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Ord 05-89 1/17/1989 ORDINANCE NO. ))�1y ORDINANCE PERMITTING AND REGULATING THE CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND USE OF A PIPELINE OWNED BY THE TRUST PIPE LINE COMPANY AND OPERATED BY THE AMERICAN PETROFINA PIPE LINE COMPANY - ACROSS, OVER AND UNDER CERTAIN STREETS AND PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY WHEREAS, The Trust Pipe Line Company, hereafter referred to as "The Company", desires use of certain public rights-of-way within the City of Wichita Falls for the purposes set forth below pursuant to the provisions of the laws of the State of Texas; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Wichita Falls has determined that the Company is entitled to a license authorizing the use of public rights-of-way in accordance herewith for the installation and use of a pipeline system; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Wichita Falls hereby finds that the proposed use of the public streets and rights-of-way for such purpose is in the public interest and that such license should be granted. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT: SECTION 1: A license for the use of certain streets and rights-of-way of the City of Wichita Falls is granted to the Company and accepted by the Company as noted above, subject to the following terms and conditions. ARTICLE 1. PURPOSE: That the City of Wichita Falls (hereinafter the "City") hereby grants to the Company, and its successors and assigns, a license to acquire, erect, construct, repair, replace, reconstruct, maintain, use, and operate in, over, under, along, and across certain streets, highways, alleys, bridges, and public ways of the City (hereinafter the "public right-of-way") all necessary or desirable pipelines, structures or appurtenances (hereinafter the "facility" or facilities) in connection with a pipeline (hereinafter the "system") , subject to the provisions of this ordinance. This ordinance is written to authorize a license for the installation of a pipeline system in accordance with plans to be submitted and approved by the City Engineer. ARTICLE 2. REGULATION OF CONSTRUCTION: The work done by the Company in installing, constructing, replacing, reconstructing, maintaining, or repairing the system shall be subject to and governed by all laws, rules, and regulations of the City and State of Texas, that are applicable to insuring the work done does not inconvenience the public in the use of the public right-of-way including, but not limited to, the following: A. Prior to installation or construction of any significant changes to the system which would require excavation or for other such disturbances of the right-of-way after the effective date of this ordinance, the Company shall submit engineering plans to the City Engineer for review and approval, pursuant to the standards generally applicable to requests for licenses to use the public right-of-way. Approval of such plans will not be unreasonably delayed, withheld or denied by the City, but the City shall have the right to determine both the location and depth (if underground) within the public right-of-way where facilities may be placed. B. All excavations and other construction in the streets shall be so carried out as to interfere as little as practical with the surface use of the streets and sidewalks and with the surface use of private property, in accordance with any lawful and reasonable direction given by or under the authority of the governing body of the City under the police and regulatory powers of the City necessary to provide for public convenience. The Company shall, at the company's cost, promptly restore all public right-of-way excavated or disturbed by the Company to substantially the same condition as before such excavation and to the reasonable satisfaction of the City. C. Except in an emergency, the Company shall not excavate or disturb any pavement in any public right-of-way or significant amounts of any unpaved public right-of-way without first securing the permission of the City Engineer. Such permission shall not be unreasonably delayed, withheld or denied if the proposed excavation or disturbance is in accordance with the terms of this ordinance. The City Engineer shall be notified as soon as practicable regarding work performed under emergency conditions. D. The City shall have the power at any time to order and require the Company to remove or abate any facility that is determined to be dangerous to life or property, and in case the Company, after notice, fails or refuses to comply, the City shall have the power to remove or abate same at the expense of the Company, all without compensation or liability for damages to the Company. ARTICLE 3. WORK BY OTHERS: The City reserves the right, subject to further conditions described in this paragraph, to lay and permit to be laid, storm sewer, sanitary sewer, gas, water, and other pipelines or cable or conduits, and to do and permit to be done any underground and overhead installation or improvement that may be deemed necessary or proper by the governing body of the City in, across, along, over or under any public right-of-way occupied by the