(a) Within thirty (30) days after the acceptance of a franchise, the grantee shall proceed with due diligence to obtain all necessary permits and authorizations which are required in the conduct of its business, including, but not limited to, any utility joint use attachment agreements, encroachment permits, microwave carrier licenses, and any other permits, licenses, and authorizations to be granted by duly constituted regulatory agencies having jurisdiction over the operation of cable television/communications systems or associated microwave transmission facilities.
(b) In connection with subsection (a)of this section, copies of all petitions, applications, and communications submitted by the grantee to the Federal Communications Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other Federal or State regulatory commission or agency having jurisdiction in respect to any matters affecting the grantee’s cable communications operations, and any and all actions taken thereon by each such commission or agency, shall also be submitted simultaneously to the County Administrator. Upon determining that the grantee has obtained all necessary permits, licenses, and authorizations, including rights of access to poles and conduits, the ’’’’County’ ’’Administrator’’ shall issue the notice to proceed.
(c) The County shall be authorized to establish special fees payable by a grantee to defray the costs incurred by the Department of Public Works in supervising and regulating the installation of a cable communications system within the streets of the respective agencies. The Director of Public Works shall be authorized to formulate reasonable schedules for the installation of a cable communications system within the streets of the County for the purpose of promoting safety, reducing inconvenience to the public, and insuring adequate restoration and repair of the streets, and a grantee, and its officers, agents, contractors, and subcontractors, shall comply with any and all such schedules. (§ 1, Ord. 961, eff. October 27, 1983)