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A. In evaluating an application for a license, the City will consider, among other things, the following factors:

1. The extent to which the applicant has substantially complied with the applicable law and the material terms of any existing license for the City.

2. Whether the quality of the applicant’s service under an existing license in the City, including signal quality, response to customer complaints, billing practices, and the like, has been reasonable in light of the needs and interests of the communities served.

3. Whether the applicant has the financial, technical, and legal qualification to provide cable service.

4. Whether the application satisfies any minimum requirements established by the City and is otherwise reasonable to meet the future cable-related needs and interests of the community, taking into account the cost of meeting such needs and interests.

5. Whether the applicant will provide adequate public, education, and governmental access channel capacity, facilities, and financial support.

6. Whether issuance of a license is warranted in the public interest, considering the immediate and future effect on the streets and public ways and private property that would be used by the cable system, including the extent to which installation or maintenance as planned would require replacement of property or involve disruption of property, public services, or use of the streets and public ways; the effect of granting a license on the ability of cable to meet the cable-related needs and interests of the community; and the comparative superiority or inferiority of competing applications.

7. Whether the applicant or an affiliate of the applicant owns or controls any other cable system in the City, or whether grant of the application may eliminate or reduce competition in the delivery of cable service in the City.

B. If the City finds that it is in the public interest to issue a license, considering the factors set forth above, and subject to the applicant’s entry into an appropriate license, it will issue a license. If the City denies a license, it will issue a written decision explaining why the license was denied. The City may reject any application that is incomplete or fails to respond to a request for proposals or other information requested by the City. This chapter does not grant any applicant or existing licensee standing to challenge the issuance of a license to another. (Ord. No. G-6034, 2015)