(A) Within 30 days after the award or renewal of a license, a licensee shall deposit with the town an irrevocable letter of credit in an amount not to exceed $5,000 issued by a federally insured commercial lending institution. The form and substance of said letter of credit shall be used to assure the faithful performance by a licensee of all provisions of this and resulting license; and compliance with all orders, permits, and directions of any agency, commission, board, department, division, or office of the town having jurisdiction over its acts or defaults under a license and the payment by the licensee of any penalties, liquidated damages, claims, liens, and taxes due to the town that arise by reason of the construction, operation, or maintenance of the cable system, including cost of removal or abandonment of any property of the licensee.
(B) The letter of credit may be drawn upon by the town by presentation of a draft at sight on the lending institution, accompanied by a written certificate signed by the Town Manager certifying that the licensee has been found, pursuant to §§ 113.131(C) or 113.132, to have failed to comply with its license, stating the nature of noncompliance, and stating the amount being drawn. Examples of the nature of the noncompliance for drawing upon the letter of credit include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Failure of the licensee to pay to the town any license fees or taxes after ten days’ written notice of delinquency;
(2) Failure of the licensee to pay to the town, after ten days’ written notice, after all judicial remedies have been exhausted, any amounts due and owing the town by reason of the indemnity provisions of § 113.127; and
(3) Failure of the licensee to pay to the town any liquidated damages due and owing to the town pursuant to the license.
(C) The letter of credit shall be structured in such a manner so that if the town at any time draws upon the letter of credit, upon notice to the licensee by the issuing lending institution, licensee shall increase immediately the amount of available credit to the extent necessary to replenish that portion of the available credit exhausted by the honoring of the town’s draft. The lending institution shall notify the town of the replenishment by licensee. The intent of this division (C) is to make available to the town at all times a letter of credit in the amount of $5,000.
(D) The rights reserved to the town with respect to the letter of credit are in addition to all other rights of the town, whether reserved by a license or authorized by law, and no action proceeding against a letter of credit shall affect any other right the town may have.
(Ord. 2003-07, passed 9-25-2003)