§ 10-23. Authorized use of streets and public ways.

(a)

A license shall authorize a licensee to engage in the business of operating a cable system in the city, and for that purpose the licensee may construct, maintain, repair and reconstruct in the streets and public ways such wires, cables, conductors, ducts, conduits, vaults, manholes, amplifiers, appliances, pedestals, cabinets, attachments and other property and equipment as are necessary and appurtenant to the operation of the cable system.

(b)

For its cable system in the ordinary course of business, a licensee may lease or license for use facilities such as wires, cables, conductors, ducts, conduits, vaults, manholes, amplifiers, appliances, pedestals, cabinets, attachments and other property and equipment as it deems appropriate from a third party; provided that neither a licensee nor the third party shall thereby be relieved of any regulation or obligation as to its use of such facilities in the streets and public ways. Any such lease or license from a third party of its facilities in the streets and public ways which is not in the ordinary course of a licensee's cable business shall be subject to the approval of the city on such terms and conditions as the city may require. The city manager may establish rules and procedures to provide for the review and approval of all such requests for approval for leasing or licensing from third parties.

(Ord. No. 2053, § 1, 12-8-98)