Req. #12611
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
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requirements; and prescribing minimum charges, terms, and conditions for the
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1 3construction, maintenance, and repair of such systems, and
14 WHEREAS, on April 21, 2002, the City Council passed Substitute
1 5Ordinance No. 26936, repealing and reenacting Title 16 to be entitled "Cable
16 Systems, Open Video Systems, Telecommunications Systems, and Private
1 7Communications 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 operat...
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