§ 25.23. Franchise Areas.

A.

The areas of the City for which applications for Franchises will be accepted shall be the entire incorporated area or contiguous sections of the City.

B.

Except as otherwise provided, the Franchise Area shall be extended to include property contiguous to the Franchise Area which may be annexed into the corporate limits of the City after the Franchise is granted. For the purposes of this Chapter the annexed area shall be considered the same as the areas contained in the original Franchise Area, provided that the Grantee commences with construction and extension of the System to the annexed area within 120 days from the date of annexation and is capable of delivering Cable Service, in full accordance with this ordinance, to not less than thirty-three and one-third percent (33 1/3 %) of the occupied dwelling units in the annexed area within twelve (12) months from the date of annexation and to not less than an additional thirty-three and one-third percent (33 1/3 %) for each of the next two consecutive twelve (12) month periods thereafter, or such other period of time as may be specified in the Franchise Agreement. The City may exclude newly annexed contiguous property from the service area upon a showing that to include it would detrimentally affect the economic feasibility of the Grantee's System.

(Ord. of 1-7-1985, Doc. #19125; Ord. of 9-23-1996, Doc. #29666)