(a) Applicants for a franchise hereunder shall pay a nonrefundable filing fee to the City of one hundred dollars ($100.00) which sum shall be due and payable concurrently with the request for the bidding information.
(b) Grantees of a franchise hereunder shall pay a one time franchise fee to the City of four thousand five hundred dollars ($4,500), which sum shall be due and payable concurrently with the grantee's acceptance of the franchise.
(Ord. 29-1972. Passed 3-5-73.)
(c) Grantees of a franchise hereunder shall pay to the City a continuing franchise fee to be utilized by the City to off-set its regulatory and administrative costs hereunder in the amount of three percent (3%) of annual gross subscriber revenues. If the grantee volunteers and the Federal Communications Commission concurs the grantee may contribute an additional two percent (2%) of annual gross subscriber revenues to the programming of the public, educational and governmental access channels as provided for herein.
(Ord. 15-1973. Passed 3-30-73.)
(d) All fees set forth in subsection (c) hereof shall be due and payable to the City not later than three months after the end of the grantee's fiscal year, and are not to be construed as payments in lieu of Municipal property taxes.
(e) In the event that the City elects to retain the services of a consultant to assist it in resolving a dispute or issue between the City and the grantee, the costs of such consultant shall be borne by the grantee.
(Ord. 29-1972. Passed 3-5-73.)