(1) License required. No person shall construct, install, maintain or operate a cable system within, along or under any rights-of-way in the city, or any other public property in the city, unless a license has first been granted by the mayor and council pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and unless the license agreement is in full force and effect. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to require the granting of any license when in the opinion of the city it would not be in the public interest to do so.
(2) License nonexclusive. Any license granted pursuant to this chapter by the city shall not be exclusive, and the city specifically reserves the right to grant other licenses to any persons or to authorize itself to provide cable services without a license at any time and in any area of the city if the city determines that it is in the public interest to do so.
(3) License binding. All provisions of this chapter and any license agreement shall be binding upon the licensee, its successors, lessees, or assignees.
(Ord. No. 8937, § 2, 9-2-97)