HomeMy WebLinkAbout38.54-1 ORDINANCE NO. 38.54-1
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 38.54,
WHICH ORDINANCE RELATED TO THE GRANTING OF
A CABLE TELEVISION FtLANCHISE TO SARATOGA
CABLE TELEVISION, INC.
WHEREAS, over a year ago, on April 3, 1974, this
Council passed and adopted Ordinance No. 38.54 to grant a
cable television franchise to SARATOGA CABLE TELEVISION, INC.,
which ordinance provided, inter alia, under Section 11 thereof,
that the franchise would not become effective unless and
until the grantee thereunder comply with all the requirements
of Sections 4-211 and 4-217 of the Saratoga City Code, and
WHEREAS, Section 4-211 of said Sara.toga City Code
provides, inter alia, that the grantee at the time of filing
its acceptance of the award of any franchise shall file with
..the City a cash or corporate surety bond in an amount of not
less than $75,000.00, and
WHEREAS, said grantee, neither at the time of filing
said acceptance, nor-at any time thereafter, nor at all, bas
filed said $75,000.00 bond with this City, and said franchise
has never become effective for any purpose whatsoever by
virtue of Section 4-217(a) of the Saratoga City Code, and
by virtue of Section 11 of Ordinance No. 38.54, and this
Council is not desirous of keeping said Ordinance No. 38.54
effective for any longer period of time since ho franchise
has ripefled under it,
NOW, THEREFORE, the City CoUncil of the City of
Saratoga does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1: Ordinance No. 38.54 of this City here-
tofore passed and adopted on the 3d day of April, 1974, be
and the same is hereby repealed, and the franchise therein
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referred to is hereby declared to be null and void and
to never have had, and not now have, any force or effect.
The above and foregoing ordinance was regularly
introduced and after the waiting time required by law
was thereafter passed and adopted at a regular meeting
of the City Council of the City of Saratoga held on the
_~lf[t~_day of _~_june_. , 1975, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Kraus, Brigham,
Corr & Matteoni
· NOES: None
ABSENT: Counci ]man 'Bridges
r i wilich has been
published acccrdin9 to law.
Dep~ City Clerk Dat~
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