Ordinance No. 89
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An Ordinance granting to Southern California GaB Company, a
oorporation, a franohise, to construct and for a period of Fifty (50)
years to maintain and oper.ate a system of pipes and pipe lines under
and along the public streets, alleys, avenues and highw~9 of the City
of Vernon.
The J30a.rd of Tmstees of the City of Vl!lrnDn dp oDdain as
follows:
SPIlT ION 1..
That the right, privilege and fr&l.chia~ is hereby granted to
the SoutheI'D Ca.lifornia Gas Company, a corporation, its 8uocea80r6 and
assigns, to ~ and construct and for the period of fifty.(SO) years to
maintain and operate a pipe line for the purpose of carrying therein gas
along the route. and lUlder, along and aeroB8 thoBe Gortain pOrtions of the
streets in said City of Vernon, CalH"ornia, desoribed as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of the northerly bound~r,y of the
corporate limits 0'" the City of ~,rernon and the Redondo Branah of the
Atchison, Topeka and santa Fe RailrOad; thence in a southerly direotion
along private property an{l adjaoent to the said Atchison, Topeka and Santa,.
Fe Railroad and along the publio street knOwn aa Malabar street, to the in-
tersaotion of said I,'Ialabar street with the Bouthern bOUllda1'y of the Ci"ty o,r
Vernon at Frul tla.nd Road, all in 'l'ovmshlp 2 South, Range 13 West, :2..3. H. & M.
and aoroas and under all suob. pUblic streots,; alleys and highw~s a.s intor-
sect the above desoribed route.
.I~1',r'(;~li::;o ":1 :0 ,~.. ,1:Ll; the right to l~ and construct
arul for the period o~ fifty {50} years to maintain and operate a system of
pipes and pipe lines in,under and along the public streets, alleys, aVenues
and hignwaya within said city for the purpose of supplying said oity and its
inhabitants with e-as for lighting, heating, ma.nufacturi~ an4 all other pur-
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pOse8 for which ga.s ma.y be used.
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TOGETHEf. with the right during said period to furnish and dis-
tribute gas through said pipes and pipe lines and to ~olleot rents, tolls
and Chargee for the gaB so furniahBd.
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That said franchise is hereby granted upon the terms and condi-
tions hereinafter contained, &Ild the said grantee, or assigns, shall file
with the Clark of said Board of Tra.stees a written aooeptance thereof, with-
in thirty (30) ~a acter the paeeage of this ordinanoe.
SDJTIOll ~.
All the pipes to be laid and. naintained under and a.long the route
hereinbefore particularly desoribed shall be of steel and of a diameter of
not leas than ei&ht (8) inohes. '!'hat a.ll pipes sha.ll be of' good material
and aha.ll be laid not leas than two (21 feet underGl"ound. That during
the laying or repairing of any suob pipes ~T trbnoh or exoa.n.tion made for
8uoh purpose shall, at ni?,ht time, from sunset to sunrise, be barrioaded and
proteoted by lantenls placed at distanoes of not more than forty (40) feet
apart along auoh trench or excavation4
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The grantee of this franohise, his, its or their suocessors or
ass ig:ns. eha.ll have the ri?ht to cOnstruct and maintain BUah traps and man-
holes as ~ be necessary to afford proper access to said pipes and pipe linos
for cleaning and maintaining the same, and said traps and manholes shall at
all times be kept flush with the surface of the streets and thoroughfares,
anti so located as to oonform to any order of the Board ot" Trustees of' said
City in reg.ard thereto, and not to interfere with the use of said streets
anll thoroughfares for travel, water mains, or permanent culverts. The
grantee of said franchise, his, its Or their suocessors or assigns. shall have
the right, sul>jeot to suoh regulations as are now or ~T hereafter be in
forc~, to rn3.ke all neaes8ar~' exooV\'\tione in said straots and thoroughf:.u-es
for the Qonstruction and repair Of said pipe linea, traps and manholes.
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smTION .2..
1'ha"t every pipe line construoted or mainta.ined under the proviaions
of this. franohise sha.l1 be cOnstructed and maintained in a.Qaoro.ance and con-
formity with all 0: the ordinano.ea,rulee and regul/l.tions now in force and
that may hereafter be adopted and presoribed by the Board of Trustees of the
City of' Vernon.
That the work or laying or repairing BUM piPOB or
other apDlianoea shall be oonductedNith the least possible hindranoe to the
use of said streets and thoroughfares for the purposes of travel, and as soon
aB the l~tng or repairing o~ any pipe or applianoe ia completed, all pOrtIons
of the streets and thoro\1ghfa.res which have been ex.cavated or otherwise in-
jured thereby, shall be placed in as good cOndition as the same were in before
the 1~1ng of such pipes to the satisfaction of the Board of Trustees of said
aity.
That any damage or injury suffered by any person by reason of any
exoava.tion belIlg improperly gu.arded durilJg' saId work, shall be borne by the
grantee o~ said franchise. hie, or its successors or assigns.
SECTION 6.
The City of Vernon rese"e~ the right to change the grade of any
street or portion thereof over ",hioh t:,ic franchJn:-
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granted, and the
gr~tee of said franchise, hie or its sucCensOr8 or aasigns, shall at once
change the locatiOn of all pipes and other applianaes laid under said franchisB
so as to conform to such ohange of Rrade.
