§ 8-11. Impossibility of performance.  


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  • Without limiting or restricting the applicability of the law relating to and governing the impossibility of performance of contracts, each grantee shall be relieved of and from undertakings, duties and responsibilities imposed upon such grantee by virtue of the terms of this chapter or any franchise ordinance where the performance of same has been prevented, curtailed or delayed by virtue of circumstances beyond the party's control, including but not limited to strikes, war (whether declared or not), acts of God, or changes of law (whether the result of legislative, executive, administrative or judicial action). Under such circumstances, the affected grantee shall not be deemed to have committed a breach of or be in default under the pertinent term or terms of this chapter or the franchise ordinance.

(Code 1976, § 7-6144)