FRANCHISES

First Series

126

Yakima Water Company to construct and maintain a canal along H Street and certain other portions of the city.

177

R. Strobach Canal Company for right-of-way.

191

Western Union Telegraph Company for right-of-way for poles.

293

Inland Telephone Company (50 years).

329

Cascade Lumber Company to run a railway through H Street.

413

Northern Pacific Railroad Company to construct a sidewalk over Selah Street.

423

Northwest Water and Light Company for waterworks.

424

Northwest Light and Water Company for electric lights.

447

St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company for railroad track on West Spruce and Selah Streets.

457

Isaac Anderson to operate a fuel plant and to use certain streets and alleys.

504

J.H. Rose to furnish artesian and deep well water; § 2 amended by Ord. 505; § 9 amended by Ord. 617 (50 years).

505

Yakima Inter-Valley Traction Company; § 13 repealed by Ord. A929 (40 years).

686

North Yakima and Valley Railway Company to operate streetcars.

694

Yakima Central Heating Company to lay pipes, etc., to conduct steam and water.

701

Model U.S. Laundry Company to lay pipe.

702

Old Union Dutch Company for ditch right-of-way.

798

North Coast Railroad Company to lay tracks.

803

St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company to conduct a switch track.

871

C.H. Marsh and B.P. Marsh to construct a pipeline for irrigation purposes.

877

North Yakima and Valley Railroad Company to operate a railway over certain land.

 

“A” Series

A61

Schauno Dutch Company and Broadditch Company for pipeline right-of-way.

A80

Northern Pacific Railroad Company to construct a certain track.

A95

Northern Pacific Railroad Company to construct a certain track.

A182

Yakima County for right-of-way for covered drains.

A185

Oregon-Washington Railroad Company to construct and maintain a tunnel and to operate an ice conveyor.

A191

Yakima Valley Transportation Company to construct certain railway tracks.

A261

A.S. Gordon to construct pipeline for irrigation purposes.

A270

Libby, McNeil and Libby to construct a steam pipe.

A295

Yakima Ice and Cold Storage Company to construct water and steam mains.

A321

Northern Pacific Railroad Company to construct a certain track.

A796

Northern Pacific Railroad Company to construct a certain track (50 years).

A929

Yakima Valley Transportation Company to operate motor vehicle service; § 12 amended by Ord. 514; § 14 repealed by Ord. 505 (40 years).

A1110

Northern Pacific Railroad Company to construct a railway.

A1143

H.S. Turner to construct a pipeline.

A1145

Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company.

A1286

Northern Pacific Railroad Company to construct tracks.

 

“B” Series

B123

Transfer of franchises granted by Ords. 789 and A185.

B165

Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company and its lessee, Union Pacific Railroad Company to construct a track.

B364

U.S. Government for a post office lot.

B602

Lundeman Power Equipment Company to construct a railway track.

B609

Pacific Power and Light Company to provide electrical service (25 years).

B677

J.M. Perry and Company to construct a railway track and conveyor belt.

B680

Redman Fairchild, Incorporated, to construct a railway track.

B731

Yakima Transport Company to operate buses.

B732

Yakima Valley Transportation Company to maintain a street railway system.

B744

Garbe Ice and Fuel Company to construct a railway track.

B747

Rickey and Gilbert Company to construct a tunnel.

B765

Barnes Grain and Feed Company to construct a railway track.

B802

Extension of railway track constructed under franchise granted by Ord. B680.

B958

Northern Pacific Railroad Company to construct a track.

B1000

Northern Pacific Railroad Company to construct a track.

B1019

Northern Pacific Railroad Company to construct a track.

B1112

Pacific Power and Light Company to supply steam heat service.

B1195

Northern Pacific Railroad Company to construct a track.

B1215

Inter-Valley Motor Coach Company; § 12 amended by Ord. B1222.

B1577

Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. (Assigned, Consented to by Ord. 318).

B1778

Cascade Natural Gas Company.

B1992

D.S. Peck to operate a motor coach service (15 years).

B2088

W.P. Fuller and Company to construct a railway track.

B2097

Cascade Lumber Company to construct a railway track.

B2257

Longview Fibre Company to construct a railway track.

 

Fourth Series

291

Boise-Cascade Corporation to construct a railway spur.

1147

Pacific Power and Light Company.

1508

Yakima Valley Transportation Company railway system operation.

1679

Burlington Northern, Inc., to maintain railway track (5 years).

1743

Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company and its lessee Union Pacific Railroad Company to maintain railway track (5 years).

2209

Cox Cablevision to operate a cable communications system.

2296

Burlington Northern, Inc., to operate and maintain railway track.

2438

Cascade Natural Gas Corporation.

2443

Yakima Valley Cablevision, Inc.

2444

Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company.

2817

Yakima Valley Transportation Company to operate and maintain railway tracks and a railway system (10 years).

2918

Assignment by Cox Cablevision Corporation to McCaw Cablevision of Yakima, Inc., of franchise granted by Ord. 2209.

3199

American Telephone and Telegraph Company.

3220

Yakima Valley Disposal, Inc.

3328

Transfer of franchise granted by Ordinance No. 2444 to said company’s successor in interest, U.S. West Communications, Inc.

3445

Yakima Waste Systems, Inc.

93-86

Nob Hill Water Association.

93-115

TCI Cablevision; transferred to a Falcon/TCI Partnership by Ord. 98-30 (Repealed by 2014-016)

94-45

Pacific Corp for electric and communications services.

99-9

Approves the AT&T/TCI merger and transfer of ownership of the ultimate parent company, TCI, of the minority partner, TEHLLC, in the ultimate parent company, FCLP.

99-31

Approves transfer of and assumption by Charter Communications, Inc., of all cable television franchise obligations and liabilities of FCLP, Falcon and TCI under cable television franchise Ord. No. 93-115, as amended by Ords. 98-30 and 99-9 (Repealed by 2014-006)

2000-13

Avista Communications of Washington, Inc., to construct, operate and maintain a telecommunications system.

2000-24

Extends term of nonexclusive franchise with Charter Communications Holding Company.

2001-20

Northwest Microwave, Inc., to operate and maintain a telecommunications system.

2001-55

Touch America, Inc., to operate and maintain a telecommunications system.

2001-67

Approves the transfer of the telecommunication system franchise from Avista Communications of Washington, Inc., to Advanced TelCom, Inc.

2002-24

Central Telecommunications East, Inc., to construct, operate and maintain a telecommunications system.

2002-43

Central Telecommunications East, Inc., to construct, operate and maintain a multichannel video/cable communications system.

2002-50

Approves transfer of the telecommunications system franchise from Advanced TelCom Group, Inc., to GE Business Productivity Solutions, Inc.

2003-32

Amends Ord. 2002-43, franchise to Central Telecommunications East, Inc., multichannel video/cable communication system (Special)

2003-33

Amends Ord. 2002-24, franchise to Central Telecommunications East, Inc., telecommunications system (Special)

2003-41

Amends § 2.2 of Ord. 93-115, franchise to TCI Cablevision (Repealed by 2014-006)

2003-49

Amends Ord. 2000-13, franchise (Special)

2005-21

Amends § 2.2 of Ord. 2001-20, franchise to Northwest Microwave, Inc. (Special)

2005-51

Cascade Natural Gas Corporation, to operate and maintain a natural gas transmission/distribution system (Special)

2007-29

Amends § 2.2 of Ord. 93-115, franchise with Charter Communications Holding Company, LLC (Repealed by 2014-006)

2007-33

Approves merger between Cascade Natural Gas Corporation and MDU Resources (Special)

2008-32

Authorizes agreement with Noel Communications (Special)

2009-25

Amends §§ 2.2 of Ord. 93-115, franchise with Charter Communications Holding Company, LLC (Repealed by 2014-006)

2011-11

Advanced TelCom, Inc., and Electric Lightwave, LLC, to operate and maintain a telecommunications system (Special)

2011-37

Fatbeam, LLC, to construct, operate and maintain a telecommunications system (Special)

2012-02

Northwest Open Access Network, to construct, operate and maintain a telecommunications system (Special)

2012-11

LightSpeed Networks, Inc., to construct, operate and maintain a telecommunications system (Special)

2012-31

PocketiNet Communications, Inc., to construct, operate and maintain a telecommunications system (Special)

2012-56

Zayo Group, LLC, to construct, operate and maintain a telecommunications system (Special)

2013-057

Amends Ord. 93-115, Charter Communications franchise (Repealed by 2014-016)

2014-016

Charter Communications cable communications system franchise; terminates Ord. 93-115 (Special)

2014-020

Approves transfer and assumption by Comcast Corporation of all cable communications franchise obligations and liabilities of Charter Communications under Ord. 2014-016 (Special)

2015-026

Cascade Natural Gas Corporation natural gas transmission/distribution system/facility(ies) franchise (Special)

2015-045

Noel Communications, Inc., telecommunications system (Special)

2018-036

Nob Hill Association, water distribution system (Special)

2022-015Ord. 2022-015 PDF

Wholesail Networks LLC, telecommunications system (Special)

2022-026Ord. 2022-026 PDF

LightSpeed Networks, Inc., to construct, operate and maintain a telecommunications system (Special)

2023-010Ord. 2023-010 PDF

Fatbeam, LLC, to construct, operate and maintain a telecommunications system (Special)

2024-016Ord. 2024-016 PDF

Spectrum Pacific West, LLC, to operate and maintain a cable communications system (Special)