(A) (1) A grantee shall, by acceptance of a franchise granted herein, indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the grantor, its officers, boards, communication agents, and employees from any and all claims, suits, judgments for damages in any way arising out of or through or alleged to arise out of or through: the act of the grantor in granting this franchise; and the acts or omissions of a grantee, its servants, employees, or agents.
(2) Both such indemnifications shall cover such claims arising in tort, contracts, violations of statutes, ordinances or regulations, or otherwise.
(B) In the event any such claims shall arise, the grantor shall tender the defense thereof to a grantee; provided, however, that the grantor in its sole discretion may participate in the defense of such claims at its expense.
(2011 Code, § 14.16.050)