Ordinances-1978-76 (2)

ORDINANCE NO. 76-1978 AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO GENERAL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF THE MIDWEST, A CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, THE RIGHT AND PRIVILEGE TO ACQUIRE, CONSTRUCT, RECONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, EXTEND AND OPERATE IN, UPON, THROUGH, OVER, UNDER, ALONG AND ACROSS THE PUBLIC STREETS, ALLEYS, HIGHWAYS AND OTHER PASSAGEWAYS OR PUBLIC GROUNDS OF OR IN THE CITY OF Tiffin, IOWA, THE LINES, POLES, WIRES, STUBS, ANCHORS, CABLES, VAULTS, LATERALS, CONDUITS AND OTHER FIXTURES, EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONSTITUTING A TELEPHONE PLANT OR SYSTEM NECESSARY OR CONVENIENT FOR SUPPLYING TELEPHONE SERVICE AND COMMUNICATION BY TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL DEVICE, AND FOR CONDUCTING A GENERAL TELEPHONE BUSINESS, LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE, IN AND ABOUT SAID MUNICIPALITY FOR A TERM OF TWENTY-FIVE YEARS; PRESCRIBING THE CONDITIONS OF THE GRANT, AND PROVIDING FOR THE PROTECTION THEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF Tiffin, IOWA: Section 1. GENERAL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF THE MIDWEST, a corporation, its successors and assigns (hereinafter referred to as "Grantee"), is hereby granted a franchise for a period of twenty-five (25) years from the effective date of this ordinance to acquire, construct, reconstruct, maintain, extend and operate such telephone plant or system and such facilities thereof, including lines, poles, wires, stubs, anchors, cables, vaults, laterals, conduits and other fixtures and equipment in, upon, through, over, under, along and across the public streets, alleys, highways and other passageways or public grounds of or in the corporate limits of the city of Tiffin, Iowa (hereinafter referred to as "Municipality"), as now or hereafter established, as may be necessary and/or convenient for supplying to the citizens of the municipality, to adjacent rural areas and to the public at large telephone service, local and long distance, and communication by telephone or other electric signals, and for the conduct of a general telephone business therein. Section 2. Grantee's rights and privileges in the public ways and grounds of the municipality shall be exercised as follows: