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SECTION XX ® CHANGE IN RATE SCHEDULE Should the Utility desire to establish rates and charges or should the Utility desire to increase any charges heretofore establijhed and 40 approved by the Board, then the Utility shall notify the Board in writing, setting forth the schedule of rates and charges which it proposes. The Utility shall pay any rate structure review fee as the County may then have in effect and shall furnish the County with all information requested by the County that is pertinent to the proposed new • rate schedule. A public hearing shall then be held on such request, of which notice shall be given by publication in a newspaper regularly published in said County at least one time not more than one month or less than one week preceding such hearing. Certified proof of publication of such notice shall be filed with the Board. Said hearing may thereafter be continued for a reasonable time as determined by the Board. If the Board enters an order pursuant to such hearing and the Utility feels aggrieved by such order, then Utility may seek review of the Board's action by filing a petition for D`rit of Certiorari in the Circuit Court of the County. The Board shall act on the rate request within ninety (90) days following the public hearing. SECTION XXI CONSTRUCTION PERMITS Prior to the Utility placing any of its facilities in any of the public places as herein authorized, the Utility shall make application to and obtain any required permits from the County authorizing said construction in the same manner as permits are authorized in the County for the use of the public roads as shall now or hereafter be established by regulations of the County. The County shall have the right when special circumstances exist to determine the time during which such construction shall be done. SECTION XXII DEFAULT OF FRANCHISE If the Utility fails or refuses to promptly faithfully keep, perform and abide by each and all of the terms and conditions of this franchise, then the Board shall give the Utility written notice of such deficiencies or defaults and a reasonable time within which the Utility shall remedy the same, which notice shall specify the deficiency or default. If the Utility fails to remedy such deficiency or default within a reasonable time, the Board may thereafter schedule a hearing concerning the same reasonable notice thereof to the Utility, and after such hearing at which all interested parties shall be heard, the Board may levy liquidated damages of no less than fifty dollars ($50) per day that said deficiency or default exists from the date of said hearing held by the Board; and the Board may further limit or restrict this franchise or franchise territory or may terminate and cancel the same in whole or in 12