§ 15-51. Rights granted.

(a)

The Kansas Gas Service, a division of ONEOK, Inc., its successors and assigns, is granted the nonexclusive right, privilege and authority to occupy and use the streets, alleys and public ways of the city for a period of 20 years from the first day of January, 2007, to place and maintain the equipment and property necessary for the purpose of transmitting and distributing natural gas to the city and its inhabitants, through the city and beyond the limits thereof, at the sole expense of Kansas Gas Service, for the full term of this franchise, and to do all things necessary or proper to carry on the business of selling and distributing natural gas thereto.

(b)

Kansas Gas Service shall not use, or allow any other person to use, its facilities or the city's right-of-way for any purpose other than the provision of natural gas. Kansas Gas Service shall not permit a subsidiary, affiliate, or a third party to acquire rights to occupy right-of-way under this franchise, except that Kansas Gas Service may allow the use of its facilities when the city receives prior written notification of such use, and such use is compensated to the city under the provisions of this franchise or a franchise granted by the city to any such third party.

(Ord. No. 6600, § 1, 1-9-07)