Nothing in the ordinance codified in this title or any franchise agreement shall be deemed or construed to impair or affect in any way or to any extent the right of the city to acquire the property of a franchisee through mutual agreement or through the exercise of the right of eminent domain. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to contract away or to modify or abridge, either for a term or in perpetuity, the city’s right of eminent domain. (Ord. 205 § 3, 2001)