Franchise List
Ord. No. |
To Whom Granted |
Date |
Expires |
---|---|---|---|
81 |
Northern Pacific Railway Company (Depot grounds and buildings) |
8-21-1906 |
------ |
259 |
Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad Company (amd. Ord. Nos. 260, 268, 8‑6‑67) |
8-1-1911 |
------ |
280 |
Seattle Lighting Company (Distribution of gas) |
3-12-1912 |
50 years |
342 |
Northern Pacific Railway Company (Railroad tracks) |
7-1-1913 |
999 years |
451 |
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company (Trolley, feeders, etc.) |
12-4-1917 |
------ |
454 |
Seattle & Rainier Valley Railway Company (Railroad tracks) |
4-23-1918 |
------ |
456 |
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company (Transmission lines for electric current) |
6-4-1918 |
------ |
566 |
Standard Oil Company (Warehouses) |
4-4-1922 |
------ |
641 |
Union Oil Company (Warehouses) |
4-10-1923 |
------ |
737 |
Salvage Lumber Company (Spur railroad track) |
3-10-1925 |
------ |
903 |
City of Seattle (Water supply pipes) |
3-10-1931 |
50 years |
962 |
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company (amd. Ord. No. 451, subsection C of section 2 thereof) |
5-26-1936 |
------ |
996 |
The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company (Telephone business) |
5-22-1938 |
25 years |
998 |
City of Seattle (Electric transmission system) |
5-17-1938 |
25 years |
1001 |
Puget Sound Power and Light Company (Electric power) |
7-19-1938 |
30 years |
1099 |
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company (amd. Ord. 451, subsection A of section 2) |
5-2-1940 |
------ |
1100 |
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company (Telephone and telegraph line) |
5-21-1940 |
4-4-1969 |
1141 |
Defense Plant Corporation (Water mains) |
12-16-1941 |
99 years |
1160 |
Defense Plant Corporation (One Water Main) |
7-7-1942 |
99 years |
1360 |
Lake Shore Lines, Inc. |
12-20-1949 |
12-12-1959 |
1481 |
Pacific Coast Railway Company (Side track) |
4-20-1954 |
25 years |
1544 |
City of Seattle (Water supply line) |
5-1-1956 |
50 years |
1590 |
Northern Pacific Railway Company |
1-22-1957 |
25 years |
1690 |
James Gotti doing business as Jim’s Garbage Disposal |
6-1-1957 |
5 years |
1775 |
Henry C. Hardebeck doing business as Bryn Mawr Disposal Company |
6-1-1959 |
5 years |
1952 |
Bryn Mawr Disposal Company, Inc. |
4-23-1962 |
5 years |
1970 |
James Gotti claims business as Jim’s Garbage Disposal |
8-6-1962 |
5 years |
1987 |
Washington Natural Gas Company |
10-8-1962 |
25 years |
2095 |
Washington Disposal Company, Inc. |
3-1-1964 |
5 years |
2096 |
Bryn Mawr Disposal Company, Inc. |
5-1-1964 |
5 years |
2102 |
Valley Disposal Company |
7-27-1964 |
39 months plus 120 days |
2120 |
Olympic Pipeline Company |
11-2-1964 |
25 years |
2157 |
Holert Electric, Inc. assigned to Northwest Cablevision, Inc. |
5-1-1965 9-16-1965 |
5 years |
2197 amd. 2264 |
William Monson Coaxial Cable |
2-1-1964 8-15-1966 |
5 years |
2248 |
Colorcable Inc. Coaxial Cable Subscriber System |
6-20-66 |
10 years |
2398 |
Pacific Coast R.R. Company |
5-6-1968 |
25 years |
2410 |
Valley Disposal, Inc. |
6-10-1968 |
5 years |
2428 |
Puget Sound Power & Light Company |
8-7-1968 |
30 years |
2466 |
Clearview T.V. Cable, Inc. |
2-10-1969 |
5 years |
2534 |
El Paso Natural Gas |
1-5-1970 |
10 years |
3036 |
Clearview T.V. Cable, Inc. |
2-1-1974 |
38 months |
3137 |
CATV Ordinance |
5-16-1977 |
