The council finds and determines that the establishment of cable services in the city and the regulation and control thereof is necessary for the protection of the health, welfare and safety of the inhabitants of the city and that the use of the public rights-of-way and the regulation of cable system franchises is a matter of local and municipal concern. (Code 1979, § 13-1; Ord. No. 2005-12, § 48, 4-11-2005)