HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES - 09151992 - 92-64 '. : ORDINANCE NO. 92- 64
. (Pipeline Franchises in County Highways)
F: The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors ordains as follows:
SECTION I. SUMMARY. This ordinance further amends Ordinance No.
1827 (enacted July 28, 1964) by revising the rates payable for
pipeline franchises. It also adds new provisions relating to
procedures for granting franchises, the administration of
franchises, and applications for franchises. Ordinance No. 1827
has previously been amended by Ordinance No. 79-50 (enacted April
10, 1979) .
SECTION II. Section 4 of Section II of Ordinance No. 1827 is
amended to read:
"SECTION 4. Fee.
" (a) On each March 1 during the term of this franchise, a
payment by the Grantee shall accrue and be paid to the County for
the street space then required for franchise property at the rate
of fifty cents (504) per cubic foot, as adjusted pursuant to
subsection (b) . For purposes of this subsection, the street space
required for a pipeline or conduit together with protective
covering, pipe connections, cathodic protection facilities, pipe
casings and other minor appurtenances shall be taken as equivalent
to the volume occupied by a cylinder of equal length having a
diameter one inch (111) greater than the nominal internal diameter
of the pipe or conduit but in no case with an equivalent cylinder
diameter less than six inches (611) , and the payment rate therefor
shall be computed to the nearest tenth of a cent per lineal foot of
pipe.
" (b) The annual payment accruing to the County, computed in
accordance with subsection (a) , shall be multiplied by the Consumer
Price Index for the area, as published by the United States
Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, or successor
agency, for the month of September immediately preceding the month
in which payment is due and payable, and divided by the Consumer
Price Index for April 1979. Under no circumstances shall the
multiplying factor be less than one.
" (c) The rates set forth in Public Utilities Code section
6231.5, as amended from time to time, shall apply to qualified
public utility pipelines for industrial gas or oil or products
thereof. However, should Public Utilities Code section 6231.5 be
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PASSED on September 15, 1992 1992, by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Powers, Fanden, Schroder, Torlakson, McPeak
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NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST: PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk
of the Board of Supervisors and
County Administrator
By: Chair, Board of Supervisors
Deputy
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