(a) All applicants for a franchise hereunder, upon being designated a grantee shall file with the Clerk-Treasurer within thirty days of such designation written notice of both the location and addressee for mail and official notifications.
(b) All reports, filings, notifications and official mail from any grantee hereunder to the City, shall be forwarded to the attention of the Clerk-Treasurer, City Hall, Box 190, Bryan, Ohio 43506.
(c) Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the grantee of any franchise awarded hereunder, shall not be required to take any action hereunder which shall be in violation of any statutes, ordinances, rules or regulations promulgated by either a Federal or State regulatory body having competent jurisdiction and the grantee shall not be considered as having violated a provision of this chapter provided however, that he notifies the City of such conflict.
(d) The scope of any franchise granted hereunder shall be deemed amendable from time to time to allow the grantee to innovate and implement new services and developments provided, however that no such services or developments be implemented without the expressed prior approval of Council.
(e) The grantee of any franchise awarded hereunder shall at all times in the conduct of his business employ ordinary care and install and maintain in use commonly acceptable methods and devices for preventing failures and accidents which are likely to cause damage, injuries or nuisances to the public in general.
(f) The grantee of any franchise awarded hereucnder shall provide free of charge one connection and monthly service for such public and nonprofit private schools, elementary and secondary, police department, fire department, Mayor's office, library, Council chambers, county court house, sheriff's office and other City buildings as the City may hereafter designate, provided that such designated locations are within five hundred feet of any existing network cable. The grantee may charge for any excess footage on the basis of time and material for any such locations beyond the five hundred foot limitation if such connection is designated by the City.
The City reserves the right, as its expense, to extend service to as many areas within such schools, buildings and agencies as it deems desirable without payment of any fee to the grantee.
(g) Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the award of any franchise hereunder shall not impart to the grantee any right of property in or on City owned property.
(h) Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, all provisions of this chapter and any franchise granted hereunder shall be binding upon the grantee, his successors, lessees or assignees.
(i) All programs of broadcasting stations carried by the grantee shall be carried in their entirety as received by the grantee, with announcements and advertisements unaltered or substituted for and without additions except as permitted or required by the Federal Communications Commission or the provisions of Section 711.05(d).
(j) If, during the term of any franchise granted hereunder, the grantee receives a reduction in regulatory fees, the resultant savings shall be passed on to the subscriber on a prorated basis either in a lump sum payment or in the form of credits on monthly service charges.
(Ord. 29-1972. Passed 3-5-73.)