Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall exercise in the city any franchise right or privilege mentioned in Article XII of the Charter of the city except such person as may be otherwise entitled to do so by law, unless such person shall have obtained a grant therefor in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and of the applicable provisions of the Charter. Nothing herein contained shall be constructed to invalidate any lawful franchise heretofore granted, nor necessitate the obtaining of a new franchise for a use for which a franchise holder shall have a valid unexpired franchise.
(Prior code §10A.1 (Ord. 702 §1, Ord. 1353 §1))