(A) Term and renewal.
(1) The franchise granted to a provider shall be for a period of ten years commencing on the first day of the month following this agreement, unless this franchise be sooner terminated as herein provided.
(2) At the end of the initial ten-year term of this agreement, the franchise granted herein may be renewed by the provider upon the same terms and conditions as contained in this agreement for an additional ten-year term, by providing to the city’s representative designated herein written notice of the provider’s intent to renew not less than 90 calendar days before the expiration of the initial franchise term.
(B) Rights of provider upon expiration or revocation. Upon expiration of the franchise granted herein, whether by lapse of time, by agreement between the provider and the city, or by revocation or forfeiture, the provider shall have the right to remove from the rights-of-way any and all of its systems, but in such event, it shall be the duty of the provider, immediately upon such removal, to restore the rights-of-way from which such systems are removed to as good condition as the same was before the removal was effected.
(Prior Code, § 13.11.030) (Ord. 13-98, passed 5-20-1998)