A. Grant: The city shall grant to grantee a nonexclusive franchise which authorizes the grantee to construct and operate a cable system and offer cable service and other services in, along, among, upon, across, above, over, under or in any manner connected with public ways within the service area and for that purpose to erect, install, construct, repair, replace, reconstruct, maintain or retain in, on, over, under, upon, across or along any public way and all extensions thereof, and additions thereto, such poles, wires, cables, conductors, ducts, conduits, vaults, manholes, pedestals, amplifiers, appliances, attachments and other related property or equipment as may be necessary or appurtenant to the cable system.
B. Term: The franchise granted pursuant to this chapter shall be for an initial term of fifteen (15) years from the effective date of the franchise as set forth in subsection C of this section, unless otherwise lawfully terminated in accordance with the terms of this chapter.
C. Acceptance; Effective Date: Grantee shall accept the franchise granted by signing ordinance 425 and filing the same with the city clerk or other appropriate official or agency of the franchising authority within sixty (60) days after the passage and final adoption of ordinance 425. Subject to the acceptance by grantee, the effective date of the franchise ordinance shall be the date of acceptance by the grantee.
D. Other Franchises: In the event the franchising authority enters into a franchise, permit, license, authorization or other agreement of any kind with any other person or entity other than grantee to enter into the city streets and public ways for the purpose of constructing or operating a cable system or providing cable service to any part of the service area, the material provisions thereof shall be reasonably comparable to those contained herein, in order that one operator not be granted an unfair competitive advantage over another, and to provide all parties equal protection under the law. (Ord. 425, 7-28-1992)