(a) No person, firm, corporation, or organization shall construct, maintain or operate any Information Technology System any place in the City of Los Angeles if such system utilizes the public streets and rights-of-way unless such person, firm, corporation, or organization shall have obtained a franchise from the City therefor, or if appropriate, a video franchise from the State. Any such franchise shall be obtained in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the City and of the procedure prescribed by Chapter 1 of Division 13 of this Code, and shall be subject to the provisions of the ordinance granting such franchise unless preempted by State or Federal law.
(b) No person, firm, corporation or organization of any kind shall hereafter construct additions to or expand in any way any existing Information Technology System franchise unless such construction or expansion is authorized under the terms of a franchise held by such person, firm, corporation or organization.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 132,951.
Amended by: In Entirety, Ord. No. 159,436, Eff. 11-18-84; In Entirety, Ord. No. 170,600, Eff. 8-11-95; Subsec. (b), Ord. No. 176,006, Eff. 7-12-04; Subsec. (a) amended, former Subsec. (b) deleted and former Subsec. (c) relettered (b), Ord. No. 180,528 Eff. 3-20-09.