In addition to the inherent powers of the city to regulate and control any franchise it issues, the authority granted to it by the Act, and those powers expressly reserved by the city, or agreed to and provided for in a franchise, the right and power is hereby reserved by the city to promulgate such additional regulations of general applicability as it may find necessary in the exercise of its lawful police powers. The city council reserves the right to delegate its authority for franchise administration to a designated agent. (Ord. 1708 § 1, 1997).