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Note: Specific franchises are not included herein but are on file in the Clerk’s office.
Hereafter when any person, firm or corporation shall desire a franchise over any streets, alleys, avenues or public places in the City of Tacoma for any purpose whatsoever, the said applicant shall file with the City Clerk of the City of Tacoma an application for such franchise, designating the route desired to be covered and the uses for which said franchise is desired.
(Ord. 2814 § 1, 1906-12-27)
Said application shall, by the Clerk, be presented to the City Council, and upon the recommendation of the City Council the City Attorney shall draw a franchise covering the routes and uses designated in the application.
(Ord. 2814 § 2, 1906-12-27)
The City Attorney shall be allowed to charge and the applicant required to pay a reasonable fee for the drawing of such franchise, but in no event shall said fee exceed the sum of $1,000.00.
(Ord. 2814 § 3, 1906-12-27; Ord. 24922 § 1, 1991-06-11)
The grantee or grantees of any franchise or privilege to construct, maintain or operate any railway line, light plant, telephone, telegraph, or other enterprise, in, upon or under any street or streets, or alleys, in the City of Tacoma, before the publication of any ordinance that may hereafter be passed granting any such franchise of privilege, and before the publication of any ordinance that may hereafter be passed altering, amending, enlarging or extending any franchise or privilege heretofore granted, and that may hereafter be granted, shall pay into the City Treasury the cost and expense of publication of such ordinance.
(Ord. 1162 § 1, 1897-02-13)
Any person or persons to be benefited by the passage of any ordinance other than the granting of a franchise and privileges, as in Section 12.02.050, before the publication of such ordinance, and before the publication of any ordinance that may hereafter be passed, altering, amending, enlarging or extending any ordinance herebefore passed, shall pay to the Treasurer of the City of Tacoma the cost and expense of the publication of such ordinance.
(Ord. 1162 § 2, 1897-02-13)
In the month of January of each year between the first and fifteenth days thereof, the owner or owners of each and any franchise granted by the City of Tacoma shall file with the City Clerk, under oath, and upon blanks furnished by said City Clerk, a written (or printed) statement and exhibit setting forth:
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The name of the person or persons, firm or corporation owning, holding and enjoying such franchise.
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The character of said franchise.
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The period of years for which said franchise was granted.
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The date of the grant of said franchise.
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The name of the person or persons, firm or corporation to whom the same was originally granted.
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The date upon which said franchise was transferred to and became the property of the present claimants.
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A statement as to whether said claimant or claimants be or are a person, persons, firm or corporation.
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The name of the person or persons or the members of the firm claiming to own the same, or, in the case of a corporation, the name of the President, Vice President and the Secretary thereof.
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The number of the ordinance or ordinances of the City of Tacoma granting or amending said franchise.
(Ord. 14214 §§ 2, 3, 1951-06-13)
Whenever any parties owning or claiming any franchise shall lease, sell, assign, or otherwise transfer the title or control of the same, they shall notify the City Clerk of the date of such sale and the name of the person or persons, firm or corporation to whom said franchise shall have been leased, sold, assigned or otherwise transferred.
(Ord. 14214 § 4, 1951-06-13)
Any person or persons, firm or corporation purchasing or becoming the assignee of any franchise granted in the City of Tacoma shall forthwith and within 10 days after the purchase or assignment of said franchise report the same to the City Clerk in form and in the manner hereinabove prescribed in Section 12.08.090.
(Ord. 14214 § 5, 1951-06-13)
All such statements and reports made as hereinabove provided shall be properly entered in a book kept for that purpose by the City Clerk and shall be subject to like public inspection as are other public records.
(Ord. 14214 § 7, 1951-06-13)
Any person or persons, firm or corporation, claiming to own or enjoy any such franchise who shall fail or refuse during the period of 20 days, to comply with the provisions of Sections 12.08.080 through 12.08.120 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not less than $10.00 nor more than $300.00 for each and every offense.
(Ord. 14214 § 6, 1951-06-13)