(a) Any person desiring an initial franchise for a cable television system shall file an application with the City. Unless otherwise provided in the franchise agreement, a non-refundable application fee of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) shall accompany the application. This application fee may be used by the City for the purposes of recovering its costs in the franchising process, including use for consulting fees. Such application fee shall not be deemed to be "franchise fees" within the meaning of Section 622 of the Cable Act (47 U.S.C. §542), and such payments shall not be deemed to be "payments in kind" or any involuntary payments chargeable against the compensation to be paid to the City by the grantee pursuant to Section 717.18 and the applicable provisions of a franchise agreement, or part of the compensation to be paid to the City by the grantee pursuant to Section 717.18 and the applicable provisions of a franchise agreement.
Any person desiring to renew a franchise shall file an application with the City. Unless otherwise provided in the franchise agreement, a non-refundable renewal application fee of five thousand dollars ($5,000) shall accompany the application. Such application fee shall not be deemed to be "franchise fees" within the meaning of Section 622 of the Cable Act (47 U.S.C. §542), and such payments shall not be deemed to be "payments in kind" or any involuntary payments chargeable against the compensation to be paid to the City by the grantee pursuant to Section 717.18 hereof and the applicable provisions of a franchise agreement, or the part of the compensation to be paid to the City by the grantee pursuant to Section 717.18 hereof and the applicable provisions of a franchise agreement.
(b) An application for an initial franchise or renewal for a cable television system shall contain, where applicable:
(1) A statement as to the proposed franchise and service area.
(2) A resume of the prior history of the applicant, including the legal, technical and financial expertise of the applicant in the cable television field.
(3) A list of the partners, general and limited, of the applicant, if a partnership, or the percentage of stock owned or controlled by each shareholder, if a corporation.
(4) The names and addresses of any parent or subsidiary of the applicant or any other business entity owning or controlling the applicant, in whole or in part, or owned or controlled in whole or in part by the applicant.
(5) A current financial statement or the most recent annual report of the applicant or its parent corporation verified by a CPA audit or otherwise certified to be true by a legal officer of the grantee, complete and correct to the reasonable satisfaction of the City.
(c) An application for an initial franchise for a cable television system shall also contain, if the applicant or its parent corporation is publicly traded, a copy of its annual report issues to shareholders and a proposed construction service schedule.
(Ord. 29-99. Passed 6-29-99.)