(A) The town, after due consideration in public proceedings in which interested persons were given the opportunity to participate, hereby grants to the grantee a non-exclusive franchise, right, and privilege to construct, erect, operate, and maintain, in, upon, along, across, above, over, and under the public ways, and public places now laid out or dedicated and all extensions thereof, and additions thereto, in the town, poles, wires, cables, and underground conduits, manholes, and other television conductors and fixtures necessary for the maintenance and operation in the town of a cable television system for the purpose of distributing television and radio signals, and other electronic impulses in order to furnish television and radio programs, and various communications and other electronic services to the public.
(B) The right so granted includes the right to use said streets, alleys, public ways, and public places and all manner of easements for the purpose herein set forth in accordance with the laws and ordinances of the state and the town.
(1996 Code, § 54.03) (Ord. 357, passed 3-13-1984)