Any Person desiring an initial Franchise for a Cable Television System shall file an application with the City. A non-refundable application fee of five thousand dollars ($5,000) shall accompany an initial Franchise application. Such application fee shall not be deemed to be "Franchise Fees" within the meaning of Section 622 of the Cable Act (47 U.S.C. § 542), and such payments shall not be deemed to be (i) "payments in kind" or any involuntary payments chargeable against the compensation to be paid to the City by Grantee pursuant to Section 872.18 hereof and applicable provisions of a Franchise Agreement, or (ii) part of the compensation to be paid to the City by Grantee pursuant to Section 872.18 and applicable provisions of a Franchise Agreement.
An application for an initial Franchise or renewal for a Cable Television System shall contain, where applicable:
(a) A statement as to the proposed Franchise and Service Area.
(b) Resume of prior history of applicant, including the legal, technical and financial expertise of applicant in the cable television field.
(c) List of the partners, general and limited, of the applicant, if a partnership, or the percentage of stock owned or controlled by each shareholder, if a corporation.
(d) The names and addresses of any parent or subsidiary of applicant or any other business entity owning or controlling applicant in whole or in part, or owned or controlled in whole or in part by applicant.
(e) A current financial Statement of applicant or such other form of financial information satisfactory to the Grantor verified by a CPA audit or otherwise certified to be true by a legal officer of Grantee, complete and correct to the reasonable satisfaction of the City.
(f) Proposed construction and service schedule.
(g) Any additional information that the City deems applicable.
(Ord. 1998-268. Passed 12-21-98.)