The franchisee granted a petroleum pipeline franchise shall have the right during the life thereof to transport oil, gas, gasoline, petroleum, wet gas and other hydrocarbon substances through the pipelines maintained under the franchise. If the franchisee or assignee later qualifies before the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California as a common carrier, the franchisee or assignee shall then have no right to continue to operate hereunder after the date of such qualification except with the consent of the Council, granted upon such additional terms and conditions as the Council may deem proper or as superseded by statute. Such additional terms and conditions shall be expressed by resolution.
(2319-10/78, 3889-9/10)
All pipelines used or to be used for the transportation of oil, gas, gasoline, petroleum, wet gas and other hydrocarbon substances shall be first class and standard material as set forth by current American Petroleum Institute pipeline specifications.
(2319-10/78)
On all pipelines laid pursuant to the franchise, the Director shall approve where flush-valve connections shall be placed in the line. The availability of adequate water supplies, the hydrocarbons transmitted in the line, and the location of control valves shall be considered when making such determination. Such flush-valve connections shall be installed in the manner prescribed by the Director.
(2319-10/78)
The franchisee during the life of the franchise, within 60 days after the expiration of each franchise payment period, shall:
A. 
File with the Director two copies of a verified report of the franchisee showing for the immediately preceding franchise period, the length of lines in streets, the internal diameter of such lines, the rate per foot per year and the total amount due the City.
B. 
File with the Director a report in triplicate, showing the permit number of each permit obtained for the installation of new mains during the immediately preceding franchise payment period, together with the length and size of said mains. On this report the franchisee shall show any change in franchise footage since the last franchise payment period segregating such footage as to new mains laid, old mains removed, old mains abandoned in place, and the footage of mains in territory annexed or incorporated since the last franchise payment period.
C. 
All payments should be mailed to the City Treasurer, City of Huntington Beach, P.O. Box 711, Huntington Beach, CA 92648-0711.
(2319-10/78, 3889-9/10)
Except for pipelines lawfully maintained other than by the authority granted by the franchise, the semi-annual payments shall accrue from the respective dates of installation, whether before or after the effective date of the franchise agreement, and such payments, together with the initial construction charges, if any, shall be due and payable semi-annually.
(2319-10/78, 3889-9/10)
Franchisee shall bear the costs of removing and relocating its facilities used and maintained under this franchise if made necessary by any lawful change of grade, alignment or width of any public street, way, alley or place, or for any public project, even if franchisee's facilities are located on a private easement. If the grantee after reasonable notice, fails or refuses to relocate permanently or temporarily its facilities located in, on, upon, along, under, over, across or above any highway or to pave, surface, grade, repave, resurface or regrade as required, pursuant to any provision of the franchise, the City or other public entity may cause the work to be done and shall keep an itemized account of the entire cost thereof, and the grant shall hold harmless the City, its officers and employees from any liability which may arise or be claimed to arise from the moving, cutting, or alteration of any of the grantee's facilities, or the turning on or off of water, oil, or other liquid, gas, or electricity.
(2319-10/78, 3889-9/10)