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§ 101-7 Limitations on recalls. <br />No recall petition shall be filed against a councilma4i--_njgm 2 r within six months after he or she <br />takes office nor in respect to an officer subjected to a recall election and not removed thereby, <br />until at least six months after such election. <br />§ 1024.9 District judge may order election. <br />Should the city council fail or refuse to order any of the elections as provided for in this article, <br />when all the requirements for such election have been complied with by the petitioning voters in <br />conformity with this article of the Charter, then it shall be the duty of any one of the district <br />judges of Lamar County, Texas, upon proper application being made therefor, to order such <br />elections and to enforce the carrying into effect of the provisions of this article of the Charter. <br />(Resolution 2007-055 adopted 5/21/07, Prop. 1) <br />ARTICLE XI <br />FRANCHISES AND PUBLIC UTILITIES <br />§ -1-19 9 <br />The owner <br />and all <br />Control <br />other- <br />-ship, <br />real <br />oder and <br />right of <br />property <br />powers with <br />control and- <br />of the <br />reference <br />u <br />Cit -y <br />-se of st-Feets, <br />of Par -is is <br />to cite <br />highways, <br />hereby <br />property. <br />declared <br />alleys, <br />par-ks, <br />to be <br />public <br />inalie-n-ah-le <br />places <br />to <br />said <br />city, except <br />by <br />ordinances <br />passed <br />by <br />vote of the <br />majoF" <br />of <br />the goveMing <br />body <br />of the <br />i and no <br />OF eaSeMeRt <br />iHVolving <br />the <br />right to use <br />same, <br />along, <br />aCFOSS, <br />ler- <br />the <br />same, shall <br />ever- <br />be <br />valid, <br />unless <br />expressly <br />granted <br />-a-mid ex-e-r-c-lised <br />in compliance <br />with <br />the <br />terms hereof, <br />and <br />of the <br />ordinances <br />gFanting <br />t <br />same.eMer- <br />na <br />, <br />,agents, <br />shall <br />be <br />not expressly <br />granted <br />by or- inanee <br />right, <br />fFanchise <br />or- <br />easement <br />The City <br />of <br />Par <br />-is shall <br />have the power-, <br />subject <br />to the <br />terms <br />and provisions <br />, <br />or-dinance1 <br />to confer- <br />upon <br />any per <br />-son <br />or- corporation, <br />the <br />franchise <br />or- <br />right to use <br />the <br />property <br />of <br />the <br />city, as <br />defined in <br />the <br />preceding <br />paragraph, <br />for- the <br />puf!pOse <br />Of fuFnis <br />to the <br />public <br />any <br />general <br />public <br />1 including <br />heat, <br />! power-, <br />telephone <br />ser-vic,—, <br />refrigeration, <br />steam, <br />n <br />distribution <br />of We, <br />and <br />the <br />carriage o <br />passengers <br />or! <br />freight-, <br />within the <br />said <br />c" and its <br />subur-bs, <br />over- <br />the <br />streets, <br />highways <br />pr-oper-t-y <br />of <br />said <br />cW, or- <br />fOF any purposes <br />whereby <br />a <br />general <br />seFvice <br />is <br />to be fuFnished <br />to <br />the public; <br />fOF <br />compensation <br />or hire, <br />to be paid <br />to the <br />&anchise <br />holder-, <br />whereby <br />a <br />, <br />paFt, <br />appropriate <br />ne-r- <br />usee ah -pe streets, <br />highways <br />or- <br />other- <br />property <br />of <br />the e" is <br />necessary <br />proper,in <br />and <br />genei!ally <br />to fix and <br />regulate <br />the <br />rates, <br />tolls <br />and <br />charges <br />of all public <br />udilutles <br />of <br />every <br />k4nd operating <br />wit -kin <br />the cor-porate <br />11 -M <br />-it -S <br />of th--e <br />City <br />of Par -is; <br />, <br />that <br />no franchise <br />shall <br />be granted <br />by <br />said city to <br />any <br />per <br />-son, <br />firm <br />or- cor-por-ati-A-H <br />to <br />, <br />