Liability and insurance.

Charlotte City Code § 6-112

in effect

Sec. 6-112. - Liability and insurance. (a) General insurance required. As of the effective date of the ordinance from which this article derives, the grantee shall file with the city a certificate of insurance and thereafter maintain in full force and effect at all times for the full term of the franchise, at the expense of the grantee, a comprehensive general liability insurance policy, naming the city as additional insured, written by a company authorized to do business in the state, protecting the city against liability for loss or bodily injury and property damage occasioned by the installation, removal, maintenance or operation of the cable communications system by the grantee in the following minimum amounts: (1) Combined single limit, bodily injury and for property damage in any one occurrence: $1,000,000.00. (2) Aggregate: $1,000,000.00. (b) Automobile insurance required. The grantee shall also file with the city a certificate of insurance for a comprehensive automobile liability policy written by a company authorized to do business in the state, for all owned, nonowned, hired and leased vehicles operated by the grantee, with limits no less than $1,000,000.00 each accident, single limit, bodily injury and property damage combined, or evidence of self-insurance. (c) Worker's compensation and employer's liability insurance. The grantee shall maintain and, by its acceptance of any franchise granted under this article, specifically agrees that it will maintain throughout the term of the franchise worker's compensation and employer's liability, valid in the state, in the minimum amount of the statutory limit for worker's compensation, and $500,000.00 for employer's liability. (d) Term. All liability insurance required in this section shall be kept in full force and effect by the grantee during the existence of the franchise and until after the removal of all poles, wires, cables, underground conduits, manholes, and other conductors and fixtures installed by the grantee incident to the maintenance and operation of the cable communications system as defined in this article. All policies shall be endorsed to give the city 30 days' written notice of the intent to amend, cancel or nonrenew by either the grantee or the insuring company. (e) Damages and penalties. The grantee agrees and binds itself to indemnify, keep and hold free and harmless the city from any and all liability or costs, including attorneys' fees and court costs pertaining thereto, arising from any activities authorized in this article, in that the grantee shall pay and, by its acceptance of the franchise, the grantee specifically agrees that it will pay all damages and penalties which the city may be legally required to pay as a result of the franchise. These damages or penalties shall include, but shall not be limited to, damages arising out of copyright infringements and all other damages arising out of installation, operation or maintenance of the cable communications system authorized in this article, whether or not any act or omission complained of is authorized, allowed or prohibited by this article. (Code 1985, § 6-72; Ord. No. 8194, § 1, 12-19-2016; Ord. No. 8195, § 1, 12-21-2016)

Source: City of Charlotte, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nc/charlotte/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH6BUTR_ARTIICACO_DIV4BOININ_S6-112LIINFetched: 10/27/2026