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AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO OHIO POWER COMPANY, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, THE RIGHT TO ACQUIRE, CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE IN THE STREETS, THOROUGHFARES, ALLEYS, BRIDGES AND PUBLIC PLACES OF THE CITY OF GAHANNA, STATE OF OHIO, AND ITS SUCCESSORS, LINES FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC ENERGY TO THE CITY OF GAHANNA, STATE OF OHIO, AND INHABITANTS THEREOF FOR LIGHT, HEAT, POWER AND OTHER PURPOSES AND FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF THE SAME WITHIN, THROUGH OR ACROSS SAID CITY OF GAHANNA, STATE OF OHIO; AND WAIVING SECOND READING
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WHEREAS, Ohio Power Company provides electrical power to properties within the City of Gahanna; and
WHEREAS, communities in which Ohio Power Company serves hold 25-year franchise agreements to construct, maintain, and operate lines and appurtenances and appliances for conducting electricity in, over, under, and through the streets, avenues, alleys, and public places; and
WHEREAS, the current franchise agreement with the City of Gahanna expires in October 2024, necessitating a new 25-year franchise agreement between the City of Gahanna and Ohio Power Company and its successors.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GAHANNA, COUNTY OF FRANKLIN, STATE OF OHIO:
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Ohio Power Company, its successors, and assigns (hereinafter called "Grantee") are hereby granted the right, privilege, franchise, and authority to acquire, construct, maintain, and operate in, above, under, across, and along the streets, thoroughfares, alleys, bridges, and public places (as the same now exist or may hereafter be laid out) of the City of Gahanna, State of Ohio, lines for the transmission and distribution of electric energy, either by means of overhead or underground conductors, together with all necessary or desirable appurtenant equipment, to render public utility service in said City and to the inhabitants thereof by supplying electric energy to said City and the inhabitants thereof, and persons or corporations bey...
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