Each application for a franchise to construct, operate, or maintain any cable television system(s) in the city shall be filed with the city clerk and shall contain the following:
A. The name, address and telephone number of the applicant;
B. A detailed statement of the corporate or other business entity organization of the applicant, including but not limited to, the following, and to whatever extent required by the city:
1. The names, residence and business address of all officers, directors and associates of the applicant,
2. The names, residences, and business addresses of all officers, persons and entities having controlling, or being entitled to have or control of more than five percent of the ownership of the applicant and the respective ownership share of each such person or entity,
3. The names and addresses of any parent or subsidiary of the applicant, namely, or any other business entity owning or controlling applicant in whole or in part or owned or controlled in whole or in part by the applicant, and a statement describing the nature of any such parent or subsidiary business entity, including but not limited to cable television systems owned or controlled by the applicant, its parent and subsidiary and the areas served thereby,
4. A detailed description of all previous experience of the applicant in providing cable television system service and in related or similar fields,
5. A detailed and complete financial statement of the applicant, prepared by an independent certified public accountant, for the fiscal year next preceding the date of the application hereunder, or a letter or other acceptable evidence in writing from a recognized lending institution or funding source, addressed to both the applicant and council, setting forth the basis for a study performed by such lending institution or funding source, and a clear statement of its intent as a lending institution to provide whatever capital shall be required by the applicant to construct and operate the proposed system in the city, or a statement from a certified public accountant, certifying that the applicant has available sufficient free, net and uncommitted cash resources to construct and operate the proposed system in this city;
6. A statement identifying, by place and date, any other cable television franchise(s) awarded to the applicant, its parent or subsidiary; the status of said franchise(s) with respect to completion thereof; the total cost of completion of said system(s); and the amount of applicant's and its parent's or subsidiary's resources committed to the completion thereof;
C. A detailed description of the proposed plan of operation of the applicant which shall include, but not be limited to the following:
1. A detailed map indicating all areas proposed to be served, and a proposed time schedule for the installation of all equipment necessary to become operational throughout the entire area to be served,
2. A statement or schedule setting forth all proposed classifications of rates and charges to be made against subscribers and all rates and charges as to each said classifications, including installation charges and service charges. The statement or schedule shall be used for information purposes and shall not be deemed to give the city the authority to approve rates contrary to federal law,
3. A detailed, informative, and referenced statement describing the actual equipment and operational standards proposed by the applicant and that such standards of operations are in compliance with Section 13.12.120 of this chapter,
4. A copy of the form of any agreement undertaking, or other instrument proposed to be entered into between the applicant and any subscriber,
5. A detailed statement setting forth in its entirety any and all agreements and understandings, whether formal or informal, written, oral, or implied, existing or proposed to exist between the applicant and any person, firm, or corporation which materially relate or pertain to or depend upon the application and the granting of the franchise;
D. A copy of any agreement covering the franchise area, if existing between the applicant and any public utility subject to regulation by the California Public Utilities Commission providing for the use of any facilities of the public utility, including but not limited to poles, lines, or conduits;
E. Any other details, statements, information or reference pertinent to the subject matter of such application which shall be required by the council, or by any provision of any other ordinance of the city, resolution or order of the city council;
F. A nonrefundable application fee in the amount of three thousand dollars, which shall be in the form of cash, certified for filing applications.
(Ord. 85-07-950 § 1 (part))