(A) If the Council awards an applicant a franchise to construct, operate or maintain a cable system in all or part of the city, or approves a proposal for renewal of a franchise, then a franchise agreement shall be entered into. A newly franchised operator may not lay any cable until the franchise agreement is executed by the newly franchised operator and the city. At a minimum, a franchise agreement shall contain provisions for the following:
(1) The term or duration of the franchise;
(2) An agreement to comply with this subchapter; and
(3) Any applicable construction, upgrade or rebuild schedule.
(B) Any franchise so approved shall materially follow the constructs of this subchapter and may directly encompass this law allowing for applicable operator inclusion and delineations of systematic capacity and technical expansion and the exact term of the franchise agreement.
(Prior Code, § 110.087) (Ord. 13-08, passed 6-3-2013)