Ordinance 2613-02 - Laserfiche WebLink

2.3 Term of Franchise Initial Term. This Franchise and the rights,privileges and authority granted hereunder shall take effect on July 11, 2002 (the "Effective Date"), and shall terminate on July 12, 2012, unless extended or terminated sooner as hereinafter provided. 2.4 Franchise Nonexclusive This Franchise shall be nonexclusive, and subject to all prior rights, interests, easements or licenses granted by the City to any Person to use any property, Right-of-Way, right, interest or license for any purpose whatsoever, including the right of the City to use the same for any purpose it deems fit, including the same or similar purposes allowed Grantee hereunder. The City may at any time grant authorization to use the Rights-of-Way for any purpose not incompatible with Grantee's authority under this Franchise and for such additional franchises for cable systems as the City deems appropriate. 2.5 Police Powers (A) Grantee's rights hereunder are subject to the police powers of the City to adopt and enforce ordinances necessary to the safety, health, and welfare of the public, and Grantee agrees to comply with all laws and ordinances of general applicability enacted, or hereafter enacted, by the City or any other legally constituted governmental unit having lawful jurisdiction over the subject matter hereof. The City shall have the right to adopt, from time to time, such ordinances as may be deemed necessary in the exercise of its police power; provided that such ordinances shall be reasonable and not destructive of the rights granted in this Franchise. (B) The City reserves the right to exercise its police powers,notwithstanding anything in this Franchise to the contrary, and any conflict between the provisions of this Franchise and any other present or future lawful exercise of the City's police powers shall be resolved in favor of the latter. 2.6 Grant of Other Franchises In the event the City enters into a franchise, permit, license, authorization or other agreement of any kind with any other Person or entity other than the Grantee to enter into the City's Rights-of-Way for the purpose of constructing or operating a cable system or providing Cable Service to any part of the Franchise Area, in which the Grantee is actually providing Cable Service under the terms and conditions of this Franchise or is required to extend Cable Service to under the provisions of this Franchise,the material provisions thereof shall be reasonably comparable to those contained herein, in order that one operator not be granted an unfair competitive advantage over another, and to provide all Persons equal protection under the law. 2.7 Familiarity with Franchise Page 14 of 58