HomeMy WebLinkAbout020 - 02/17/1981 - RELATING TO TRANSMISSION FACILITIES OF PLATTE RIVER POWER AUTHORITY ORDINANCE NO 20 . 1981
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE Cl7 rOF FORT COLLINS
RELATING TO TRANSMISSION FACILITIES OF
PLATTE RIVER POWER AUTHORITY
WHEREAS, Platte River Power Authority is a political subdivision
owned in part by the City of Fort Collins and charged with the respons-
ibility of supplying the City of Fort Collins with electrical energy,
and
WHEREAS, in order to perform its duties and obligations to the City of
Fart Collins of supplying electrical energy, it is necessary that Platte
River Power Authority install and maintain certain wires, cables and other
equipment for the transmission of electrical current along certain public
ways within the City of Fort Collins and to install said wires, cables and
other equipment on poles or masts along certain public ways within the City
of Fort Collins. and
WHEREAS, Article I, Chapter 48 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins
requires the granting of a franchise for such installation or maintenance
except as instituted by the City Electric Utility, and
WHEREAS, Platte River Power Authority, as the supplier of electrical
energy, is essentially an extension and arm of the City Electric Utility,
and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Council of the City of Fort Collins
that Platte River Power Authority be excluded from the requirements of
Article I, Chapter 48 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins requiring the
granting of a franchise, and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Council of the City of Fort Collins
that Platte River Power Authority be subject to the same rules and regula-
tions as are applied to the City Electric Utility, and the applicable
ordinances of the City of Fort Collins, in connection with the installation
and maintenance of such electric transmission facilities
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that Section 48-6 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins be
amended to state as follows
"Section 48-6 Excepted facilities The provisions
of this Article shall not apply to the Electrical
Utility of the City ( including Platte River Power
Authority), and that Utility, and Platte River Power
Authority, shall be authorized to install and maintain
lines and facilities in accordance with the other
applicable ordinances of the City of Fort Collins and
the rules and regulations of the City Electric Utility "
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading and ordered pub-
lished this 3rd day of February , 1981, and to be prese ted for final
passage on t e 17th day of February
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My Clerk
Passed and adopted on final read in h 17th day of Febr ar ,
1981
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City Clerk
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