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ORDINANCE NO. 27898
1 AN ORDINANCE relating to cable communications and franchise services;
2 granting to the Port of Tacoma the nonexclusive right, privilege, authority,
and limited franchise to construct, operate, maintain, remove, replace, and
3 repair fiber-optic communications facilities in designated area of City
right-of-way, together with equipment and appurtenances for the
4 transmission of data within and through those certain right-of-way areas,
5 streets, and public property.
6 WHEREAS, on April 15, 1997, the City Council passed Amended
7 Substitute Ordinance No. 26053, amending the Tacoma Municipal Code to add
8 Title 16 regulating the occupancy and use of public rights-of-way by
9 telecommunications systems, cable systems, and private communication
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systems; regulating cable systems; establishing franchise and licensing
requirements; and prescribing minimum charges, terms, and conditions for the
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13 construction, maintenance, and repair of such systems, and
14 WHEREAS, on April 21, 2002, the City Council passed Substitute
15 Ordinance No. 26936, repealing and reenacting Title 16 to be entitled "Cable
16 Systems, Open Video Systems, Telecommunications Systems, and Private
17 Communications Systems" for the regulation of cable, open video and private
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communications systems and to comply with federal and state law, and
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20 WHEREAS the City's telecommunications right-of-way ordinance
21 requires operators of telecommunications systems to...
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