§ 6.5-225. Franchise required.

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(a)

No person, service provider or system owner or operator, shall be permitted to construct, build, rebuild, upgrade or operate a system or provide service in, along, over, under or across city property or streets or rights-of-way of the city, without having first obtained a franchise, unless such person, service provider or system owner or operator is exempted from this requirement under state or federal law. The burden of proving exemption shall always be that of the person, service provider or system owner or operator.

(b)

No franchise shall be required for either the city, or for any authority affiliated with the city, to own a system or provide service in the city, or to operate as a service provider or system owner or operator in the city, unless required to do so by state law.

(Ord. No. A-177, § 75, 3-13-2000)

                    
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