov1ded thllt th:ts provision shal.l ceue to be appl1cQble
to &:t:!1 such street.bridge 01?su~if and whetl the same shall
beeClXlW a sta.te freewy 1)nor shall 1t constitttte a.eontra.ctual
obligation 1n resr>ect.to Bueh freeway 'Vath!n the purview of Section
703 of the Streets and 1I1gbways Code or the State or Cfiil1forn1a;.
and (e).file with the leg1slat1ve body of the C1ty of Petaluma
within thirty (30)days after any'sale,transfer-,assigmnent 01"
lea.se of this ha.rwhls e #or any part thereof,or ()·f .any 01;the
rights 01"privileges granted he~bl.written evldetl'oe of the same,
eertlt1ed the1"eto by the (p:'antee or lts duly aut~j.sed o.t'.f1cers".
Seotion 10.The grantee of thia franchtee a~ees
that the City of PetalUl1f:El when aet1~in a govel"IUTJental capacity6.'
may 1mprove any street or portion thweof,in which .t~e.nch1se
properties havo tbe:retotol"Q been eo!Wtrutted Oil'imltalle,'.i,and may
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:remove from e:o:y such stXleetany pUb11c 1mp2:'ov,em&nt.11'Ii;t,t1ee in
wr1t1:ng is given to the grantee t.n (10)dfqs 1!t'adw..nee c,f 1#h&
.fact·th~t work is to be done ~t to anr r·:igb.t :resePved'in this
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seot1on"speel.1"ytng the gene:ral nature ot'the w~.nd the a:rea.,in
which the same tEl to 'be pex-.f()l"'med.then the ~~e shall do ~
thin!s neef;uiJ'sl!!1"1 tCt p~o1;;.eet its t:raneh1se pX'opet"'ty dU1'lngthepro..
gress'of such work lilO a8 to pe:rm.1t the :rna:lntle~"()l'ex-at1on and
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use of such public 1mp1"QVetl1snt sO long as such s~eet shall remain
under the 3urlsdS'et1on of th~oit:r as ae!.ty ,tJteet.,pr-oV'~ded that
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this px-ovlsion shan·ease to be applicable to tUtt.such street it
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and when the same shall 'be~~s.sctrata !"r$eway,;r...,r shall thl~pro...
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"l$iQJ:1 c()nstlt:ute a.~on:b:ra~tnal(,;.blifll'l.tlonane~·.viueh st.reet Atutll
have 'become'a state :f:'1'I'ee'way ld th1ll the purview 01'Section 70.3 ot
the Streets and Hlgbwa1aOode of the.State of Ca.lu''orn1a ll
Section 114 no-p~Qv1ai~nror this trancll~se ahall be ~Q
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conat7:'Ued as to 12npose u1>011 ~e!ty~:aut;r~~()
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e()na'truct~1"epalr or maintain 41J;t hi~ay,moj.u.d~tp..~Qt-GIj
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m which grantee'S tranohls&pXtopelftz"1s loge.ted.in 'aflY'
~1"ot'to a.:n:r putieU1arstand&~~
Seot10n 12.Thla otd~e ahal1 beco_eftectiYe"'t
d«yB after its fUu11 t>assags,un1tUU9 ~pen4ed Ill'a refe;t'~~,
tion filed as provided by 10.
Seet1.op 130 The g1"lntee of'!laid ~A:nChlae shallp~"
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the oitY'a.sum of nloney sui't'1Glsnt tel re1lt1bU'1"Se!tttJ:!all P1
tien ~nses 1nf.$"uN'ed bilt .In c~t.'on tdtA -,e gt'4nt~
such payment to be made withb t11l»t1'daye aftef'the)oj.ty .•ali
1'urn1shed luch grant8\)wi t11 a 'WX'!t_a atat..n1">'Of sum e~~~$..---.~......::~,:
Section 140 The C1.tly Ol~k ant.1~~.'~'o:rd!~~{'
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be published once at least two ct)dq'$"betozoe fl.1 pQ.i~in,
Petaluma.Argus...oou:r~e;t>~a new8~~!"ot~~u ~bcula'b1on
and eu-eulated in said cit10
P~t 1"_(1 _d 1ntr~~~And .~d pub11sl.'md at
i£!SilS lTlS6ting of:the City c-ow+c.n or:del C)lty h$1d
on the 18th i;r;lay ot ,...-.I~"19530.x f t.•
ABSENT:
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A1itant:~~~~l_,a..:;".·_.{L_<~....
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STA:J:lE OF CALIF011NIA,)
COUNTY OF SOHO)~,)as.
CITY OF PETALUl1A Ct )
I,Gladys'R..rJallin,Oity Clerk of th~City ot Petaluma~
and ex...officio Clerk of:the Council,of sa1.d City;do hereby
certIfy that the "a'bove and'toragoing 1s ,11 full,trtle and
eON'&ct copy of the orll1:nalof Ord1.nAnceNo.283 N.C.S •........,
of the City of Petaluma,adopt~d by ~ha Council of the City
of:Petaluma on June 18,1953 and effect Iva July;,18...1953
_____'_'_t 101h1oh .sald Ord1l1tm.ee 1s now of recOl"d.and 0%1
file in my o.f1'1ce,together with ~certificate ot ths vo'ta
thereon,and that the eopy"has ,~baeno~d by me with the
original and is &.eo~et transcript the:re*om and of'the
whole of said orlg1nal~
WITNESS 'J.Tr!I hand and the seal of said C:1 ty 0'1 Petalu.ma
affixed at 'J:i!9'ottlee in the City of Petaluma.,OountY,of Soncmm,
State of Oallt>orn,:1s'1i this 19th day ot ,June,1953.,'II