HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 7822-1979 - Amending The Franchise Of Pioneer Natural Gas Company. - 04/12/1979,ijRDINANCE NO. 7822
, ~\ [{! ,·. AN ORDINANCE AME. NDING THE FRANCHISE OF PIONEER NATURAL GAS COMPANY AS
1> .,<¥\', ,. ... . fl CONTAINED IN ORDINANCE NO. 5215 OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK AS HERETOFORE AMENDED,
TO MODIFY THE OBLIGATION OF SAID PIONEER NATURAL GAS COMPANY TO EXTEND MAIN
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WHEREAS, Pioneer Natural Gas Company, a division of Pioneer Corporation,
has requested that the City of Lubbock modify Pioneer Natural Gas Company's
pbligation to extend' its main lines to serve new consumers within said city;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lubbock, after due consideration,
has determined that such request of Pioneer Natural Gas Company is in the public
•interest and should be granted; NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT ordinance No. 5215 of the City of Lubbock, as finally
pas.sed by the City Council on October 12, 1967, as heretofore amended, granting
t.o ;Pioneer Natural Gas Company a gas franchise for the purpose of conducting
in :said city a business furnishing natural gas to the city and the inhabitants
thereof, be and the same is hereby amended by changing the first paragraph
in ;provision 6 of Section 2 of said ordinance to hereafter read as follows:
"6. Grantee, at its expense, shall lay and extend all service con-
nections with the gas mains and pipes to the property line of the
consumer, but Grantee shall not be required to extend main lines
more than seventy-five (75) feet to any one consumer. Each con-
sumer of gas shall install and maintain suitable piping within
his property lines and suitable appliances and fixtures, execpt
meters."
SECTION 2. Grantee shall, within thirty (30) days from the date of
final passage hereof by the City Council of the City of Lubbock, file with
the City Secretary of Lubbock its written acceptance of this ordinance.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be published in its entirety once
a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the City
of Lubbock, and shall become effective thirty (30) days after completion of
such publication, final approval and passage hereof by the City Council, and
its acceptance by Grantee.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passed by the City Council on first reading thisBth day of Harch , 1979.
Passed by the City Council on second reading this 12 day of_, ........ ~---• 1979.
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM: