The purpose and intent of this chapter is to:
A. Comply with the provisions of the 1996 telecommunications act as they apply to local governments, telecommunications carriers and the services those carriers offer;
B. Promote competition on a competitively neutral basis in the provision of telecommunications services;
C. Encourage the provision of advanced and competitive telecommunications services on the widest possible basis to businesses, institutions and residents of the city;
D. Permit and manage reasonable access to the public rights of way of the city for telecommunications purposes on a competitively neutral basis and conserve the limited physical capacity of those public rights of way held in trust by the city;
E. Assure that the city's current and ongoing costs of granting and regulating private access to, and the use of, the public rights of way are fully compensated by the persons seeking such access and causing such costs;
F. Secure fair and reasonable compensation to the city and its residents for permitting private use of the public right of way;
G. Assure that all telecommunications carriers providing facilities and/or services within the city, or passing through the city, register and comply with the ordinances, rules and regulations of the city;
H. Assure that the city can continue to fairly and responsibly protect the public health, safety and welfare of its citizens;
I. Enable the city to discharge its public trust consistent with the rapidly evolving federal and state regulatory policies, industry competition and technological development. (Ord. 00-590, 3-14-2000)