(a) Any Person desiring an initial Franchise or renewal for a Cable Television System shall file an application with City. Unless a Franchise Agreement provides otherwise, a nonrefundable application fee of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) shall accompany the application or renewal application. Such application fee shall not be deemed to be “Franchise Fees” within the meaning of Section 622 of the Cable Act (47 U.S.C. §542), and such payments shall not be deemed to be:
(1) “Payments in kind” or any involuntary payments chargeable against the compensation to be paid to City by Grantee pursuant to Section 921.15 hereof and applicable provisions of a Franchise Agreement, or
(2) Part of the compensation to be paid to City by Grantee pursuant to Section 921.15 hereof and applicable provisions of a Franchise Agreement. Franchise renewals shall be in accordance with applicable law including, but not necessarily limited to, the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, as amended. Grantor and Grantee, by mutual consent, may enter into renewal negotiations at any time during the term of the Franchise.
(b) An application for an initial Franchise or renewal for a Cable Television System shall contain, where applicable:
(1) A Statement as to the proposed Franchise and Service Area.
(2) Resume of prior history of applicant, including the legal, technical and financial expertise of applicant in the cable television field.
(3) List of the partners, general and limited, of the applicant, if a partnership, or the percentage of stock owned or controlled by each shareholder (for those shareholders who own above 5% of shares in corporation), if a corporation.
(4) The names and addresses of any parent or subsidiary of applicant or any other business entity owning or controlling applicant in whole or in part, or owned or controlled in whole or in part by applicant.
(5) Current financial information sufficient to assure applicant’s financial viability, verified by a CPA audit or otherwise certified, true, complete and correct by a legal officer of Grantee to the reasonable satisfaction of City.
(6) Proposed construction schedule.
(7) Any additional relevant information that City deems applicable.