(A) Any person who desires a franchise agreement with the city must first file a franchise application with the City Manager.
(B) The purpose of a franchise application is to provide the city with necessary information regarding the communications provider’s services and public right-of-way needs.
(C) The franchise application shall include, at minimum, the following information:
(1) The identity of the applicant;
(2) A description of the services to be offered or provided by the applicant over its facilities, including an indication of whether the applicant will provide solely cable service;
(3) Engineering plans, specifications, and a network map in a form customarily used by the applicant of the facilities located or to be located within the public rights-of-way in the city, including the location and route requested for the applicant’s proposed facilities;
(4) The area or areas of the city the applicant desires to serve and a preliminary construction schedule for build-out to the entire franchise area;
(5) Information to establish that the applicant has obtained all other governmental approvals and permits to construct and operate the facilities, and to offer or provide the communications service proposed; and
(6) An accurate map showing the location of any existing facilities in the city that the applicant intends to use or lease.
(D) Any communications provider occupying the public rights-of-way without a franchise agreement as of the effective date of this chapter shall file a franchise application pursuant to this section within 45 days of the effective date of this chapter.
(Ord. 557-2019, passed 12-9-2020)