(a) Applicants for a franchise or OVS license shall submit to the town a written application utilizing the standard format provided by the town, at the time and place designated by the town for accepting applications. The application shall be complete and shall include all applicable fees.
(b) In awarding a franchise, the town shall allow the applicant's cable system a reasonable period of time to become capable of providing cable service to all households in the franchise area and may require adequate assurance that the cable operator will provide adequate public, educational, and governmental access channel capacity, facilities, or financial support; and qualifications to provide cable service.
(c) A fee in the amount of $7,000.00 shall be paid by each applicant at the time of application for an initial franchise which fee shall be in the form of cash, certified check, or money order to defer the cost of studying, investigating, and otherwise processing such application and which shall be in consideration thereof and not refundable or returnable in whole or in part. To offset the effects of inflation, the amount of the fee provided for herein is subject to reasonable increase in accord with the annual rate of inflation per the CPI.
(Ord. No. 04-009, § 6-52, 8-26-2004)