ELECTRICITY FRANCHISE
CHAPTER 25.
25-1. The City of Elberon, Iowa, hereby grants unto Iowa Electric Light and Power Company, an Iowa corporation, its successors and assigns, hereinafter called the Grantee, a non-exclusive franchise and right, for a period of twenty-five years from and after the date this Ordinance becomes effective, to erect, construct, reconstruct, maintain and operate within the corporate limits of said City of Elberon, Iowa, as the same now are or hereafter may be located or extended, a power plant or plants for the generation of electricity, and/or a system or systems for the transmission and distribution of electricity, whether said power plant or plants and transmission and distribution systems have been heretofore or hereafter may be constructed, together with the franchise and right to enter upon and to use and occupy the streets, avenues, alleys, bridges and other public places of said City as the same now are or hereafter may be located or extended, for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing, maintaining and operating thereon, therein, thereunder and thereover said systems for the transmission and distribution of electricity, consisting of poles, posts, wires, cables, conduits and other equipment, appurtenances and construction necessary or incident to said systems, including a high potential electric transmission line or lines, to and through said City, and together with the franchise and right to supply, distribute and sell electricity energy to said City and to the inhabitants thereof and others within and without the corporate limits of said City for any and all purposes, and upon such terms and conditions and under such restrictions and regulations as are hereinafter contained, and such other reasonable rules and regulations as hereafter may be provided by the rule-making body having jurisdiction thereof.
25-2. The construction of said transmission and distribution systems shall be in accordance with the specifications of the National Electrical Safety Code issued by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of Standards, as approved by the rule-making body having jurisdiction thereof. All poles, posts, wires, cables, conduits, and other equipment, appurtenances and construction connected therewith shall be located, erected, adjusted and maintained so as not to interfere unreasonably with any improvements the City may deem proper to make, or to hinder unnecessarily or obstruct the free use of the streets, avenues, alleys, bridges, or other public places.
25-3. Whenever the Grantee, in erecting, constructing or maintaining said transmission and distribution systems, shall take up or disturb any pavement or sidewalk or make any excavations in the street,s avenues, alleys, bridges or public places of said City, such excavations shall at once be refilled and the pavement, sidewalk or other improvement replaced to the satisfaction of the City officials.
25-4. The Grantee shall extend its overhead transmission and distribution lines for each applicant for light, power or electric current as provided by the most current extension rules promulgated by the governing regulatory body.
25-5. Said Grantee shall have the right to supply,
distribute and sell electricity for any and all purposes to said City and to
the inhabitants thereof, and to charge therefor such just and reasonable rates
as hereafter may be fixed and determined by the rate-making body established
under the laws of the State of
25-6. All of the provisions of this Chapter shall apply to the successors or assigns of the Grantee with the same force and effect as they do the Grantee itself.
25-7. The Grantee shall hold the said City harmless form any and all causes of action, litigation or damages which may arise through or by reason of the construction, reconstruction, maintenance and operation of said distribution and transmission systems and other construction hereby authorized.
25-8. The Grantees shall, within sixty (60) days after the publication of this Ordinance, signify in writing an acceptance of the grant herein, including the conditions and restrictions therein expressed, and this Ordinance, and the franchise granted herein, shall not be operative or binding until such acceptance is filed with the City Clerk. The Grantees shall pay the costs incurred in holding the election to submit this Ordinance to the legal electors for their approval as provided by law.