CHAPTER 118
TELEPHONE FRANCHISE

 

118.01 Franchise Granted	118.06 Tree Trimming
118.02 Service Requirements	118.07 Street Obstructions
118.03 Installation and Maintenance of Service Facilities	118.08 Indemnification
118.04 General Location Requirements	118.09 Franchise Tax
118.05 Grantee’s Duty To Restore Ground Surface

 

118.01 FRANCHISE GRANTED.

The Northwestern Bell Telephone Company, 7 a corporation, its successors and assigns (hereinafter referred to as “Grantee”), is hereby granted and vested with the nonexclusive right, franchise and privilege for a period of twenty-five (25) years from the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, 8 to acquire, construct, operate and maintain in the City the necessary facilities for the production, and sale of telephone services for public and private use and to construct and maintain along, upon, across and under the streets, highways, avenues, alleys, bridges and public places the necessary fixtures and equipment for such purposes.

 

Notes

7	† EDITOR’S NOTE: The franchise has been assigned to Qwest.
8	‡EDITOR'S NOTE: Ordinance No. 844 was adopted on May 3, 1982

118.02 SERVICE REQUIREMENTS.

The Grantee shall furnish reasonable, adequate and efficient telephone service to the residents of the City and shall maintain its system in reasonable repair and working order and provide equal facilities to the public and to all connecting lines for the transmission of communications in accordance with the laws of the State of Iowa and the Rules and Regulations of the Iowa Utilities Board.