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ORDINANCE NO. 304
<br />AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO NORTHERN STATES POWER
<br />COMPANY, A MINNESOTA CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS
<br />AND ASSIGNS, PERMISSION TO ERECT A GAS DISTRIBUTION
<br />SYSTEM FOR THE PURPOSE OF INSTALLING, ENLARGING,
<br />OPERATING, REPAIRING AND MAINTAINING IN THE CITY
<br />OF LITTLE CANADA, MINNESOTA, THE NECESSARY GAS PIPES,
<br />MAINS AND APPURTENANCES FOR THE TRANSMISSION OR
<br />DISTRIBUTION OF GAS TO SAID CITY AND ITS
<br />INHABITANTS AND OTHERS AND TRANSMITTING GAS INTO
<br />AND THROUGH SAID CITY, AND TO USE THE PUBLIC WAYS
<br />AND PUBLIC GROUNDS OF SAID CITY FOR SUCH PURPOSE.
<br />THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LITTLE CANADA, RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA, DOES
<br />ORDAIN:
<br />Section 1. There be and hereby is granted to Northern States Power Company,
<br />a Minnesota corporation, its successors and assigns, hereinafter referred to as
<br />"Company ", for a period of 20 years from the date hereof, the right and
<br />privilege of erecting a gas distribution system in the City of Little Canada,
<br />Ramsey County, Minnesota, hereinafter referred to as "City ", and using the
<br />public ways and public grounds of City for the purpose of installing,
<br />operating, repairing, and maintaining, in, on, over, under, and across the
<br />same, all gas pipes, mains, and appurtenances, usually, conveniently, or
<br />necessarily used in connection therewith, for the purpose of the transmission
<br />of gas, or the distribution of gas, for public and private use within the
<br />limits of City as its boundaries exist or as they may be extended in the
<br />future, and for the purpose of transmitting gas into and through the City.
<br />Company may also do all reasonable things necessary or customary to accomplish
<br />these purposes subject, however, to the further provisions of this franchise.
<br />"Gas" as used herein shall be held to include natural gas, manufactured gas,
<br />or other form of gaseous energy.
<br />Section 2. The gas transmission or distribution service to be provided
<br />and the rates to be charged by Company for service in the City shall be
<br />subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission of this State.
<br />Company shall provide reasonably efficient and adequate service to members of
<br />the public within the City who apply for such service in accordance with the
<br />rules and regulations of Company.
<br />Section 3. The City shall give the Company at least two weeks prior written
<br />notice of a proposed vacation of a public way. Except where required solely for
<br />a City improvement project, the vacation of any public way, after the
<br />installation of gas facilities, shall not operate to deprive Company of its
<br />rights to operate and maintain such gas facilities, until the reasonable cost of
<br />relocating the same and the loss and expense resulting from such relocation are
<br />first paid to Company. In no case, however, shall City be liable to the Company
<br />for failure to specifically preserve a right -of -way under Minnesota Statutes,
<br />Section 160.29.
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