Discussion and Review of Tiffin Municipal Code Revisions – Preparation for Setting the Public Hearing — Tiffin City Code - DRAFT

CHAPTER 114 CABLE TELEVISION REGULATIONS injury, costs, expenses, liability, claims, settlements, judgments, decrees and awards of every kind and nature whatsoever, including attorney’s fees, costs, and disbursements, that may ever be claimed against the City by any person whatsoever, or on account of any actual or alleged loss, damage or injury related to or connected with (directly or indirectly): 1. Any injury to or death of any person, or loss, damage, or injury to any property of the Grantee; 2. Any nonobservance by the Grantee of the provisions of any laws, statutes, ordinances, resolutions, regulations, or rules duly promulgated by any governmental entity which may be applicable, directly, or indirectly, to rights, privileges, and authority and the obligations and liabilities assumed by the Grantee under the franchise; 3. Any nonobservance by the Grantee of any of the terms and conditions of the franchise; or 4. The granting of the franchise. 114.07 ASSIGNMENT. The Grantee shall not assign or transfer any right granted under this chapter to any other person without prior consent of the Council, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, provided that the Grantee shall have the right to assign the provisions of this chapter to a corporation wholly owned by the Grantee or to a limited partnership of which the Grantee is a general partner without the prior consent of the City. 114.08 INSOLVENCY OF GRANTEE. In the event that the Grantee shall become insolvent, or be declared a bankrupt, or the property of the Grantee shall come into the possession of any receiver, assignee, or other officer acting under an order of court, and any such receiver, assignee, or other such officer shall not be discharged within 60 days after taking possession of such property, the City may, at its option, terminate the franchise by giving written notice thereof to the Grantee. 114.09 DEFAULT OF GRANTEE. In the event the Grantee shall fail to comply with any of the terms and conditions of the franchise within 30 days after receipt of notice in writing from the City specifying the failure or default, the City may, at its option, terminate the franchise by giving written notice thereof to the Grantee. This section shall not apply to failures or defaults beyond the reasonable control of the Grantee. 114.10 TERMINATION. Upon termination of the franchise for any cause, the Grantee shall remove the property of the Grantee from all public property and private property within the City and shall return such public property and private property to the owner thereof in the same condition as when the property of the Grantee was placed thereon, ordinary wear and tear excepted. 114.11 COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS. During the term of the franchise, the Grantee shall comply with all governmental laws, ordinances, rules or regulations as may be applicable to the construction, operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, renewal, reconstruction, and removal of a cable television system, the sale and supply of audio and video communications services, the use of public property and private property and the engagement in such further activities as may now or hereafter be consistent with generally accepted principles applicable to the operation of a cable television system. CODE OF ORDINANCES, TIFFIN, IOWA - 930 -