(A) The city hereby grants to the grantee a nonexclusive franchise which authorizes the grantee to construct and operate a cable system and offer cable service and other services in, along, among, upon, across, above, over, under or in any manner connected with public ways within the service area and for that purpose to erect, install, construct, repair, replace, reconstruct, maintain or retain in, on, over, under, upon, across or along any public way and all extensions thereof and additions thereto, any poles, wire, cables, conductors, ducts, conduits, vaults, manholes, pedestals, amplifiers, appliances, attachments and other related property or equipment as may be necessary or appurtenant to the cable system.
(B) The franchise granted pursuant to this chapter shall be for an initial term of ten years from the effective date of the franchise, as set forth in division (C) below, unless otherwise lawfully terminated in accordance with the terms of this chapter. At the end of the initial ten-year period, the franchise shall be renewed for an additional five years after due public notice and in compliance with Section 626 of the Cable Act.
(C) The grantee shall file a written acceptance of the franchise granted pursuant hereto with the City Clerk-Treasurer or other appropriate official or agency of the franchising authority within 60 days after the passage and final adoption of this chapter. The franchising authority shall notify the grantee of the date that the chapter is finally passed and adopted, as well as, the date by which a written acceptance is required to be filed. The effective date of this chapter shall be the date the grantee delivers its written acceptance, as required herein.
(D) In the event the franchising authority enters into a franchise, permit, license, authorization or other agreement of any kind with any other person or entity other than the grantee for the purpose of constructing or operating a cable system or providing cable service to any part of the franchise area which contains terms more favorable to the person or entity in any regard than similar provisions of this chapter, then this chapter shall be deemed amended as of the effective date of the other franchise, permit, license authorization or other agreement, so as to give the grantee the benefit of the more favorable terms.
(Ord. 617, passed 7-1-1985)