Las Vegas City Commission Legal Documents, February 29, 1944 to February 21, 1945, lvc000016-15

No. 178361 Recorded at Request of Alfred Merritt Smith Mar 9 - 1944 at 40 min past 1 P.M. in Book 2 Page 26 of Water Approp. Clark County, Nevada, Records David Farnsworth, Recorder LMN Deputy Fee $1.00 Compared MBVW PERMIT TO SOUTHERN NEVADA POWER COMPANY PERMISSION IS HEREBY GRANTED To Southern Nevada Power Co., a corporation of the State of Nevada, and to its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a system for the generation, transmission and distribution of electric energy, in the City of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, and to install, erect, lay down and maintain, in, through, over, across, under and along all or any of the streets, alleys or public highways and grounds of the City of Las Vegas, including Clark's Las Vegas Townsite, the original Townsite of Las Vegas, and all additions, subdivisions and tracts now existing as a part of said city, and all additions, tracts and subdivisions, which may hereafter be added to said City of Las Vegas during the life of this permit, poles and pole lines and underground conduits, and all necessary wires, cables and appliances used in connection therewith, or appurtenant thereto, for the purpose of carrying on the business of furnishing to the inhabitants of the City of Las Vegas and serving them with electric light, heat and power. Section 1. For the purposes aforesaid the said Permittee, its successors and assigns shall have the right to make the necessary excavations in said streets, alleys and public grounds for the purpose of erecting and anchoring their said poles and pole lines and for the purpose of laying any such underground conduits provided, however: (a) That said poles shall be so placed and the wires upon them be kept at such an elevation, and so attached and secured at such elevation, as to avoid danger to persons and adjacent property, and the use of such streets and alleys for other local purposes. (b) That the points for the location of said poles shall, before commencement of any new construction, be approved by the Board of City Commissioners of said City. Should the Permittee take over the poles or pole lines of an existing power company, it will at its own expense remove all poles not used by it for a continuous period of three months, upon demand of the Commissioner of streets and public property. (c) Said poles shall not be set so as to interfere with the construction or placing of any water pipes, drains, sewers or the flow of water therein, that has been or may be placed by authority of said City, and in case of building to grade or change on any street or alley wherein such poles or conduits may have been erected, laid or placed, then said permittee, its successors and assigns shall change such poles and con­duits and reset or replace the same under the direction of the commissioner of streets and public property or subject to his approval. (d) Said City at all times during the existence of the privileges hereby granted have free use of said poles upon which to place the wires for its fire alarm connections, without charge or toll therefor by the said permittee. (e) That all wires and cables arrived in underground conduits shall be properly installed and insulated so as to avoid danger to persons and adjacent property, and the use of such streets and alleys for other local purpose, and said underground conduits shall not be set or placed so as to interfere with the construction or placing of any water pipes, gas pipes, drains or sewers or the flow of water therein that has been or may be placed by authority of said City. (f) In all cases, after making any excavations in the streets, alleys, or public grounds, the said permittee, its successors and assigns, shall promptly restore such street, alley or public ground to its former condition. (g) Said permittee, its successors and assigns shall fully observe all of the ordinances and regulations of said City of Las Vegas now in existence or which may hereafter be adopted, relative to the making of excavations or the erection of poles or pole lines or construction and maintenance of conduits in such streets, alleys, or public grounds, or the use of power lines or the inspection thereof. (h) Said permittee, its successors and assigns, shall, at all times, hold the City of Las Vegas free and harmless from any and all liabilities, damages costs, attorneys' fees and expenses incurred bv reason of damage to person or property, caused by such excavations or erections made in any such street, alley or public grounds, or an-y other cause growing out of the use by said permittee of said streets, alleys or public grounds under this permit. Section 2. This permit is granted upon the following conditions: (a) That the municipal authorities shall have the power to make all necessary rulings and regulations governing the erection of poles and pole lines, and the laying and maintaining all such underground conduits and governing the stringing or carrying of wires and cables thereon or therein and the inspection thereof, and shall have the power to change the rulings and regulations from time to time as in their judgment may seem just and proper.