§ 12. TERMINATION AND FORFEITURE OF FRANCHISE.  


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  • (a)

    In addition to all other rights and powers retained by the City under this franchise, the City reserves the right to terminate the franchise and all rights and privileges of the Company hereunder, in the event of a material failure on the part of the Company, its successors or assigns, to comply with any of the provisions of this ordinance, or if the Company, its successors or assigns, should do or cause to be done any material act or thing prohibited by or in violation of the terms of this ordinance. In such event, the Company, its successors and assigns, shall forfeit all rights and privileges granted by this ordinance and all rights hereunder shall cease, terminate and become null and void, provided that said forfeiture shall not take effect until the City shall carry out the following proceedings:

    (i)

    Before the City terminates the franchise, it shall first serve a written notice upon the Company, and upon the trustee or trustees in any deed of trust securing bonds of the Company of record in Sedgwick County, Kansas, or the office of the Secretary of State of Kansas, by mailing notice to the Company and to such trustee or trustees to the address designated in such trust deed, setting forth in detail in such notice the neglect or failure complained of.

    (ii)

    The Company shall have sixty (60) calendar days thereafter in which to comply with the conditions of this franchise.

    (iii)

    If, at the end of such sixty day period, the City determines that the conditions of such franchise have not been complied with by the Company and that such franchise is subject to termination by reason thereof, the City, in order to terminate such franchise, shall enact an ordinance setting out the grounds upon which the franchise is to be terminated.

    (iv)

    If within thirty (30) calendar days after the effective date of said ordinance the Company shall not have instituted an action, either in the District Court of Sedgwick County, Kansas, or some other court of competent jurisdiction to determine whether or not the Company has violated the terms of this franchise and that the franchise is subject to termination by reason thereof, such franchise shall be terminated at the end of such thirty day period.

    (v)

    If within such thirty day period the Company does institute an action, as above provided, to determine whether or not Company has violated the terms of this franchise and that the franchise is subject to termination by reason thereof and prosecutes such action to final judgment with due diligence, then, in that event, in case the court finds that the franchise is subject to termination by reason of the violation of its terms, this franchise shall terminate thirty (30) calendar days after such final judgment is rendered.

    (b)

    In the event of a final adjudication of bankruptcy of the Company under Title 11 of the United States Code, the City shall have full power and authority to terminate, revoke, and cancel any and all rights granted under this franchise.

    (c)

    The failure of the Company to comply with any of the provisions of this franchise or the doing or causing to be done by the Company of anything prohibited by or in violation of the terms of this franchise shall not be a ground for the termination thereof when such act or omission on the part of the Company is due to any cause or delay beyond the control of the Company, its successors and assigns, or bona fide legal proceedings.