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ORDINANCE NO. 0-81-426
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND CHANGING THE FRANCHISE
BY THE CITY OF COLLEYVILLE, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS, ON APRIL 30,
1963 AND BEING PARTLY STYLED "AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO LONE STAR
GAS COMPANY, A CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, A FRAN-
CHISE TO FURNISH AND SUPPLY GAS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE CITY
OF COLLEYVILLE, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS;" PROVIDING FOR A MODIFICA-
TION OF THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "SERVICE LINE" AND "YARD LINE"
AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 4 THEREOF, AND REQUIRING THE FRANCHISEE
TO EXTEND SERVICE LINES FOR A CUSTOMER HOOKUP.
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WHEREAS, Lone Star Gas has requested that their franchise be
modified to reflect the changes incorporated herein;
and,
WHEREAS, "the City Council, City of Colleyville feels that it is
in the best interest of the citizens to make these
changes; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF COLLEYVILLE, TEXAS:
Sec. 1. THAT as of the effective date of the amendatory ordinance,
and upon acceptance by Lone Star Gas Company of the pro-
visions hereof, Section 4 of the aforesaid captioned
franchise ordinance enacted on April 30, 1963 shall be
stricken, cancelled and nullified and there shall be
substituted in lieu thereof a new provision reading as
follows:
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"Sec. 4. In addi tion to the rates charged for gas
supplied, the Company may make and enforce
reasonable charges, rules and regulations
for the service rendered in the conduct of
its business including a charge for service
rendered in the inauguration of natural gas
service, and may require, before furnishing
service, the execution of a contract therefor.
The Company shall have the right to contract
with each customer with reference to the
installation of, payment for any and all of
the gas pipe, and from the connection thereof
with the Company's main streets or alleys to
and throughout the customer's premises. Said
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 the gas
is measured by the Company. The Company shall
be obligated to extend its service lines not
more than one hundred feet (100) from the
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property line of the property upon re-
quest of the customer. The customer
shall own, operate and maintain all yard
lines and house piping. Yard lines are
defined as the underground supply line
extending from the point of connection with
the Company's customer meter to the point
of connection with the customer's house
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Sec. 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 amendatory ordinance.
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Sec. 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, clause or phrase of this amendatory ordinance.
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Sec. 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.
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Sec. 5. This amendatory ordinance shall become effective upon
the Company filing its written acceptance of the pro-
vision of this ordinance within sixty (60) days after
the final passage and approval by the City and upon
acceptance, the provisions hereof shall be binding upon
the City and Company, their successors and assigns.
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The first reading and public hearing being conducted on the 2~th
day of AueJUst , 1981.
The second reading and public hearing being conducted on the 1st
day of September , 1981.
The third reading and public hearing being conducted on the 30th
day of September , 1981.
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ATTEST:
CITY OF COLLEYVILLE
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Buck Hubbard, ]:layor
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I.avada Johnson
Ci ty Secre tary
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