2424 ORD GRANTING MIDWEST VIDEO CORPORATION A RENEWAL OF FRANCHISE TO USE PUBLIC STREETS AND ALLEYS OF COP

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Section 6. The grantee will upon request of the City of Paris make reasonable extensions of its facilities as the facts and cir- cumstances warrant. Section 7. The grantee may trim trees upon and overhanging the streets and alleys to the extent reasonably necessary to prevent the branches from coming in contact with the wires or cables of the grantee, under the supervision and direction of the City Manager of the City of Paris. Section 8. The grantee will make annually a full report of its operations under this franchise, and its books shall at all times be subject to inspection by the officers of the City of Paris. Section 9. At all times during the effective period of this franchise grantee shall have procured and kept in full force and effect policy or policies of public liability insurance, covering pub- lic liability and property damage in the minimum amounts of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500, 000. 00), for personal injury, and One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100, 000. 00), for property damage, and said grantee shall at any and all times during the effective term of such franchise and during any operations under the same furnish and provide to the City Clerk of the City of Paris, satisfac- tory evidence that such policy or policies of public liability insur- ance are in full force and effect, insuring said grantee against any and all claims for damages in the nature of public liability or pro- perty damage arising from its construction, maintenance and opera- tion of facilities under this franchise. Section 10. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be illegal, ultra vires, or un- constitutional, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the re- maining portions of this ordinance, and all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 11. This ordinance is in all things subject to and con- trolled by the terms and provisions of Article XI of the Charter of the City of Paris and shall in no wise be construed as a violation of said Article, or any provision thereof. Section 12. Grantee shall pay to the City of Paris a sum equal to two percent (2%) of the gross receipts, exclusive of installation charges, collected by it as and for its monthly service charges for the transmission and distribution of the signals of television and radio broadcast signals and the provision of non-broadcast services it is required to provide by the FCC from its central receiving and distribution station to be located in or near the City of Paris to re- sidential and commercial users of said grantee located in said City for the preceding calendar year, such annual franchise payments being due and payable on the 31st day of December, 1978, and annually thereafter, in full payment for the privilege of using and occupying the streets, highways, easements, alleys, parks and other public places in the City of Paris for such respective calendar years, whether as rental, supervision and inspection charges or otherwise, and this payment shall be in lieu oE any other tax or increased rate of tax or other assessments or charges, except ad valorem taxes.