.010 Upon receiving one or more applications for a franchise within any application period established under the provisions of this chapter and reviewing the same for completeness and accuracy, the Code Enforcement Manager shall present the fully and properly completed application(s) to the City Council at a regularly scheduled meeting thereof.
.020 At such meeting, or within a reasonable time thereafter, the City Council shall adopt a resolution giving notice of the application(s) and setting a date and time for a public hearing on the application(s). The resolution shall give notice that one or more application(s) has been filed for a franchise under this chapter, shall refer to and incorporate by reference the application(s) on file with the Code Enforcement Manager, and shall contain notice of the time and place the City Council will hear persons desiring to be heard in favor of or in opposition to the granting of such franchise(s). The City Clerk shall provide the contents of any such application upon request of any member of the public as a public record except for such information as may be exempt from public disclosure pursuant to any applicable provision of law.
.030 The hearing on the application(s) for a franchise shall be held not earlier than the twentieth day following the date of adoption of the resolution giving notice of the application(s) nor later than the sixtieth day following the resolution's adoption. The City Clerk shall cause the resolution giving notice of the application(s) and of the time and place of hearing on the application(s) to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City within fifteen (15) days of the date of adoption of the resolution. If more than one application is received by the City Council, such applications may be considered at separate public hearings or combined into a single public hearing at the sole discretion of the City Council.
.040 At the hearing on application(s) for a franchise, the City Council shall give all persons desiring to be heard a reasonable opportunity to present evidence or otherwise be heard in favor of or in opposition to the granting of a franchise to the applicant. At such hearing, the City Council may require from the applicant such additional information as the City Council may deem relevant and necessary. The hearing may be continued or adjourned to a stated time and place without the giving of further notice. (Ord. 5765 § 1; April 24, 2001: Ord. 6456 § 1 (part); January 15, 2019.)