The Council may by ordinance grant a non-exclusive franchise to any person, firm or corporation to construct or operate a public utility on, across, under or above any public street or public real estate within the Municipality for a period not in excess of twenty-five (25) years; and it may prescribe in the ordinance the kind or quality of service or product to be furnished, the rate or rates to be charged therefor, and such other terms as it shall deem conducive to the public interest.
Such franchise may be amended or renewed in the manner and subject to the provisions established herein for original grants.
All such grants, amendments and renewals shall be made subject to the continuing right of the Council to provide reasonable regulations for the operation of such utilities with reference to such streets and public real estate, including the right to require such reconstruction, relocation, alteration or removal of structures and equipment used in such streets or public real estate as shall, in the opinion of the Council, be necessary in the public interest.