(a) No person shall construct, install, maintain or operate a cable television system within the franchise area, or within any other public property of the Village, unless a franchise agreement has first been obtained pursuant to this chapter, and unless such franchise agreement is in full force and effect. Such franchise agreement shall not take the place of any other license or permit which may be legally required of the grantee in order to conduct such a business.
(Ord. 593. Passed 7-12-82.)
(b) The corporate authorities of the Village do hereby further grant to any franchisee the authority and the right and permission to use all public streets, rights of way, alleys, ways for public service facilities, parks, playgrounds, school grounds or other public grounds, in which the Village may have an interest, for the construction, installation, operation, maintenance, alteration, addition, extension or improvement of a community antenna television system.
(c) Such corporate authorities may, upon written request by any franchisee of a community antenna television system, exercise their right of eminent domain solely for the purpose of granting an easement right not greater than eight feet in width, extending not more than eight feet from any lot line for the purpose of extending cable across any parcel of property in the manner provided by the law of eminent domain, provided that such franchisee deposits with the Village sufficient security to pay all costs incurred by such corporate authorities in the exercise of their right of eminent domain.
(Ord. 639. Passed 3-12-84.)