A. Pursuant to A.R.S. Section 9-506, as amended, the council has the authority to issue nonexclusive licenses to construct, install, maintain and operate cable communication systems within the city, and to regulate those cable operations. The council’s authority is also based in common law pursuant to the city’s ownership of the fee simple title to the streets of the city as well as its legal interest in easements and licenses granted to it by property owners for the purposes of municipal use.

B. No provision of this chapter shall be deemed or construed to require the granting of a license.

C. No person shall construct, install or maintain a cable system within any street in the city, or within any other public property of the city, unless a license agreement authorizing such use of the streets or property is in full force and effect.

D. Any person providing or maintaining a cable system in the city pursuant to a license granted by Yavapai or Coconino County, Arizona, prior to the incorporation of the city, may continue to provide and maintain such system until such time as the city has granted its first license. If the person providing or maintaining a system does not receive (one of) the first city licenses, then the person shall have 120 days from the effective date of the first licenses to provide for the abandonment or removal of the system.

E. Any license issued by the council shall be nonexclusive, and the council specifically reserves the right to grant such additional licenses for cable systems under such similar terms and conditions as the council deems appropriate. [Code 2006 § 12-1-4. Ord. 91-20, 12-10-1991].