This chapter establishes procedures for the granting of franchises to use and occupy the public rights-of-way for the purpose of constructing and maintaining telecommunications equipment. The city has the authority to manage public property through its police power and other powers granted by the Constitution and statutes of the United States and the State of California, the Charter of the City of Alhambra and this code. The authority and procedures in this chapter are intended to ensure that applicants seeking to occupy the public rights-of-way for the purpose of constructing and maintaining telecommunications equipment are treated fairly with sufficient consideration for due process, and that the city's responsibility to control the use of public rights-of-way and to demand a fair rate of compensation for the public for their use is preserved. This chapter does not provide for franchises for the right of any provider of telecommunications services to operate within the city.
(Ord. 4387, passed 1-24-00)