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ORDINANCE NO.
71-545
AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO THE CITY OF CLEARWATER,
FLORIDA, A MUNICIP~L CORPORA TION OF THE COUNTY
qFPINELLAS AND STh TE OF FLORIDA, ITS SUCCESSORS
ANI) ASSIGNS, A FRANCHISE FOR THE PURPOSE OF
'FURNISHING GAS WITHIN THE TOWN OF LARGO, FLORIDA,
AND TO ITS INHABITANTS; AND TO PRESCRIBE THE
LIMITA TIONS, TERMS AND. CONDITIONS OF SAID FRANCHISE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COMMISSION,;iQF THE TOWN OF LARGO,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. Whenever III this Ordinance the words or phrases hereafter
Section defined are us ed, they shall have the respective meanings as-
signed to them in the following definitions; (unless in the gIven instance, the
context wherein they are used shall clearly import a different meaning):
"(a) The word "Grantee" shall mean the City of Clearwater, 'a muni-
located in the
cipal corporation,/ county of Pinellas, State of Florida, the corporation to which
the franchise is granted by this Ordinance, and its lawful successors or assigns.
(b) The word "Grantor" shall n:)-ean the Town of Largo, a municipal
corporation of the State of Florida in its pres ent incorporated form, or in any
later reorg'anized consolidated or reincorporated form.
(c) The word "Streets'! shall mean the public streetsl.lanes, alleys,
co'urts, bridges (including the area above the dock level of said bridges). or
other public places in the grantor r s corporate liluits as they now exist, or as
they may be established at any "time during the term of this franchise in the
Town of Largo.
For the purpos e of Section Eleven (11) of this franchise the
word "industrial" shall mean service to a consumer at a single location where
such consumer is engaged in an industrial enterprise in which such service is
used primarily m the operation involving the extration from or the proces~ing,
manufacture or fabrication of some material or product.
(e) The word "Gas" shall mean natural gas and/or commingled gas
and/or manufactured gas which is distributed in pipes.
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phrase I'Facilities or equipmentlf shall mean plpe, plpe
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line,tube, main, service, trap, vent, vault, manhole, meter, gauge, regulator,
valye;"conduit, appliance, attachment, appurtenances, and any other personal
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be located in, upon, along, across, under or over the
m the distribution of gas.
That the City of Clea:r;,water, a municipalcorijoration,
of the State of Florida, of the County of Pinellas, and
its successors and assi.gns,' hereinafter designated as the
.it is hereby given and granted the franchise, privilege and
concession of f4rnishing gas' containing not l'ess than One Thou~and (1000)
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British Thermal' Units per cubic foot, within the portions of the Town' of Largo
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the area within
Town of Largo,
Town of Largo,
the presently existing limits
Florida, ahd all future limits
Florida, during the effective period
together with the right to use the streets,
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avenp:~;$'h alleys; squares, bridges, viaducts, or other public highways and
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hereafter may be extended and
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laidout,/ for the purpose of laying and maintaining pipes and/or such ,other
and to the inhabitants
the Town of Largo as to any
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prior to installation.
Grantee
expedient for the purpose of supplying ga.s
inhabitants, provided that the same shall not
any of the terms and conditions of this franchise or reason-
of the Town of Virgo, and provided that the
th~ purpose of supplying said gas shall be laid in
this franchis.e.
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of the within franchise,
the City of Clearwater
Town of Largo a current and accurate map showing in
Should Grantee feel aggrieved by any regulation orrestric-
facilities, then in such event, the -within franchise may be
Grantee upon ninety (90) days notice in' writing of such
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C E R T I F I CAT E
STATE OF FLORIDA )
COUNTY OF PINELLAS )
I. SADIE C. JOHNSON. Deputy Town Clerk of Largo, Florida, and
the official custodian of the records of said Town, do hereby certify
that the attached is a true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 71-545,
as the same appears on record and on file in the official records of
the Town of Largo, Florida.
HITNESS m,V hand'and official seal of the Town of Largo, Florida,
on this_46j;h--d~of -Mar.ch, A.D., 1971.
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RESOLUTION
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V{HEREAS. the Town of Largo, Florida, did pass Ordinance No.
71-545 on March 9. 1971, therein granting to the City of Clearwater the
right to operate its Gas Department in said Town limits; and
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\VHEREAS, said Ordina.nce is found to be in order and provides
that the Bame shall not become effective in whole or, in part until the
City of Clearwater shall, by resolution duly passed and adopted, accept
said franchise and agree to comply with the terms and conditions thereof,
and furthermore, to comply with all reasonable ordinances passed by the"
Town of !--argC?_not in conflict with the terms of said franchise; and
WHEREAS, said Ordinance No. 71-545 of the Town of Largo
prOvided that upon the receipt by the Town of Largo of a certified copy
of the resolution aforesaid, that said ordinance and the franchise there-
in provided should become effective for all purposes therein provided
for ~8 of January 1, 1971;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA,
IN SESSION DULY AND REGULARLY ASSEM:BLED. AS
FOLLOWS:
1. That the franchise of the Town of Largo, as Bet forth in its
Ordinance No. 71-545, duly passed and adopted on the 9th day of March,
1971, be, and the same is hereby accepted, ratified and approved.
2. 'That the City of Clearwater, by and through its City Commission,
hereby agrees to comply with the terms and conditions of said franchise,
as well as to comply with all reasonable ordinances paBsed by the Town
Commission of the Town of Largo not in confli~t with the terms of said
franchis e.
'3. That a certified copy hereof shall be delivered to the Town
Clerk of the Town of Largo immediately upon the passage of this resolution
and that receipt therefor shall be obtained and filed with the City Clerk
of the City of Clearwater, together with a certified copy of said ordinance,
and the original of this resolution.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of March, A.D. 1971.
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/s I H. Everett Hou"cn
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Ma yor -C ommie lJ ione r
Attest:
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/8/ R. C. Whitehead,
City Clerk
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