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The official copy considered by the City Council is the first reader copy.
Introductory*
City of Baltimore
Council Bill
Introduced by: The Council President
At the request of: The Administration (Department of Recreation and Parks)
A Bill Entitled
An Ordinance concerning
Title
Franchise - 26" OHP Gas Main (Granite Pipeline) Through the Lands of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
For the purpose of granting a franchise 50' wide to the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (i) to construct, use, and maintain a new 26" OHP Gas Main (Granite Pipeline); and (ii) to decommission and maintain an existing 26" OHP Gas Main (Granite Pipeline), both running through “Gwynns Falls Leakin Park”, owned by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore located in Baltimore City, Maryland, subject to certain terms, conditions, and reservations; and providing for a special effective date.
Body
By authority of
Article VIII - Franchises
Baltimore City Charter
(1996 Edition)
Recitals
The Baltimore Gas and Electric Company is proposing to install a 26” OHP Gas Main - Granite Pipeline running through a portion of 9 tracts of land lying within Gwynns Falls Leakin Park, and decommission an existing 26” OHP Gas Main - Granite Pipeline running through 6 tracts of land lying within Gwynns Falls Leakin Park.
The overall purpose of the project is to replace and decommission an existing gas main line.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, That a franchise or right is granted to the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (“Grantee”), its tenants, successors, and assigns (collectively, the “Grantee”) to construct, install, decommission, maintain, repair, and operate, at Grantee’s own cost and e...
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