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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01036ORDINAICE NO. AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 893 of the City of Port Townsend and the title of such ordinance, and repealing all portions of such ordinance as are not reenacted by this ordinance, which Ordinance No. 893 is an ordinance granting to Washington Coast Utilities a franchise to erect and maintain poles, crossarms and wires and to furnish elec- tric current to the City of Port Townsend and its inhabitants and to maintain and operate a system of gas works in the City of Port Townsend. The City Councilof the City of Port Townsend do ordain as follows: Section 1. That the title of Ordinance No. 893 of the City of Port Townsend, granting an electric light and gas franchise to Washington Coast Utilities, be and the same is hereby amended so that such title shall read as follows: "AN ORDINANCE granting unto Washington Coast Utilities, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Washington, its successors and assigns, the right and authority to erect and maintain poles, with crossarms thereon, within the City of Port Townsend, to stretch wires on said poles and crossarms for the transmission of electrical current;to furnish electrical current to the said city and inhabitants thereof for the production of light, heat and power, and for any and all purposes and uses to which electrical current can or may be put, and to lay pipes and conductors through and under the streets, avenues, alleys, sidewalks, wharf landings, places and public grounds for supplying said city and its inhabitants with such electrical current, and to charge reasonable rates therefor." Section 2. That Section 1 of said Ordinance No. 893 be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "Section 1. That there be and hereby is granted to Washington Coast Utilities, its successors and assigns, the right, privilege and authority for and during a period of fifty (50) years from the 4th day of March, 1919, and subject to all the conditions and provisions hereof, to locate, erect, place, maintain and use in the avenues, streets, lanes, alleys, highways, public parks and public grounds within the City of Port Townsend, and the extensions of all avenues, streets, lanes, alleys, highways, public parks and public grounds which may hereafter be made and extended, and all avenues, streets, lanes, alleys, highways, public parks and public grounds which may hereafter be laid out or dedicated to the public in said City of Port Townsend, poles with crossarms, and thereon to fasten and stretch wires, -1-