Franchise agreements shall specify the construction schedule that will apply to any required construction, upgrade or rebuild of a cable system.
A. 
A franchisee shall construct, operate and maintain a cable system subject to the supervision of the municipality or its designees, and in strict compliance with all applicable laws, ordinances, rules and regulations affecting the system.
B. 
A system, and all parts thereof, shall be subject to the right of periodic inspection by the municipality.
C. 
No construction, reconstruction or relocation of a system or any part thereof within the public rights-of-way shall be commenced until written permits, where applicable, have been obtained from the proper municipality officials. Such permits shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed and shall be issued in accordance with applicable ordinances and codes of the municipality that apply to users of the municipality's public rights-of-way. In any permit so issued, such officials may impose such nondiscriminatory conditions and regulations as a condition of the granting of the permit as are necessary for the purpose of protecting any structures in the public rights-of-way and for the proper restoration of such public rights-of-way and structures, and for the protection of the public and the continuity of pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
A. 
Should the grades or lines of the public rights-of-way that a franchisee is authorized by franchise to use and occupy be changed at any time during the term of a franchise, the franchisee shall, if necessary, relocate or change its system so as to conform with the new grades or lines.
B. 
Any alteration to the water mains, sewerage or drainage system or to any municipality, state or other public structures in the public rights-of-way that are required on account of the presence of a franchisee's system in the public rights-of-way shall be made at the sole cost and expense of the franchisee. During any work of constructing, operating or maintaining of a system, a franchisee shall also protect any and all existing.structures belonging to the municipality and any other person. All work performed by the franchisee shall be done in the manner prescribed by the municipality or other officials having jurisdiction therein.
Nothing in this chapter or any franchise agreement shall be in preference or hindrance to the right of the municipality and any board, authority, commission or public service corporation to perform or carry on any public works or public improvements of any description, and should a franchisee's system in any way interfere with the construction, maintenance or repair of such public works or public improvements, a franchisee shall protect or relocate its system or part thereof as reasonably directed by any municipality official, board, authority, commission or public service corporation.