(a) No person shall install, construct, maintain or otherwise operate a telecommunication system in the City without a telecommunication license and no person shall transact local business on a telecommunication system in the City without a franchise.
(b) This chapter shall apply to any existing cable television system operating pursuant to a franchise awarded by the City, which the franchisee uses to transact local business operating a telecommunication system. However, this chapter exempts any existing institutional network operated by MediaOne and Ameritech (SBS Communications) until the original terms of their franchises expire, except to the extent that MediaOne and Ameritech (SBS Communications) or any other entity uses such network for commercial non-cable services.
(c) Before offering or providing any telecommunication services, the grantee shall obtain any and all regulatory approvals, permits, authorizations or licenses for the offering or provision of such telecommunication services from the appropriate Federal, State and local authorities, if required, and shall submit to the City, upon the written request of the City, evidence of all such approvals, permits, authorizations or licenses.
(d) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as a waiver of any codes, ordinances or regulations of the City or the City's right to require the grantee or persons utilizing the telecommunication services to secure appropriate permits or authorizations for such use. No fee or charge may be imposed upon a grantee for any such permit or authorization, other than the standard fees or charges generally applicable to all persons for such permits or authorizations. Such standard fee or charge shall not be offset against the annual license fee or franchise fee that the grantee is required to pay to the City under Section 870.08.
(Ord. 99-07. Passed 3-2-99.)