All applications to construct, operate, or maintain any cable television system in this Village or to traverse any portion of the Village for the transmitting or conveying of such service elsewhere, shall be filed with the Village Clerk/Treasurer and each such application shall set forth, contain, or be accompanied by the following:
(a) The name, address and telephone number of the applicant.
(b) A detailed statement of the corporate or other business entity organization of the applicant, including, but not limited to the following:
(1) The names, residence addresses and business addresses of all officers, directors, and partners or business associates of the applicant.
(2) The names, residence addresses and business addresses of all persons and entities having controlling interest, or being entitled to have or control five percent or more of the ownership, of the applicant and the respective ownership share of each such person or entity.
(3) The names and addresses of any parent or subsidiary of the applicant and of any other business entity owning or controlling, in whole or in part, or owned or controlled by, in whole or in part, the applicant, and a statement describing the nature of any such parent or subsidiary business entity, including, but not limited to, all cable television systems or similar systems owned or controlled by the applicant, its parent or subsidiary and the area served thereby.
(4) A detailed description of all previous experience of the applicant, and including experience in providing cable television service or related or similar services. A detailed and complete financial statement of the applicant prepared by a certified public accountant, for the fiscal year next preceding the date of the application hereunder, or a letter or other acceptable evidence, in writing, from a responsible lending institution or funding source, addressed to both the applicant and the Council, setting forth the basis for a study performed by such lending institution or funding source, and a clear statement of its intent as a lending institution or funding source to provide whatever capital shall be required by the applicant to construct and operate the proposed system in the Village, or a statement from a certified public accountant certifying that the applicant has available, sufficient, free, net and uncommitted cash resources to construct and operate the proposed system in this Village.
(5) A statement identifying, by place and date, any other cable television franchise(s) awarded to the applicant, its parent or subsidiaries; the status of said franchise(s) with respect to completion thereof; the total cost of completion of such system(s); and the amount of resources of the applicant and its parents or subsidiaries committed to the completion thereof.
(c) A detailed description of the proposed plan of operation of the applicant, which shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) A detailed map indicating all areas proposed to be served, on a proposed time schedule for the installation of all equipment necessary to become operational throughout the entire area to be served.
(2) A statement or schedule setting forth all proposed classifications of rates and charges to be made against subscribers and all rates and charges as to each of any said classifications, including installation charges, service charges, and special, extraordinary, or other charges. The purchase price, terms, and nature of any optional or required equipment, device, or other thing to be offered for sale to any subscriber shall be described and explained in detail.
(3) A detailed statement describing the actual equipment and operational standards proposed by the applicant.
(d) A copy of the form of any agreement, undertaking or other instrument proposed to be entered into between the applicant and any subscriber.
(e) A detailed statement setting forth, in their entirety, any and all agreements and understandings, whether formal or informal, written, oral, or implied, existing or proposed to exist, between the applicant and any person, firm, or corporation, which shall in any manner, directly or indirectly, relate or pertain to or depend upon the application or proposed franchise.
(f) A copy of any agreement covering the franchise area, if existing between the applicant and any public utility, providing for the use of any facilities of the public utility, including, but not limited to, poles, lines or conduits.
(g) Any other information pertinent to the subject matter of such application and requested by the Mayor.
(Ord. 16-80. Passed 5-20-80.)