It is declared that the unified process for the administration of franchises issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter is necessary for protection and promotion of the convenience and welfare of all of the citizens of the Sacramento community, and that fragmentation in administration or right to administer such franchises resulting from the future incorporation of cities within the unincorporated area of the county would be detrimental to the convenience and welfare and the purposes of this chapter.
Therefore, the incorporation of any city within the unincorporated area of the county during the initial term of any franchise issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall not operate to either divest the franchisee of its authority to install or provide services through its cable television system within the newly incorporated area or vest the newly created city with any administrative or other authority respecting operations by the franchisee under the franchise except to the extent that the city becomes a member of the commission. Until the newly incorporated area becomes a member of the commission during the initial term of the franchise, the county and cable television commission shall continue to administer the provisions of this chapter for the benefit of the inhabitants of a newly incorporated area in the same manner as if the area had not been incorporated.
Upon expiration of the initial term of a franchise, the provisions of this chapter shall cease to be applicable to that portion of the cable television system and the operations by the franchisee thereof within the municipal limits of any city which is incorporated subsequent to the commencement of the initial term and which does not become a member of the commission. The Sacramento community shall not be deemed to include any area within the limits of a city incorporated after the date this chapter becomes effective and prior to the filing of the certificate of acceptance of any franchise unless said city becomes a member of the commission. (Ord. 97-075 § 2; prior code § 20.01.030)