Company, and to change any curb or sidewalk or the grade of any street. In permitting such work to be done, the City shall not be liable to the Company for any damage so caused, nor shall the City be liable to the Company for any damages arising out of the performance by the City or its contractors or subcontractors, not willfully and unnecessarily occasioned; provided, however, nothing herein shall relieve any other person or corporation from liability for damage to the facilities of the system. If the City requires the Company to relocate, alter, change, adjust, or conform its facilities because of changes in the grade of a street or in the location or manner of constructing a water pipe, sewer pipe, or other underground or aboveground structure owned by the City, the Company shall make the required alterations or changes as soon as practicable when ordered in writing by the City Engineer without claim for reimbursement or damages against the City. If these requirements impose a financial hardship upon the Company, the Company shall have the right to present alternative proposals for the City's consideration. If the City requires the Company to remove, alter, change, adapt or conform its facilities to enable any other corporation or person, except the City, to use, or to use with greater convenience, any public right-of-way, the Company shall not be required to make any such changes until such other corporation or person shall have undertaken with solvent bond to reimburse the Company for any loss and expense which will be caused by or arise out of such removal, alteration, change, adaptation or conformance of the Company facilities; provided, however, the City shall never be liable for such reimbursement. ARTICLE 4 . CONSTRUCTION BY ABUTTING OWNERS: In the event that the governing body of the City authorizes abutting land owners to occupy space under the surface of any public right-of-way after the date of this license, such grant to abutting landowners shall be subject to the rights of the Company described in this ordinance. ARTICLE 5. RIGHTS IN THE EVENT OF ABANDONMENT: In the event that the governing body of the City closes or abandons any public right-of-way which contains any existing facilities of the Company, any conveyance of land contained in such closed or abandoned street, alley, highway or public place shall be subject to the rights of the Company described in this ordinance. If such street closure is initiated by the City for a public improvement project, as described in Article 3, City shall have the right under Article 3 hereof to require the Company to relocate its facilities at no expense to the City. In the event that any portion of the public right-of-way that includes facilities of the system becomes the subject of condemnation proceedings, it is agreed that the Company property rights and interest in such public right-of-way shall be severed from the City's interest in such proceedings and any such condemnation awards shall be specifically allocated between the Company's interest and the City's interest. The City shall make a diligent effort to notify the Company within a reasonable time of any condemnation action (or threatened action) filed against the public right-of-way that affects any facility of the system, or any proposed sale in lieu of condemnation. ARTICLE 6. INDEMNITY: The Company shall indemnify and save and hold harmless the City and all of its officers, agents, and employees from all suits, actions, or claims of any character, style, and description, brought for or on account of any injuries or damages received or sustained by any person or any property occasioned by, or arising out of, the erection, construction, replacement, reconstruction, maintenance, or repair and operation of the system in the City; and the Company will be required to pay any judgment with costs, which may be obtained against the City arising out of such injury or damage. ARTICLE 7. RECORDS: The Director of Public Works eity-Emg4neet of the City of Wichita Falls shall have the right to be kept fully informed as to matters pertaining in any way to the Company's exercise of its rights under this ordinance including the installation, construction, replacement, construction, maintenance, and repair of the facilities of its system in Wichita Falls. The Company shall keep complete and accurate maps, construction drawings and specifications describing the location of facilities of its system in Wichita Falls. Maps, construction drawings and specifications kept by the Company in accordance with this ordinance shall provide for separate and specific identification of those facilities of the system that are located in the public right-of-way. Any and all maps, construction drawings, and specifications required by this ordinance shall be kept and maintained by the Company. The City shall have the right, at reasonable times and for reasonable purposes, to inspect such maps, construction drawings and specifications. The Company shall fully cooperate in making available its maps, construction drawings, and specifications for inspection. ARTICLE 8. NOTICE: Any notice or communication required in the administration of this ordinance shall be sent as follows: Wayne Bartlett, President Trust Pipe Line Company P.O. Box 1311 Big Spring, TX 79721 Director of Public Works city-Bmgimeer 1300 7th Street P.O. Box 1431 Wichita Falls, TX 76307 ARTICLE 9. FEE: $1. 