All applications to construct, operate or maintain any CATV system in this village or to traverse any portion of the village for transmitting or conveying of such service elsewhere, shall be filed with the Village Clerk, and each application shall set forth, contain or be accompanied by 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;
(1) The names, residence addresses and business addresses of all officers, directors and partners or business associates of the applicant;
(2) The names, residence addresses and business addresses of all persons and entities having an ownership interest in 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 and of any other business entity owning or controlling 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, all CATV or similar systems owned or controlled by the applicant, its parent or subsidiary and the areas served thereby;
(4) A detailed description of all previous experience of the applicant as to providing CATV service or related or similar services;
(5) A detailed and complete financial statement of the applicant, prepared by 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 responsible lending institution or funding source, addressed to both the applicant and the 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 or funding source to provide whatever capital shall be required by the applicant to construct and operate the proposed system in the village, 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 village; and
(6) A statement indentifying, by place and date, any other cable television franchise(s) awarded to the applicant, its parent or subsidiaries; the status of said franchise(s) with respect to completion thereof; the total cost of completion of such 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, routes to be taken, a diagram of the equipment which will be exposed 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 of any said classification, including installation charges, service charges and special, extraordinary or other charges. The purchase price, terms and nature of any optional or required equipment, device or other thing to be offered for sale to any subscriber shall be described and explained in detail; and
(3) A detailed statement describing the actual equipment and operational standards proposed by the applicant.
(D) A copy of the form of any agreement undertaking or other instrument proposed to be entered into between the applicant and any subscriber;
(E) Any other information pertinent to the subject matter of such application and requested by the Committee; and
(F) An application fee in the sum of $250 which shall be in the form of cash, certified or cashier’s check or money order to pay the costs of studying, investigating and otherwise processing such application and shall not be returnable or refundable in whole or in part except to the extent that such fee exceeds the actual cost incurred by the village in studying, investigating and otherwise processing the application.
(Ord. 77, passed 8-6-1981)