A. The City Council finds that the development of telephony and related voice telecommunications services may provide significant benefits for, and have substantial impacts upon, the residents and the business community of the City. Because of the complex and rapidly changing technology associated with telephony service, the City Council further finds that the public convenience, safety and general welfare can be best served by the City's exercise of its police powers, including the authority to manage and control the public rights-of-way. It is the intent of the City Council that the Rights-of-Way Management Plan and Standards provided for in § 9.08.307 of this Code shall apply to any person operating a telephony telecommunications system under the authority of the California Public Utilities Commission.
B. Each person proposing to provide a telephony system to any individual, residence or business within the City, under license from the California Public Utilities Commission, that utilizes the public rights-of-way shall be required to first obtain an encroachment permit from the City as provided for in Chapter 11.23 of this Code. An application shall be required pursuant to §11.20.025.
C. Any person granted a franchise or encroachment permit by the City for any telecommunications service other than telephony licensed by the Public Utilities Code shall be required to first obtain an encroachment permit for the telephony service pursuant to Chapter 11.23 of this Code before that service may be provided.
(Ord. No. 2000-019, § 1 (part))