5.44.060 Application.
Each application for the granting of an initial franchise to construct, operate or maintain any cable communications system in the city shall be filed with the city clerk, be accompanied by a nonrefundable processing fee in an amount to be determined by the city and shall also contain or be accompanied by the following information:
A. The name, address and telephone number of the applicant;
B. A detailed statement of the corporate or other business entity organization of the applicant, including but not limited to, the following and to whatever extent may reasonably be required by the city:
1. The names, residence and business addresses of all officers and directors of the applicant,
2. The names and addresses of all persons having, controlling or being entitled to have or control five percent or more of the ownership of the applicant, either directly or indirectly, and the respective ownership share of each such person,
3. A detailed description of all previous experience of the applicant or the owners of the applicant in providing cable communications and in related or similar fields,
4. A detailed and complete recent financial statement prepared by or under the supervision of certified public accountants, and of any corporation owning a majority or more of the voting stock of the applicant,
5. A detailed financial plan showing the financial resources required to construct and operate the proposed system, together with satisfactory evidence of the availability to applicant of funding requirements in excess of applicant’s own cash resources not otherwise committed;
C. A detailed statement of the proposed plan of operation of the applicant, which shall include:
1. A statement of the area proposed to be served by cable and a proposed time schedule, not in conflict with this chapter, for installation of all equipment necessary to complete organization throughout the entire service area,
2. A statement or schedule setting forth all proposed classifications of rates and charges to be made against subscribers and all rates and charges as to each of the classifications including installation charges and service charges, which shall remain in effect for not less than twelve months following the grant of franchise; provided that a franchisee by this requirement shall not be precluded from initiating a rate revision prior to the twelfth month, to be effective thereafter,
3. A detailed, informative and referenced statement describing the actual equipment and operational standards proposed by the applicant, including when applicable administrative and technical procedures for interconnection of access channels and for safeguarding the privacy of return signals will be installed. In no event shall the operational and performance standards be less than those contained in the rules of the FCC,
4. A copy of any agreement proposed to be entered into between the applicant and any subscriber,
5. A statement setting forth the substance of, and names of persons party to, all agreements existing or proposed between the applicant and any other person which materially relate to or depend upon the granting of the franchise;
D. A copy of any agreement with respect to the franchise area existing between the applicant and any public utility providing for the use of any facilities of the public utility; and
E. Any other reasonable information requested by the city, or its designee, or required by any provision of any other ordinance of the city, or deemed pertinent by the applicant. (Ord. 2346 § 1, 1995)