Modesto |
Code of Ordinances |
Title 11. PUBLIC UTILITIES |
Chapter 2. PROCEDURE FOR GRANTING PUBLIC UTILITY FRANCHISES |
§ 11-2.09. Grant to be in Lieu of All Other Franchises.
Unless otherwise provided therein any franchise granted by the City with respect to a particular utility service shall be in lieu of all other franchises, rights, or privileges then owned by the grantee for the furnishing of that particular utility or service within the limits of the City as they now or may hereafter exist and by acceptance of any franchise hereunder the grantee shall be deemed to have waived and abandoned all other franchises, rights, and privileges then owned by the grantee for the furnishing of that particular utility or service within the limits of the City as they now or may hereafter exist. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any franchise right or privilege obtained by direct authority of the Constitution of the State or of the United States.
(Sec. 9, Ord. 1048-N.S.)