That if any portion of any of
said streets shall be damaged by reason of leakS in any pipe laid under said
franohise the grantee of such franchise, his o~ its suoceasors or assigns
shall a.t hia, its or their own expense, repair ~ such d.anage and put said
street in as Good oondition as before such leak, to the satisfaction of the
Board of Trustees of said city.
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If the grantee of thi8 franchise, his or its suoceSSOrs or ~ssigns
shall rail to comply with ~T o! the instructions of said Board of Trustees
~ith respect to the location of any portion o~ said pipe lines or the repair
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of ~r damage to streets. within ten d~'9 after the service of written notice
upon said erantee, hie or its successors or assigns, requiring compliance there-
with, then Bald Board of TrtlsteeB rray immediately do whatever 'Nork is necessa~r
to car~ out said instructions, at the cost and expense of said grantee, his or
ita sucoessors or assigns, whioh costs, by the aoceptanoe of this franohise,
said grantee. his or its succeSSOrs or assigns, agree to pa,y upon dema.nd.
S:EX:TION Q._
Tha.t the work of construoting and lawing said pipe 11neB shall be
connonoed in {;Ood i'aith within not IlX)re than four months from the granting of
this franchise, and shall be conti:r..uousl~' l)rOSecuted thereafter in GOod fu.ith
and wi thollt unneoessar:r or avoidable inte!"l:llssion or delay.
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".;ark of construction shall be oompleted wi thin not more than three years there-
after.
'!1hat if said work be not so connenoed, prosecuted and oOr1qlleted
within tho times and in the manner speoified, this franchise shall be rorreited~
SIDT~ON 2...
'~e said grantee its suocessors or assigns shall furnish free
to sai~t~i;Jt\~ f~\i~~ ~vh;a~~ the Oit~' Hall in said city.
S]llTI~ 10.
The said g~tee. his or its SUQoessors or assigns shall, during
the life of this franchise, pay to the C1't~.. of Vernon. in lawful money of the
United States, two per oent. of the gross annual reo.eipts of suoh grantee, his
or its suooessors or assigns ariaing from the use, operation or possession of
this franchisB.
~o peroentage Shall be paid for the first five years
suooeeding the date of' this fra.nohise but thereai'ter such peroentage shall be
pa.""blo ammal~.
SIDTIOR ll!.
And it ahall be the duty of the grantee of this franchise, and
of his or its 8U~Oe88Qrs or assigns, to file with the Clerk of the said ilOard
of ':'ru.ateae at the expiration of six years from the date of the granting of
this franchise. and at the expiration of each and every ~rea:r thereafter, a
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a~a~ement. verified by the oath or said grantee O~ his o~ its sucoeSSors
or assigns or by the oath of the manager or presiding officer of said
grantee or his or ita suocessors or assigns. showing in detail the total
Gross reoeipts and gross oarnings collected or received by said grantee
or his or its suea&asors Or' a.ssigns during the preceding twelve months
arising from the use. oper~tion or posseSSion Of this franchise, and
within ten d~T5 after the time for riling the a.forosaid sta.tement. it
shall be the duty or said Grantee and his or its successors or assigns
to pay to the City TI"B~aUrer of the Cit~, of YArnon the agGregate SUl!l at
the said percenta,ee upon thA amount of tho eross annual reoeipU arising
from the <latl. operation or possession of this fraJlohise. and if tho amount
paid is incorreot in the judgment of the Board of Trustees they ~T order
the payment at such a.dditi.Ol'.a1 sum as they l"'la.:" find due 'hereunder. a.nd if
l~t paid the same ~ be oollected by suit. And any neglect. orrllssian
or refusal by said grantee or hiB or its sucoessors or a.851f..'tls to fUe said
verified statement, or to p~ the said porcentage of the said gross annual
reCeil)ts at the times or in the manner hOI"einbef'ore ,provided. shall, ipso
facto. work a forfeiture of this fr~chiae and ot all riehts thereunder.
to the City of Vernon.
SID~lmJ 12.
Any ne~lect. failuI"A or refusal to COmply with any of the con-
ditione of this franahisEI shall thereupon immediately. ipso facto. effect
a forfeiture thereOf, and tho said City by its Board of Trustees. ~
thereupon deolare said franchise forfeited, and may exclude said gr&ll.tee
or his or ite successors OI" assigns from rurther use of the highw~s of
said oity tUlder this franchise. and said grantee and his or it~ sucoessors
or assigns Shall thereupon immediately surrender all righta in and to the
same. and said franchise ahall be deemed and shall remain null. void, and
of no effeot.
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2h. City Clerk shall certify to the paee"ge of
t1';l;; OT'i.iYHnce "'nl ~;lv;11 cr:u' € .che '-i::-.-:-ne to be pY'interl H.nd
.;oj :);:tt:0. in tr:l't.H1
f t,"'~:TIc.ct l)li.,.li~ pl,;.-;efO in the City of
Vel~non, to-\7it, ;~t the <S'ntr"nce c,f the Cit;y- llAll, '"(1'1 ~:t
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':-of ::""n~h ?e ~',venue :"r,1l ,1bth 3treet,
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