A. The city may require the provision of public, educational and government (“PEG”) access as a condition of a franchise granted pursuant to this chapter. In the event that the city requires the provision of public access as a condition of a franchise, the franchisee shall notify all subscribers, on an on-going basis, of the option to have the public access channel removed from their channel line-up upon request. The city manager’s office shall review and approve the content of all such notices.

B. In the event that additional franchises are granted by the city, subsequent franchisees shall provide all PEG access channels currently available to the subscribers of existing franchisees. In order to provide these access channels, subsequent franchisees shall interconnect, at their cost, with existing franchisees, subject to any reasonable terms and conditions that the existing franchisee providing the interconnection may require. These interconnection agreements shall be made directly between the franchisees.

C. In the event of a dispute between two or more franchisees regarding the interconnection of PEG channels, the city council may be called upon to arbitrate regarding these arrangements. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the decision of the city council in such cases shall be final and binding upon all parties. (Ord. 1708 § 1, 1997).