Los Angeles County Municipal Code Part 1 General Provisions

Chapter 16.52 of this Division 3A shall be known as, and may be cited as, "the pipeline franchise ordinance, Part 2."

(Ord. 11696 § 2 (part)—Part 2 Art. 1 § 1000, 1978.)

A.

As an alternative to the procedure provided in Chapter 16.52 of this Division 3A, for the granting of franchises, the county may grant franchises to lay or construct from time to time and for the period covered by the franchise, to maintain, operate, renew, repair, change the size of, remove or abandon in place pipes and pipelines for the collection, transportation or distribution of oil, petroleum, gas, gasoline and other hydrocarbon substances, wet gas, chemicals, mud, steam, water, wastewater, and other liquid substances, for any purpose, together with all manholes, valves, appurtenances and service connections necessary or convenient for the operation of said pipes or pipelines, including poles, conduits, wires, cables and other appurtenances and equipment for telegraph or telephone lines, or both, necessary or convenient for the franchisee's business, in, under, along or across any and all highways, except as otherwise provided in the ordinance granting the franchise, upon and subject to the rules, regulations, restrictions and terms and conditions of this Chapter 16.54, in addition to such of the terms and conditions of Chapters 16.36, 16.38 and 16.40 of Division 3 of this title as are incorporated by reference in this Chapter 16.54, and in addition to those rules, regulations, restrictions, terms and conditions set forth in the ordinance granting the franchise, pursuant to the terms and conditions of Division 3, Chapter 2 of the Public Utilities Code of the state of California, known as the Franchise Act of 1937.

B.

When a franchise is granted under Chapter 16.54 of this Division 3A, the provisions thereof shall exclusively govern the granting of such franchise.

(Ord. 11696 § 2 (part)—Part 2 Art. 1 § 1001, 1978.)

The terms and conditions of the following provisions of Chapter 16.52 are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:

Part 1 Section 16.52.020, subsections A—F and H—Q; Section 16.52.030, 16.52.040, 16.52.060 through 16.52.140; Sections 16.52.160 through 16.52.190.

Part 2 Sections 16.52.210 through 16.52.230.

Part 3 Sections 16.52.240 through 16.52.310.

Part 4 Sections 16.52.320 and 16.52.330.

Part 5 Sections 16.52.350 through 16.52.370.

Part 6 Sections 16.52.400 through 16.52.440.

(Ord. 12240 § 2, 1980: Ord. 11696 § 2 (part)—Part 2 Art. 1 § 1002, 1978.)

Franchisee agrees that the franchise shall never be given any value before any court or other public authority in any proceeding of any character in excess of the cost to franchisee of the necessary publication and any other sum or sums paid by it to the county for the franchise.

(Ord. 11696 § 2 (part)—Part 2 Art. 1 § 1003, 1978.)