(A) There is hereby granted by the city to the grantee the nonexclusive right and privilege to construct, erect, operate and maintain in, upon, along, across, above, over, or under the streets, alleys, easements, public ways and public places now laid out or dedicated and all extensions thereof and additions thereto in the city, all poles, wires, cables, underground conduits, manholes and other conductors and fixtures necessary for the maintenance and operation in the city of a cable television system for the transmission of television signals and other signals, either separately or upon or in conjunction with any public utility maintaining the same in the city, with all of the necessary and desirable appliances and appurtenances pertaining thereto.
(B) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this franchise and grant shall and does hereby include the right in, over, under and upon the streets, sidewalks, alleys, easements and public grounds and places in the city to install, erect, operate or in any way acquire the use of, as by leasing or licensing, all lines and equipment necessary to a cable television system and the right to make connections to subscribers and the right to repair, replace, enlarge and extend these lines, equipment and connections.
(C) The rights herein granted for the purposes herein set forth shall not be exclusive and the city reserves the right to grant a similar use of the streets, alleys, easements, public ways and public places to any person at any time during the period of this franchise. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to require the granting of additional CATV franchises if, in the opinion of the Common Council, it is in the public interest to restrict the franchise to 1 or more.
(Prior Code, § 115.20) (Ord. 4565, passed 11-13-1979) Penalty, see § 115.99