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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO FLORIDA POWER &
LIGHT COMPANY, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS AN
ELECTRIC FRANCHISE, IMPOSING PROVISIONS AND
CONDITIONS RELATING THERETO, PROVIDING FOR
MONTHLY PAYMENTS TO THE CITY OF MIAM19 AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE, COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF M1AMI, FLORIDA-.
Section 1. There is hereby granted to Florida Power & Light Company (herein
called the "Grantee"), its successors and assigns, the non-exclusive right, privilege or
franchise to construct, maintain and operate in, under, upon, over and across the present
and future streets, alleys, bridges, easements and other public places in the City of
Miami, Florida (herein called the "Grantor") and its successors, in accordance with
established practice with respect to electrical construction and maintenance, for the
period of 30 years from the effective date hereof, electric light and power facilities
(including conduits, poles, wires and transmission lines, and, for its own use, telephone and
telegraph lines) for the purpose of supplying electricity to the Grantor and its successors,
and inhabitants thereof, and persons and corporations beyond the limits thereof.
Section 2. As a condition precedent to the taking effect of this grant, the
Grantee shall have filed its acceptance hereof with the Grantor's Clerk within 30 days
after final adoption hereof.
Section 3. Th facilities of the G ntee shall be so located or relocated and so
erected as to interfere little as poss' a ith traffic over said streets, alleys, bridges
and public places, and wit reasonabl ,e4 ss from and ingress to abu ting property. The
location or r location of f cil i shall be made under the pet 'sion and with the
approval of s h�� res ive as the governing body %f t - for may designate for
the purpose, but�pt so as to unre ly interfere h i e grope operation of the
Grantee's facilities and sere ce. W n y or �4e street is excav ted by the Grantee
in the location or relocation of any �i�g f ili i the portion of the street so excavated
shall, within a reasonable time a d as ea�y as practicable after such excavation, be
replaced by the Grantee at its expens d in a condition as good as it was at the time of
such excavation.
Nothing in this Section shall be construed to make the Grantor liable to the
Grantee for any cost or expense in connection with the construction, reconstruction or
relocation of the Grantee's facilities in streets, alleys, bridges, and public places of the
Grantor made necessary by widening, paving or otherwise improving such streets, alleys,
bridges and public places, except that the Grantee shall be entitled to reimbursement of
such costs and expenses from funds available from sources other than the Grantor as may
be provided by law.