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Ord. 0219 07-12-71ORDINANCE NO.. AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR PAYMENTS TO THE CITY BY COMMUNITY PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY, A PUBLIC UTILITY ENGAGED IN THE SALE OF ELECTRICITY, AS COMPENSATION FOR THE USE AND OCCUPANCY OF PUBLIC ROADS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS, LANES, ALLEYS, UTILITY EASEMENTS AND PUBLIC PLACES OF THE CITY; REGULAT- ING THE USE OF STREETS BY SUCH UTILITY AND THE REPAIR AND RESTORATION OF THE STREETS. DISTURBED BY .' S -oconstructi.on;_,PROVIDING FOR FIRST CLASS SERVICE FOR THE -CUSTOMERS OF SUCH UTILITY AS PROVIDED BY ITS RATE SCHEDULES EXCEPT UNDER CONDITIONS BEYOND THE UTILITY'S CONTROL; PROVIDING FOR THE TEMPORARY REMOVAL, RAISING AND LOWERING OF WIRES AND OTHER APPURTENANCES AND ESTABLISHING STANDARDS FOR THEIR CONSTRUCTION; PROVIDING FOR INDEMNITY BY SUCH UTIL- ITY TO THE CITY; RESERVING ALL POWERS OF REGULATION; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFEC- TIVE DATE; AND MAKING MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS REL ATIVE TO THE FOREGOING MATTERS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS: Section 1. Within thirty (30) days after the effective date -of this Ordinance and thereafter on or before the l5th day of February of each ensuing year, Community Pub- lic Service Company, a public utility corporation (herein- after sometimes called "Community") engaged in the sale of electricity within the corporate limits of the City, shall make an annual payment to the City of a sum of money equal to two percent (2%) of Community's annual gross receipts for the preceding year received by Community from its electrical lighting and power sales for residential and. commercial use within the corporate limits of the City, exclusive of receipts for street lighting Section 2. The payment required by hereof shall constitute for the calendar year within which such payment' is made the authorization of Community -and com pensation to the City, pursuant to Article 9 of the Charter of the City, for the use and occupancy by Community of the public roads, highways, streets, lanes, alleys, utility' easements, and other public places of the City to the -extent occupied by Community within said calendar, year or at the end of said calendar year, which such payment is made and shall be for and in lieu of any further license, charge fee, street or alley rental or other character of charge or levy for such use or occupancy of the public roads, highways, streets, lanes, alleys, utility easements other public places in the City and in lieu of any pole tax or inspection fee tax. Section 3. All poles erected or maintained by • Community shall be of sound material and reasonably straight, and shall be so set that they will not interfere with the flow of water in any gutter or drain, and so that the same interfere as little as practicable with the ordinary travel on the streets, sidewalks, or other public ways. Within the street or other public ways of the City the location and route of all poles, stubs, guys, anchors, lines, conduits and cables shall be subject to the reason- able -And proper regulation, control and direction of the City, including without limitation the power to prevent unnecessary duplication of public utility facilities in the streets and public ways. The regulation and control shall include the right to require in writing the relocation of Community's facilities, -exclusive of street lighting and facilities installed for service directly to the City, at :Community's cost within the streets or other public ways whenever such shall be reasonably necessary on account of :the widening, change of grade, relocation, or 'other City construction within such streets or public ways; provided, -however, the permanent removal, as distinguished from relocation of Community's lines or other facilities shall not -be required upon less than twenty-four (24) months' 3 written notice to Community if Community continues to make the payments herein required during such notice period. Section 4. The surface of any road, highway, streets, lanes, alleys, or other public places disturbed by Community in erecting, constructing, maintaining, operat- ing, using, extending, removing, replacing or repairing its electrical lighting and power facilities shall be restored immediately after the completion of the work to as good a condition as before the commencement of the work and main- tained to the satisfaction of the City for one (1) year :from the date such surface was disturbed for maintenance or removal work, after which time responsibility for the maintenance 'shall become the duty of the City. No public place shall be -encumbered by construction, maintenance or- removal work by Community for a longer period than -shall `be necessary to execute such work. Section 5. The service furnished by Community shall be first class in all respects, considering -all cir- cumstances, and Community shall furnish the grade of service to its customers provided for in its rate schedules and shall maintain its facilities in reasonable operating condition at all times. An exception to this requirement His automatically in effect when due to shortages in material, supplies and equipment beyond the control of Community and when due to fires, Strikes,riots, storms, floods, war and. other casualties, and when due to governmental regulations, limitations and restrictions as to the use and availability _of materials, supplies and equipment and as to the use of the services, and when due to unforeseen and -unusual demands 4 for service. In any of which events Community shall do all things reasonably within its power to restore normal service. Section 6. Community shall on the written request of any person remove or raise or lower its wires temporarily to permit construction work in the vicinity .thereof or to permit the moving of houses or other bulky structures. The expense of such temporary removal, rais- ing or lowering of wires shall be paid by the benefitted party or parties, and Community may require such payment in advance, being without obligation to remove, raise or lower its wires until such payment shall have been made. Community shall be given not less than forty-eight (48) hours' advance notice to arrange for such temporary wire changes. All of Community's lines for the -transmission and distribution of electrical energy shall be constructed, operated and maintained, as to clearances, in accordance with the National Electrical Safety Code, as published in March, 1948, by the National Bureau of Standards, Hand- book 30, as revised by Handbook 81, published by the National Bureau of Standards in November, 1961; provided nothing herein shall impair the right of the City in t' future by ordinance to adopt and require complianc®With any new, amended or revised Code, or by ordinance to require compliance with such further or different standards:' as may be found to be in the public interest. Section 7. Community shall protect and hold the City harmless against all claims --for damages or demands for damages -to any person or property by reason of the 5 construction and maintenance of its electrical lighting and power facilities, or in any way growing out of the operation thereof reason of tractors, any act, agents or either directly or indirectly, or by neglect, or nonfeasance of the con - employees of Community, and it shall •refund to the City all sums which it may be adjudged to pay.on any such claim, or which may arise or grow out of the operations of Community. Section 8. By the passage of this ordinance the City does.not divest itself of, but on the contrary specifically reserves, the power to regulate all public utilities regulate the local rates of such vested by law in the City within the City, and to public utilities, and to require all utilities to discharge their lawful duties, undertakings and obligations. Section 9. If any provision, section, subsection,' sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, void or invalid (or for any reason unenforceable), the validity of the remain ing portions of this ordinance shall not be affected thereby, it being the intent of the City in -adopting this ordinance that no portion thereof or provision or regulation con- tained herein shall become inoperative or fail by reason of any unconstitutionality or invalidity of any other portion, provision or regulation, and to this end, all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. Section 10.�' drr�Ya-. after- its-fieryl-ryp rssage..n._ ul. -sest of- this lttance "s` to ~be pt fished• • once, . within-f €m etr(15 ) daye-fromathe.,.firat a dingtwih Il eftic al -,.newspaper the -City,- and,.t eLea pease-of-snah-pn ation.-shall be bo� comp ante iai"th rovis ions - Of - t erirClty;is ordin ace shall take effect a d be in force from and after the final reading and adoption A thereof and authentication by the Mayor and the City Secretary. Passed first reading on the day of 1971. Passed second and final reading on the day f 1971. APROVED and entiated this t� day �—' ' 1. Mayor ATTEST: City Secretary 5 This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the second and final reading and adoption thereof and authentication by the Mayor and the City Secretary. Passed and approved on first reading on the 12 day of July , 1971. Passed, approved and adopted on second and final reading this day of , A. D. 1971. Mayor City Secretary