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Section 3. Laclede shall indemnify and hold said City harmless from all liability,
<br /> judgments, decrees, costs, expenses and attorneys' fees incurred or imposed on account of
<br /> injury or damage to person or property arising from the negligent acts or omissions or
<br /> mismanagement of Laclede or its subcontractors in the construction, reconstruction,
<br /> excavation, extension, restoration, placing or maintenance of the mains, service pipes,
<br /> conduits, conductors or other equipment in along, across, over or under any of the streets,
<br /> roads, alleys, sidewalks, squares, bridges or other public places in the City of University
<br /> City in the exercise of any of the rights and privileges conferred by this ordinance.
<br /> Section 4. The rights, privileges and authority hereby granted shall inure to and be
<br /> vested in Laclede, its successors and assigns, successively, subject to all of the terms,
<br /> provisions and conditions herein contained, and each of the obligations hereby imposed
<br /> upon Laclede shall devolve and be binding upon its successors and assigns, successively,
<br /> in the same manner.
<br /> Section 5. As consideration for the rights and privileges conferred by this
<br /> ordinance, Laclede shall pay to said municipality the gross receipts taxes, if any, lawfully
<br /> provided for by applicable ordinances, as the same may be amended from time to time so
<br /> far as such ordinances are reasonably applicable to the condition and business of the
<br /> Company, and charges to the Company for any use of the public rights-of-way shall be
<br /> limited to right-of-way management costs as determined in accordance with section
<br /> 67.1840 RSMo. (2011).
<br /> Section 6. Laclede shall, within sixty (60) days after the passage and approval of this
<br /> ordinance, file its acceptance thereof with the Clerk of the City of University City, and
<br /> this ordinance shall continue and remain in full force and effect as a renewal of the
<br /> preceding franchise for a period of twenty (20) years from the effective date as
<br /> determined in accordance with Section 71.520 RSMo. (2000).
<br /> Section 7. Neither acceptance of, nor compliance with, the provisions of this
<br /> ordinance shall in any wise impair or affect, or constitute or be construed as a
<br /> relinquishment or waiver of, any right, permission or authority which Laclede, its
<br /> successors or assigns, may have independently of this ordinance; nor shall any use by
<br /> Laclede, its successors or assigns, of public property or places in the City of University
<br /> City, as authorized by this ordinance or service rendered by Laclede, its successors or
<br /> assigns, in said City, be treated as use solely of the rights, permission and authority
<br /> provided for by this ordinance or as service referable solely to this ordinance or to any
<br /> obligation of service consequent upon acceptance thereof or as in any wise indicating
<br /> non-use of, non-compliance with, any obligation incident to, any right, permission or
<br /> authority vested in Laclede, its successors or assigns, independently of this ordinance;
<br /> and the acceptance provided for in Section 6 of this ordinance, and each and every
<br /> compliance with the provisions of this ordinance or with any obligation arising from
<br /> acceptance thereof, shall be subject to, and conditioned by, the provisions of this Section
<br /> 7, with the same force and effect as though each of the provisions of this section were
<br /> expressly incorporated in such acceptance and expressly declared by the acceptor, its
<br /> successors or assigns, at and prior to the time of such compliance by it, as conditions of
<br /> such compliance.
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