§ 110.01 Franchise Granted

There is hereby granted to MidAmerican Energy Company, hereinafter called the “Company,” and to its successors and assigns for the period of twenty-five (25) years from and after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter,† the right and franchise to acquire, erect, maintain, and operate in the City a gas plant or plants for the storage, transmission, distribution, sale, delivery or furnishing of natural gas for public and private use in the City and elsewhere, and to use the streets, avenues, alleys and public grounds and bridges in the City for the purpose of laying, constructing, maintaining, replacing and substituting mains, pipes, conduits and other facilities for the transmission, distribution, sale, delivery or furnishing of gas for public and private use in the City and elsewhere.