729.08  CABLE SYSTEM FRANCHISE REQUIRED, EXCLUSIVE CONTRACTS PROHIBITED.
   (a)   No cable system shall be allowed to occupy or use the streets or public right of way of the City or be allowed to operate without a cable system franchise.
   (b)   No Franchisee or other multichannel video programming distributor shall enter into or enforce an exclusive contract for the provision of cable service or other multichannel video programming with any person, or demand the exclusive right to serve a person or location, as a condition of extending service to that or any other person or location.
   (c)   No Franchisee or other multichannel video programming distributor shall engage in acts that have the purpose or effect of limiting competition for the provision of cable service or services similar to cable service in the City, except for such actions as are expressly authorized by law.  (Ord. 2000-7.  Passed 9-19-00.)