§ 6.5-160. Subject to present and future laws, ordinances and regulations.

(a)

Any service provider or system owner or operator, and any assignee or transferee, shall be subject to and required to abide by all applicable laws, ordinances and/or regulations now or hereafter adopted by and in effect within the city, including this article, to the extent that the service provider or system owner or operator has not been granted an exemption or relief from said ordinance(s) and/or resolution(s).

(b)

Subject to the provisions of section 6.5-157 of this article, in the event the city council amends this article and the amendment of the article would have the effect of either requiring the investment of substantial additional capital by the service provider or system owner or operator, or of unilaterally changing the process for default and/or revocation of a service provider's or system owner's or operator's franchise, or impairing the service provider's or system owner's or operator's franchise, then such amendment shall have no effect on the service provider or system owner or operator until the expiration of the franchise.

(c)

Unless otherwise stated in a franchise, all service providers or system owners or operators shall be required to comply with any amendments of this article that regulate matters of safety or construction or construction-related matters, within one hundred eighty (180) days of the effective date of the amendment, unless otherwise stated in the amendment or the franchise.

(Ord. No. A-177, § 10, 3-13-2000)