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890.05 COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS.
   Nothing in this chapter shall excuse any person or entity from obligations imposed under any law, including, but not limited to:
   (a)   Generally applicable taxes;
   (b)   Standards for construction on, over, under, or within, or the use or repair of, the public rights-of-way, including standards relating to free standing towers and other structures upon the public rights-of-way, as provided;
   (c)   Any liability imposed for failure to comply with such generally applicable taxes or standards governing construction on, over, under, or within, or the use or repair of, the public rights-of-way; and
   (d)   Compliance with any ordinance or provision of these Codified Ordinances concerning uses or structures not located on, over, or within the right-of-way.
(Ord. 709. Passed 10-13-97.)
890.06 EXISTING FRANCHISES AND LICENSES.
   Any franchise, license, or similar agreements between telecommunications retailers and the City entered into before the effective date of this chapter regarding the use of public rights-of-way shall remain valid according to and for their stated terms except for any fees, charges or other compensation to the extent waived.
(Ord. 709. Passed 10-13-97.)
890.07 WAIVER AND FEE IMPLEMENTATION.
   (a)   The City hereby waives all fees, charges, and other compensation that may accrue, after the effective date of the waiver, to the City by a telecommunications retailer pursuant to any existing City franchise, license, or similar agreement with a telecommunications retailer during the time the City imposes the telecommunications infrastructure maintenance fee. This waiver shall be effective only during the time the infrastructure maintenance fee provided for in this chapter is subject to being lawfully imposed on the telecommunications retailer and collected by the telecommunications retailer from the customer.
   (b)   The City Clerk shall send a notice of the waiver by certified mail/return receipt requested to each telecommunications retailer with whom the City has a franchise.
   (c)   The City infrastructure maintenance fee provided for in this chapter shall become effective and imposed on the first day of the month not less than ninety days after the City provides written notice, by certified mail to each telecommunications retailer with whom the City has an existing franchise, license, or similar agreement, that the City waives all compensation under such existing franchise, license, or similar agreement during such time as the fee is subject to being lawfully imposed and collected by the retailer and remitted to the City. The infrastructure maintenance fee shall apply to gross charges billed on or after the effective date as established in the preceding sentence.
(Ord. 709. Passed 10-13-97.)
890.99 PENALTIES; ADDITIONAL REMEDIES.
   (EDITOR'S NOTE: See Section 202.99 for general Code penalty if no specific penalty is provided.)
   Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as limiting any additional or further remedies that the City may have for enforcement of this chapter.
(Ord. 709. Passed 10-13-97.)