SOUTHWEST GAS FRANCHISE APPLICATION.PDF

BEFORE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF

MARICOPA COUNTY, STATE OF ARIZONA

In the matter of the Application

of APPLICATION FOR A
PUBLIC SERVICE
Southwest Gas FRANCHISE

Corporation

TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS:
The undersigned, a citizen or citizens, and a resident of, or a company doing
business in Maricopa County, State of Arizona, hereby petitions your body for a Public

Service Franchise to construct, maintain and operate:

LJ A domestic water distribution system, consisting of pipe lines, meters,

connections and all necessary equipment,

U1 An irrigation water distribution system, consisting of pipe lines, ditches, gates

and all necessary equipment,

LJ A sewage system, consisting of lines, connections, manholes and all

necessary equipment,

MV Other — (Cable TV, Gas, Telephone, etc., describe fully)

A gas system and gas system facilities.

To serve the residents of (legal description or vicinity of):

To serve the residents of the unincorporated area of Maricopa County within the

authorized service territory described in Southwest Gas Corporation's Arizona

Corporation Commission approved tariff.

I.

Your petitioner has made application to the Arizona Corporation Commission for a
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to exercise the functions of a public utility
to service to furnish the service described above to persons living within the area
described above, subject to the laws of the State of Arizona. If granted franchise, the
petitioner proposes to engage in and carry on in the business as described above and all
other things necessary for performing this service to the public in the area.

OR

Your petitioner holds a license issued, and is regulated, by the Federal Communications
Commission to furnish the service described above to persons living within the area
described above. The petitioner proposes to engage in and carry on in the business as
described above and all other things necessary for performing this service to the public in

the area.

II.
That your petitioner is financially able to undertake installation and performance of this

service within the area for which this franchise is requested.

In.

That by reason of the facts already stated herein, and because this service is not now
available to persons now living, or who may live, within the said area hereinbefore
described, and because of the further fact that services promptly supplied to waiting
customers and prospective applicants will do much to develop and improve the area
described, your petitioner respectfully petitions your Honorable Board of Supervisors to
grant this application for a right and franchise from the County of Maricopa, State of
Arizona. Petitioner will construct, maintain and operate the aforementioned utility for a
period to be determined at the hearing on this application, or for a period of one (1) year
after the franchised area or a portion thereof is annexed by a municipality, whichever is
shorter, along upon, under and across public highways, roads, alleys, and thoroughfares
(excepting State highways) within that portion of Maricopa County hereinbefore described.
Also not within the confines of any incorporated city or town and under such restrictions
and limitations and under such terms as this Board may provide, not inconsistent with law
and order and the rules of the Arizona Corporation Commission or Federal
Communications Commission and that this Board take such proceedings herein as

provided by the laws of the State of Arizona.

DATED at Phoenix, Arizona, this _3rd__ day of

May , 20.21

Udon tado~

Signature of officer or authorized representative

Name:

Helen Heiden

Address:

41600 E. Northern Ave.

Phoenix, AZ 85020