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Every franchise shall contain, but not be limited to, provisions regulating the following:

(1) Grant of nonexclusive revocable authority.

(2) Territorial area involved; effect of annexation.

(3) Liability and indemnification of city.

(4) Subscriber privacy.

(5) Signal quality requirements and carriage of signals in accordance with FCC standards.

(6) Operation and maintenance of system.

(7) Access channels.

(8) Service to schools and municipal government facilities.

(9) Cable system interconnections.

(10) Emergency use of facilities.

(11) Safety requirements.

(12) Conditions of right-of-way occupancy.

(13) Rights of city on termination.

(14) Limitations on transfer of franchise.

(15) Change in control or ownership of franchise.

(16) Technical capacity and minimum cable services offered.

(17) Flow-through refunds and subscriber refunds.

(18) Scheduled payments to city: franchise fee; sales or use tax. (Code 1979, § 13-6; Ord. No. 2005-12, § 52, 4-11-2005)