(A) Interconnection required. A grantee shall, to the best of its ability, attempt to accomplish an interconnect of any public benefit system capacity with other telecommunication systems in adjacent area, upon the directive of the grantor.
(B) Interconnection procedure. Upon receiving a directive of the grantor to explore the possibility of an interconnect, a grantee shall initiate negotiations with other systems. The cost of such an interconnect, if accomplished, shall be borne by both grantees in a proportion to the level of effort and expense expended by both, or all parties. In the case of regional or statewide interconnection, the same principle shall apply.
(C) Relief. A grantee may be granted reasonable extensions of time to interconnect or the grantor may, at the request of a grantee, withdraw its directive to seek an interconnect.
(D) Cooperation required. A grantee shall cooperate with any interconnection corporation, regional interconnection authority, or city, county, state, and federal regulatory agency which may be hereafter established for the purpose of regulating, financing, or otherwise providing for the interconnection of telecommunication systems beyond the boundaries of a franchise territory.
(E) Initial technical requirements to assure future interconnection capability.
(1) All telecommunications systems of similar type receiving a franchise to operate within a franchise territory shall make every effort to use the same frequency allocations for commonly provided signals so far as is technically and economically feasible.
(2) A grantee who provides public benefit services shall install and operate equipment that is compatible throughout the area so that services may be shared by various systems.
(2011 Code, § 14.20.110) Penalty, see § 114.999