(A) A non-exclusive franchise to construct, operate and maintain a CATV system within the service area may be granted by the Board of Supervisors to any person, firm or corporation, whether operating under an existing franchise or not, who or which offers to furnish and provide the system under and pursuant to the terms and provisions of this chapter.
(B) No provisions of this chapter may be deemed or construed as to require granting of a franchise when, in the opinion of the Board of Supervisors, it is in the public interest not to do so or to restrict the number of grantees.
(C) Neither the granting of any non-exclusive franchise hereunder nor any of the provisions contained herein shall be construed to prevent the county from granting any identical, or similar, non- exclusive franchise to any person, firm or corporation within all or any part of the unincorporated area of the county.
(1966 Code, § 6A-3) (Ord. 312, § 3; Ord. 967, §§ 3, 4, 2018; Ord. 968, §§ 3, 4, 2018)