Article III. TELEPHONE FRANCHISE


§ I. Definitions.
§ II. Grant of authority.
§ III. Grant non-exclusive.
§ IV. Conditions of right-of-way occupancy.
§ V. Cash consideration.
§ VI. Annexations.
§ VII. Standards of service.
§ VIII. Termination.
§ IX. Cooperative membership.
§ X. Assignment.
§ XI. Successors and assigns.
§ XII. Term.
§ XIII. Publication costs.
§ XIV. Separability.
§ XV. Acceptance and effective date.

ACCEPTANCE

WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Eunice, New Mexico, did on the 28th day of October, 2003, enact an ordinance entitled:

ORDINANCE NO. 367

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EUNICE, NEW MEXICO, GRANTING TO LEACO RURAL TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE, INC. ("LEACO"), A NEW MEXICO NON-PROFIT COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, A FRANCHISE LICENSE, RIGHT-OF-WAY AND PRIVILEGE TO ENTER UPON AND USE THE STREETS, AVENUES, BOULEVARDS, ALLEYS, HIGHWAYS, SIDEWALKS, BRIDGES AND OTHER PUBLIC GROUNDS OF THE CITY (COLLECTIVELY CALLED "PUBLIC AREAS") WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY AS THEY NOW EXIST OR AS THEY MAY BE CHANGED FROM TIME TO TIME, FOR A PERIOD THROUGH SEPTEMBER, 2014, OR UNTIL SUCH TIME AS ANOTHER FRANCHISE BY AND BETWEEN THE PARTIES HERETO HAS BEEN GRANTED AND ACCEPTED, WHICHEVER OCCURS FIRST, TO ERECT, CONSTRUCT, EQUIP, EXTEND, ALTER, MAINTAIN, REPAIR, REPLACE, REMOVE AND OPERATE IN, UNDER, UPON, WITHIN, OVER, ABOVE, ACROSS AND ALONG PUBLIC AREAS, ALL WORKS, SYSTEMS, PLANTS, POLES, POLE LINES, TOWERS, DISTRIBUTION LINES, TRANSMISSION LINES, WIRES, GUYS, CABLES, CONDUITS, TRANSFORMERS AND OTHER DISTRIBUTION AND TRANSMISSION INSTRUMENTALITIES, FACILITIES AND APPURTENANCES NECESSARY OR PROPER FOR THE RENDITION OF TELEPHONE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE AND FOR CONDUCTING A GENERAL LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE BUSINESS IN, WITHIN, FROM, ACROSS, AND THROUGH THE CITY.

and

WHEREAS, said ordinance was, on the 28th day of October, 2003, duly approved by the Mayor of said City and the seal of said City was thereto affixed and attested by the City Clerk;

NOW, THEREFORE, in compliance with the terms of said ordinance as enacted, approved, and attested, Leaco Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc., hereby accepts said ordinance and files this, its written compliance, with the City Clerk of the City of Eunice, New Mexico, in her office.

DATED this 5th day of November, 2003.

FRANCHISE

ORDINANCE NO. 367

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EUNICE, NEW MEXICO, GRANTING TO LEACO RURAL TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE, INC. ("LEACO"), A NEW MEXICO NON-PROFIT COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, A FRANCHISE LICENSE, RIGHT-OF-WAY AND PRIVILEGE TO ENTER UPON AND USE THE STREETS, AVENUES, BOULEVARDS, ALLEYS, HIGHWAYS, SIDEWALKS, BRIDGES AND OTHER PUBLIC GROUNDS OF THE CITY (COLLECTIVELY CALLED "PUBLIC AREAS") WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY AS THEY NOW EXIST OR AS THEY MAY BE CHANGED FROM TIME TO TIME, FOR A PERIOD THROUGH SEPTEMBER, 2014, OR UNTIL SUCH TIME AS ANOTHER FRANCHISE BY AND BETWEEN THE PARTIES HERETO HAS BEEN GRANTED AND ACCEPTED, WHICHEVER OCCURS FIRST, TO ERECT, CONSTRUCT, EQUIP, EXTEND, ALTER, MAINTAIN, REPAIR, REPLACE, REMOVE AND OPERATE IN, UNDER, UPON, WITHIN, OVER, ABOVE, ACROSS AND ALONG PUBLIC AREAS, ALL WORKS, SYSTEMS, PLANTS, POLES, POLE LINES, TOWERS, DISTRIBUTION LINES, TRANSMISSION LINES, WIRES, GUYS, CABLES, CONDUITS, TRANSFORMERS AND OTHER DISTRIBUTION AND TRANSMISSION INSTRUMENTALITIES, FACILITIES AND APPURTENANCES NECESSARY OR PROPER FOR THE RENDITION OF TELEPHONE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE AND FOR CONDUCTING A GENERAL LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE BUSINESS IN, WITHIN, FROM, ACROSS, AND THROUGH THE CITY.

WHEREAS, Leaco is now and has been engaged in the business of supplying and furnishing to portions of Lea County, Eddy County, and Chaves County, New Mexico, and their inhabitants, and to any other person or persons, firms, or corporations, located without the city, telephone and other communication services; and

WHEREAS, the City of Eunice has not previously granted to said company a franchise granting the privilege to enter upon and use the streets, avenues, boulevards, alleys, highway, sidewalks, bridges, and other public areas of the city to operate Leaco's facilities, and wishes to grant a franchise governing future operations of said company in the city.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF EUNICE, NEW MEXICO, that:


Editor's note

Printed herein is the telephone franchise ordinance of the city, Ordinance No. 367, as adopted by the city commission on October 28, 2003. Amendments to the ordinance are indicated by parenthetical history notes following amended provisions. The absence of a history note indicates that the provision remains unchanged from the original ordinance. Obvious misspellings and punctuation errors have been corrected without notation. For stylistic purposes, headings and catchlines have been made uniform and the same system of capitalization, citation to state statutes, and expression of numbers in text as appears in the Code of Ordinances has been used. Additions made for clarity are indicated by brackets.