00 A. This fee represents the lease value of the public right-of-way to be used by the Company for the construction of L new facilities. Any use of public right-of-way other than that in connection with the construction of facilities described in plans to be provided by the Company to the City is not authorized by this ordinance. The fee payment shall be exclusive of and in addition to all general municipal taxes of whatever nature, including but not limited to ad valorem taxes, sales taxes, and special taxes and assessments for public improvements except as hereinafter provided. B. The fee established in Article 9A hereof shall not be affected by any relocation of the Company facilities required by the City pursuant to Article 3 of this ordinance. C. The Company agrees to reimburse the City for the cost of inspection of the Company's initial construction within the city. Such cost shall not exceed$3,000.00. ARTICLE 10. ASSIGNMENT: The rights granted by this ordinance inure to the benefit of the Company, and any parent, subsidiary, affiliate or successor entity now or hereafter existing. The rights shall not be assignable without the express written consent of the governing body of the City of Wichita Falls, except the Company may assign its rights under this ordinance to a parent, subsidiary, affiliate or successor entity without such consent, so long as (i) such parent, subsidiary, affiliate or successor assumes all obligations of the Company hereunder, and (ii) is bound to the same extent as the Company hereunder. Any required consent is to be evidenced by an ordinance or resolution of the governing body of the City that fully recites the terms and conditions, if any, upon which consent is given. ARTICLE 11. LEASING OR DEDICATION OF FACILITIES: The Company, without the consent of the City, shall not sublease any of the public right-of-way it uses in connection with its system to any non-company; provided that the Company shall have the right to lease or dedicate its system or any portion thereof, or otherwise make available facilities of the system to other companies in the ordinary conduct of its business, so long as the Company retains responsibility for servicing and repairing the facilities of its system. ARTICLE 12 . MISCELLANEOUS: The Director of Public Works is the principal City official responsible for the administration of this ordinance and the Company recognizes that questions regarding the interpretation or application of this ordinance shall be raised initially with said Director of Public Works. ARTICLE 13 . ROUTE OF PERMIT: The route of the facility for which this permit is granted shall be as shown on the plans, Drawing No. 8562-PL-004E, dated December 27, 1988, prepared by Gibbs Ellison, Inc. , and the facilities shall be built in accordance with such plans. 1 ARTICLE 14. EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure, and it shall become effective immediately upon its passage. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE 17TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1989. M A Y O ATTEST: Jiii14 Cit Clerk Accepted: By: President Approved as to form: A sistant City Attorney Ad 295724 Affidavit of Publication ORDINANCE NA APPROPRIATING THE STATE OF TEXAS $54,623 FROM GENERAL FUNDS EQUITY TO ACCOUNT COUNTY OF WICHITA 11-531.4387 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PURCHASING 143 PARK LIGHTING POLES AND 152 PARK e re) (P LIGHTS. ORDINANCE PERM T ING9AND On this 3rd day of February REGULATING THE CONSTRUC- TION,MAINTENANCE AND USE 1989 OF A PIPELINE OWNED BY THE TRUST PIE LINE COMPANY A.D. personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority AND RATED BY THE CAN APETROFINA PIPE�LINE; D a r i c e Ming COMPANY • ACROSS, OVER bookkeeper AND UNDER CERTAIN STREETS AND PCITY WICHITA for the Times Publishing Company of Wichita Falls, publishers of the Wichita Falls OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND DECLARING AN EMERG- Times/Record News, a newspaper published at Wichita Falls in Wichita County, E ORDINANCE NO.6-89 Texas, and upon being duly sworn by me, on oath states that the attached ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER EIGHT, ARTICLE II,I advertisement is a true and correct copy of advertising published SECTION 8.44 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES REGULATING THE I in o.n e ( 1 FEES FOR SOUCITORS AND ITIN- issues thereof on the following dates: ERANT MERCHANTS, PROVID- ING AND EXEMPTION FOR NON F e b r u a r y 3 , 1989 PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. ORDINANCE NO.7-89 ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING _ VISTA CABLEVISION TO OBTAIN A SOLICITOR'S PERMIT TO c ALLOW JONES INTERCABLE TO CONDUCT A TELEMARKETING Bookkeeper for Times Publishing Company CAMPAIGN TO FORMER SUBSCRIBERS. of Wichita Falls (SEAL) Subscribed and sworn to before me this the day and year first above written. � l t ti . a xS I �. iaxt • rn t?r'+✓E:j1LD Jp' "CITY CLERK'S OFF C Dare