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• 2 SECTION 3. Restrictions Subd. 1. All gas pipes, mains, regulators, and other property and facilities shall be so located, constructed, installed, and maintained as not to endanger or unncessarily interfere with the usual and customary trade, traffic, travel upon, and use of public ways of City. In installing, repairing, and maintaining, removing, or replacing said gas pipes, mains, and appurtenances, Company shall, in all cases, place the public ways, in, on, under, or across which the same are located in as good condition as they were prior to said operation. Subd. 2. Company shall not construct any new or modified installations within or upon any public grounds without receiving the prior written consent of an authorized representative of City for each such new installation. Subd. 3. Company shall provide field locations for all its underground facilities when requested by City within a reasonable period of time. The period of time will be considered reasonable if it mares favorably with the average time required by the Cities in the County to locate municipal underground facilities for Company. ("County" refers to the County in which City is located.) Subd. 4. Before Company constructs any new structure or converts any existing structure for the manufacture or storage of gas, Company shall first obtain the approval of the structure and the location thereof from City. Such • approval by City shall not be unreasonably withheld. SECi'lON 4. Service, Rates The service to be provided and the rates to be charged by Carnpany for gas service in City are subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission of this State or its successor agency. SEC:iiON 5. Relocating Subd. 1. Whenever City shall grade, regrade, or change the line of any public way, or construct or reconstruct any City utility system therein and shall, in the proper exercise of its police power, and with due regard to seasonable working conditions, when necessary order Company to relocate permanently its mains, services, and other property located in said public way, Company shall relocate its facilities at its own expense. City shall give Company reasonable notice of plans to grade, iegLdde or change the line of any public way or to construct or reconstruct any City utility system therein. However, after Company has so relocated, if a subsequent relocation or relocations, shall be ordered within ten (10) years from and after first relocation, City shall reimburse Company for such non -betterment relocation expense which Company may incur on a time and material basis; provided, if subsequent relocations are required because of the extension of City utilities to previously unserved areas, Carnpany may be required to relocate at its own expense at any time. •