A. The council may, by advertisement or any other means, solicit and call for applications for cable television system franchises, and may determine and fix any date upon or after which the same shall be received by the city, or the date before which the same must be received, or the date after which the same shall not be received, and may make any other determinations and specify the soliciting, calling for, making and receiving of such applications.
B. Upon receipt of any application for a franchise, the council shall refer the same to the city manager, who shall prepare a report and make his recommendations respecting such application.
C. The city clerk shall set applications for hearing at a time and date approved by the city council. (Ord. 9527 § 1 (part), 1995: prior code § 3812)