(A) Constructing, operating system; acquiring cable communications company. No person shall construct, install, maintain or operate a cable communications system in the Township of Williamstown, nor shall any person provide a cable communications service or acquire ownership or control of the cable communications company in the Township of Williamstown without the person having first obtained a franchise therefor from the Township of Williamstown in the form of a franchise agreement between the Township of Williamstown and the franchisee, which franchise agreement shall include, at a minimum, compliance with the specifications of this chapter.
(B) Use of streets and the like for installing, operating system. No person shall use, occupy or traverse the city streets, alleys, lanes, avenues, boulevards, sidewalks, bridges, viaducts, rights-of-way or any other public place or public way in the Township of Williamstown or any extensions thereof or additions thereto, whether on, above or under the surface of the ground, for the purposes of installing, constructing, maintaining or operating a cable communications system or facilities therefor or for the purpose of furnishing a cable communications service, without the person having first obtained a franchise therefor from the Township of Williamstown in the form of a franchise agreement between the Township of Williamstown and the franchisee, which franchise agreement shall include, at a minimum, compliance with all the specifications of this chapter.
(C) Minimum, additional requirements. The specifications required by this chapter are minimum requirements of a franchise agreement. Additional requirements including, but not limited to, rates, charges, deposits, specifications regarding required interconnections, studios or other signal origination facilities, number of channels to be equipped and available for immediate use upon initial construction of the system, use of channels by the township, schools and other educational institutions, quality of community access, availability of equipment to users, required establishment and expansion of service area, other use of channels and other specifications or requirements of a cable communications franchisee or system may be established in the franchise agreement.
(Ord. 23, eff. 3-20-1981; Ord. rev. 9- -1993)