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To the extent permitted by law, any telecommunications carrier or cable operator who currently occupies or desires in the future to occupy any rights-of-way with any facilities for the purpose of providing telecommunications or cable services shall file an application on a form provided by the City Manager for one or more of the following:

A. License. Required if the telecommunications carrier or cable operator provides or intends to provide services exclusively to persons or areas outside the City.

B. Telecommunications Franchise. Required if the telecommunications carrier provides or intends to provide service to any person or area within the City.

C. Cable Franchise. Required if the cable operator provides or intends to provide cable services to any person or area in the City. Services similar to cable service, such as open video systems, shall also be subject to this chapter, and subject to substantially similar terms and conditions as those contained in franchise agreement(s) issued to cable operator(s) in the City with respect to franchise fee obligations, public, educational, and governmental access programming obligations, and all other franchise obligations to the extent provided by law. (Ord. 2016, 5/22/01)