(A) Upon the filing of an application(s) for a cable communication system franchise under this chapter with the Village Clerk, the Village Council shall hold a public hearing on the application(s) after due notice of the time and place of the hearing has been provided as required by law.
(B) If the Village Council determines that the applicant possesses the legal, financial, technical, and other qualifications necessary to reasonably assure applicant's ability to satisfactorily install, construct, maintain, or operate a cable communications system, or to furnish cable communications service to the public in the village, the Village Council may issue the applicant a nonexclusive franchise therefor in the village, provided, that no franchise shall be issued until the franchise application has been on file in the office of the Village Clerk and the Village Council has held a public hearing on the application in accordance with division (A) above.
(C) In determining whether such a franchise shall be issued, the Village Council shall consider the technical qualifications of the applicant; the financial responsibility of the applicant; the ability of applicant to efficiently provide the service proposed, including the prior experience, if any, of the applicant in providing cable communications systems or furnishing cable communications service; the proposed rate schedule; the nature and scope of the applicant's proposed system; the timetables for development of applicant's proposed system, and any other information the Council feels is relevant such as the nature of ownership, the ties of the applicant to the community, the applicant's ability to employ or utilize residents of the village.
(D) Any franchise issued pursuant to this chapter shall be a nonexclusive franchise for a term, not to exceed 15 years, as the Council may approve, shall be issued in the form as shall be determined by the Council, and the terms thereof shall be subject to all applicable provisions contained in this chapter and other ordinances of the village.
(Ord. 83, passed 8-4-1980)