The ordinance codified in this chapter grants to Sierra Pacific Power Company, its successors and assigns, the franchise of installing, maintaining and using poles, wires, conduits and appurtenances, including communication circuits, in so many and in such parts of the public roads within the area now being served by Sierra Pacific Power Company in Sierra County, state of California, as the grantee of said franchise may from time to time elect to use for the purpose of transmitting and distributing electricity to the public for any and all purposes.

Franchise is granted pursuant to the provisions of the Franchise Act of 1937, California Public Utilities Code, Division 3, Chapter 2 (commencing with Cal. Pub. Util. Code § 6201), which provisions exclusively govern the granting thereof. Whenever in this chapter the words “grantee” and “county” are used, they shall mean Sierra Pacific Power Company and Sierra County.