A. When not otherwise prescribed in this chapter, all matters required to be filed with the City shall be filed with the City Clerk.

B. The grantee shall pay to the City a sum of money sufficient to reimburse the City for all publication and reasonable administrative expenses incurred by it in connection with the granting of a franchise pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. Such payment shall be made to the City Clerk within thirty (30) days after the City furnishes the grantee with a written statement of such expenses.

C. No person, firm or corporation in the existing service area of the grantee shall be refused service; provided, however, that the grantee shall not be required to provide service to any subscriber who does not pay the applicable connection fee or monthly service charge.

D. The franchise holder shall not engage in the business of selling television or other receivers which make use of signals transmitted by the franchised system, nor shall the franchise holder engage in the repair of such receivers or sale of parts for the same.

E. If the grantee fails to operate its system for a period of two (2) years from the date such service begins, the subscribers who have paid installation charges shall be entitled to a refund of the installation charges less one-twenty-fourth of each charge for each month elapsing from the time service was first started to that subscriber and during which time service was available to them.

F. In the event the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California or the Federal Communications Commission asserts sole jurisdiction over the operations and rates of the grantee, then the authority of the City to approve rates and charges shall cease.

G. Any modification of the provisions of Section 76.31 of the Rules and Regulations of the Federal Communications Commission resulting from legally binding amendments by the Federal Communications Commission shall be incorporated into the franchise within one year or sooner of adoption or at the time of franchise renewal, whichever occurs first. (Ord. 1062 § 14, 2022; Ord. 1030 § 2(4), 2018; Ord. 549 § 1 (part), 1976)