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<br /> ORDINANCE NO. 8 e16 ' 7 la
<br /> AN ORDINANCE granting to Washington Natural Gas Company,
<br /> its successors and assigns, a gas franchise, and
<br /> imposing provisions and conditions relating thereto.
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<br /> 2 THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN:
<br /> 3 Section 1: The City of Everett in Snohomish County, Washington, (herein
<br /> 4 called the "Grantor") hereby grants to Washington Natural Gas, a Delaware cor-
<br /> s poration, (herein called the "Grantee") , its successors and assigns, for the full
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<br /> term of twenty-five (25) years from the date of acceptance hereof by said Grantee,
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<br /> the right, privilege and authority or franchise to construct or otherwise acquire
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<br /> and to own, maintain, equip and operate plants and works , and all necessary or
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<br /> 10 desirable appurtenances thereto, for the manufacture, generation, purchase,
<br /> 11 transmission and distribution of artificial, natural and/or mixed gas (herein
<br /> 12 referred to generally as "gas") , including the right to construct, lay, extend,
<br /> 13 maintain, renew, remove, replace, repair, use and operate gas pipes and gas
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<br /> mains, and all appurtenances and appendages thereto, in, under or on or across
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<br /> the present and future public streets , avenues, alleys , highways, bridges,
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<br /> easements and other public places within the present or any future corporate
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<br /> limits of the Grantor or its successors, for the purpose of distributing, supplying
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<br /> 19 and selling gas to Grantor or its successors , and to persons and corporations
<br /> 20 inhabitants thereof, as well as to persons or corporations beyond the present
<br /> 21 or future corporate limits thereof.
<br /> 22 Section 2: (a) Grantee's facilities shall be so located or relocated and
<br /> 23 so erected as to interfere as little as possible with traffic over said streets,
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<br /> avenues, alleys, highways, bridges, easements and other public places , and
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<br /> with reasonable egress from and ingress to abutting property provided however
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<br /> that Grantee shall not break up or obstruct any street, alley, or public thorough-
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<br /> fare, except in emergencies , without permission from the City Engineer. When
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<br /> 29 any portion of a street is excavated by Grantees in the location, relocation, re-
<br /> 30 placement or repair of any of its facilities, the portion of the street so excavated
<br /> 31 shall, within a reasonable time and as early as practicable after such excavation,
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