The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-09

mentS are made In favor OF the City
Of Belding, and if any of the railroad
or railway corporations or companies
shall fail to make payment thereof
within the time payment is required
of such special assessments under the
roll on which they are extended, then
the City of Belding may institute
legal action in any court of Compel
ent jurisdiction against the owners
of said properties, and if judgement
be rendered thereon in favor of said
City Of Bedding the same may be col
lected on execution out of any prop
erty of said railroad or railway cor
poration or companies liable to levy
and sale on execution.
Cost of improvements to Include Cer-
tain Costs.
Section "a. The cost of public and
special improvements for which a
special assessment roll shall be made,
shall include the cost and expense
of making estimates, plans and as
sessments incidental thereto.
Acceptance of Plats.
Section 35. (a)-The City Com
mission shall not accept any plat or
subdivision of any lands or premises
either within or without the corpor-
ate limits of Bedding having thereon
streets, lanes or alleys which are in
tended to be or are dedicated to- pub
lie use by such plat or subdivision
until such streets, lanes lor alleys so
intended to be dedicated to public
use are brought to grade to- be
established by the City Commission.
(b)-The City Commission shah
not accept any plat or subdivision OF
any lands or premises, either within
10 ,v,att = of
Bedding until streets have been platt-
ed and dedicated thereby to public
use in continuance of any streets
which have been dedicated to public
use prior thereto, and terminating
at the boundary lines of such lands
or premises so plated or subdivided
and are of the same width, nor until
all streets intended thereby to be-
dedicated to public use, and which
are intended to be combinations of
streets terminating at the boundary
lines thereof, are so plated as to be
exact combinations thereof, and of
the same width of such streets ter
minating at the boundary lines there
of.
FRANCHISES AND PUBLIC UTIL-
sITIES.
Power to Grant Franchises.
Section /. The power to grant |
irrevocable franchises for any public |
utility, enterprise or service. and to |
renew, amend and extend the same,
shall be exercised by ordinance only, |
which ordinance shall not become eff
fective until it shall have:
(a)-Been passed by the City Com
mission.
(b)-Been Internationally accepted
in writing by the grantee.
(c)<Been published in full, to-
gether with the grantees acceptance,
in a newspaper of the city, at least
once a week for five consecutive
weeks, the last insertion to be made
ing date of the popular vote.
(d)-Received the affirmative vote
of three-fifths of the electors of said
city, voting thereon at a regular or
special election, and upon such prop
ositions women taxpayers having the
qualifications Of male electors shall
be entitled to vote.
Permits.
Section g Permits, revocable at
the will of the City Commission, for
such minor or temporary public util-
ity privileges as may be specified by
general ordinance may be granted
and revoked by the City Commission
from time to time in accordance with
the terms and conditions to be pre-
scribed thereby; and such permits
shall not be deemed to be franchises
as the term is used in this charter.
Such general ordinance, however,
shall be subject to referendum as pro-
vided in Sectional. Initiative, Refer
endum and Recall of this charter and
shall not be passed as an emergency
measure.
Time Limitations and Term.
Section 3. No ordinance grant
ing or renewing franchise shall be
adopted by the City Commission with
for has been filed nor shall a fran
chse ordinance be submitted to the
electors of the city until after the
expiration CT sixty days after its
and adoption bv the City
Commission and the grantee has filed
with the City Commission its uncon-
ditional acceptance of the proposed i
franchise or renewal if granted by
the electorate. Nc franchise shall
be renewed before three years prior
to its expiration. No franchise
shall be granted for longer term
than thirty years and every amend
ment and alteration thereof and all
rights Hereunder shall expire at the
same time as the original grant, un-
less a shorter term has been pre-
scribed in the amendment or altera-
ton.
Right of the City to Purchase or Con-
denim.
Section A. Every franchise or re-
newal thereof shall reserve to the
city the right to purchase or lease all
the property of the utility, enter
prise or service used in or useful for
the operation of such utility, enter Il
prise or service either fixed in the
ordinance or to be fixed in the man.
ner provided by the ordinance grant
ing the franchise or renewal, which
price shall not include or be affected
by the value of the franchise or good
will or profits to be earned on pend
ing contracts or any other intangible