15 years |
3154 |
CATV Ordinance, Clearview T.V. |
9-12-1977 |
15 years |
3155 |
CATV Ordinance, Teleprompter Corporation |
9-12-1977 |
15 years |
3472 |
Northwest Pipeline Corporation |
10-16-1980 |
10 years |
3501 |
Northwest Pipeline Corporation |
1-12-1981 |
10 years |
3554 amd. 3960 |
Belterra Development Corporation (access to Cedar Ridge Residential Plat) |
6-24-1981 |
35 years |
3702 |
Cable TV amendment |
1-17-1983 |
|
Res. 2497 |
Clearview T.V. Cable, Inc.,. Transfer to Group W Cable |
3-21-1983 |
|
3971 |
Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle-Metro (extension of franchise granted by Ord. 1879) |
1-20-1986 |
20 years |
Res. 2441 |
Northwest Cablevision, Inc. to reorganize into Teleprompter/Group W Cable, Inc. |
3-15-1986 |
|
Res. 2641 |
TCI Cablevision |
4-28-1986 |
|
Res. 2647 |
Group W Cable, sale of stock |
6-16-1986 |
|
Res. 2692 |
Water District No. 107 water sewer lines granted in City rights of way |
11-2-1987 |
25 years |
4325 |
Washington Natural Gas |
8-12-1991 |
25 years |
4412 amd. 5453 amd. 5695 |
TCI Seattle, Inc. (CATV) (Comcast) (Comcast) |
8-9-1993 4-6-09 10-14-13 |
15 years 9-13-2013 6-13-2014 |
4572 |
Olympic Pipeline Company |
1-8-1996 |
10 years, with automatic 10-year increment renewals |
4592 |
City of Tukwila |
3-25-1996 |
|
4831 |
Level 3, LLC (Fiber Optics Cable) |
2-21-2000 |
10 years |
4846 |
Metromedia Fiber Network Services, Inc. (Broadband Digital Communications) |
6-19-2000 |
10 years |
4858 |
Puget Sound Energy, Inc. |
9-11-2000 |
15 years |
4863 |
McLeodUSA Telecommunications Services, Inc. (Broadband Digital Communications) |
9-25-2000 |
10 years |
4895 |
Adelphia Business Solutions Operations Inc. (Broadband Digital Communications) |
3-12-2001 |
10 years |
4896 |
XO Washington Inc. (Broadband Digital Communications) |
3-12-2001 |
10 years |
4906 |
Time Warner Telecom of Washington (Broadband Digital Communications) |
6-4-2001 |
10 years |
5083 |
VoiceStream PCS III Corporation |
6-14-2004 |
10 years |
5160 |
Sprint Communications Company L.P. |
10-17-2005 |
10 years |
5497 |
Zayo Bandwidth Northwest, Inc. |
11-16-2009 |
14 years |
5618 |
Rabanco, Ltd. dba Allied Waste Services of Kent, Rabanco Companies and Sea Tac Disposal |
10-1-2011 |
2-1-2017 |
5619 |
Fiorito Enterprises, Inc. and Rabanco Companies dba Kent-Meridian Disposal Company |
10-1-2011 |
2-1-2017 |
5720 |
Comcast Cable Communication Management, LLC, and Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC |
8-18-2014 |
10 years |
5763 |
Astound Broadband, LLC, dba Wave |
7-13-2015 |
10 years |
5768 |
McLeodUSA Telecommunications Services, LLC |
9-28-2015 |
10 years |
5787 |
Level 3 Communications, LLC |
3-28-2016 |
10 years |
5788 |
Olympic Pipeline Company |
3-28-2016 |
10 years |
5801 |
Rabanco, Ltd. dba Republic Services of Kent |
2-1-2017 |
3-31-2027 |
5807 |
Sprint Communications Company L.P. |
6-27-2016 |
10 years |
5814 |
T-Mobile West LLC |
8-8-2016 |
6-22-2024 |
5834 |
Puget Sound Energy, Inc. |
4-3-2017 |
15 years |
5845 |
MCImetro Access Transmission Services Corp. dba Verizon Access Transmission Services |
6-12-2017 |
10 years |
5862 |
XO Communications Services, LLC |
11-13-2017 |
10 years |
5935 |
Verizon Wireless |
11-4-2019 |
5 years |
5936 |
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC |
11-4-2019 |
5 years |
5978 |
ExteNet Systems, Inc. |
9-23-2020 |
5 years |
6013 |
ExteNet Systems, Inc. |
2-16-2021 |
10 years |