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a. All material provisions of any cable franchises granted pursuant to this ordinance to enter the city’s public ways for the purpose of constructing or operating a cable system or providing cable service to any service area within the city to which another grantee of a franchise pursuant to this ordinance is actually providing cable service under the terms and conditions of a previously granted franchise or to which another grantee is required to extend cable service under the provisions of a previously granted franchise shall be reasonably comparable to those of the previously granted franchise in order that one cable operator not be granted an unfair competitive advantage over another, and to provide all cable operators equal protection under the law.

b. If the city grants a franchise to a second or subsequent cable operator for cable service to an area which a prior grantee is not actually serving or is not required to extend service to, and which has material provisions that are not reasonably comparable to those of the prior franchise, the city shall offer the prior grantee a franchise to serve the same area under terms and conditions that are reasonably comparable to those set forth in the franchise agreement entered into with the second or subsequent cable operator for such franchise area. (Ord. M-3371, 1998)