This title is known and may be cited as the "Telecommunications
Regulatory Ordinance" of the city.
(Code 1980, § 7.01.010; Ord. No. 599, § 2, 1999)
A. The
city council finds and determines as follows:
1. The
development of cable television and other telecommunications systems
may provide significant benefits for, and have substantial impacts
upon, the residents of the city.
2. Because
of the complex and rapidly changing technology associated with telecommunications
services and systems, the public convenience, safety, and general
welfare can best be served by establishing regulatory powers to be
exercised by the city.
3. This
title is intended to establish regulatory provisions that authorize
the city to regulate telecommunications services and systems to the
extent authorized by federal and state law, including but not limited
to the Federal Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, the Federal
Cable Television Consumer and Competition Act of 1992, the Federal
Telecommunications Act of 1996, applicable regulations of the Federal
Communications Commission, and applicable state statutes and regulations.
B. The
purpose and intent of this title is to provide for the attainment
of the following objectives:
1. To
enable the city to discharge its public trust in a manner consistent
with rapidly evolving federal and state regulatory policies, industry
competition, and technological development.
2. To
authorize and to manage reasonable access to the city's public
rights-of-way and public property for telecommunications purposes
on a competitively neutral and nondiscriminatory basis.
3. To
obtain fair and reasonable compensation for the city and its residents
for authorizing the private use of the public rights-of-way and public
property.
4. To
promote competition in telecommunications services, minimize unnecessary
local regulation of telecommunications service providers, and encourage
the delivery of advanced and competitive telecommunications services
on the broadest possible basis to local government and to the businesses,
institutions, and residents of the city.
5. To
establish clear local guidelines, standards, and time frames for the
exercise of local authority with respect to the regulation of telecommunications
service providers.
6. To
encourage the profitable deployment of advanced telecommunications
infrastructures that satisfy local needs, deliver enhanced government
services, and provide informed consumer choices in an evolving telecommunications
market.
(Code 1980, § 7.01.020; Ord. No. 599, § 2, 1999)
Various terms and phrases used in this title are defined in chapter
7.05 of this title.
(Code 1980, § 7.01.030; Ord. No. 599, § 2, 1999)