Cable franchise fee or cable service permit fee.
North Las Vegas Municipal Code § 12.24.120
in effect12.24.120 - Cable franchise fee or cable service permit fee.
A. Finding. The City Council finds that rights-of-way of the City and state to be used by a cable company for the operation of a cable system and to provide cable service are valuable public property acquired and maintained by the state and City at great expense to the taxpayers. The City further finds that the grant of a cable franchise or cable service permit for use of rights-of-way to provide service is a valuable property right without which a cable company would be required to invest substantial capital.
B. Payment of Cable Franchise Fee or Cable Service Permit Fee.
1. Each cable company shall pay a cable franchise fee or cable service permit fee in an amount set forth in its agreement.
2. In the event that any cable franchise fee or cable service permit fee payment or any recomputation amount is not paid by the due date, then interest shall accrue to the City from such due date at a rate equal to the commercial prime interest rate of the City's primary depository bank during the period such unpaid amount is owed.
3. In the event that a cable franchise or cable service permit is revoked prior to its expiration date, the cable company shall file with the City, within thirty (30) days after the date of revocation, a financial statement certified by the cable company's chief financial officer or an independent certified public accountant clearly showing the gross revenues received by the cable company since the previous fee payment period and shall pay at that time any fees accrued as of the date of revocation.
C. Not a Tax or in Lieu of Any Other Tax or Fee.
1. Payment of the cable franchise fee or cable service permit fee shall not be considered in the nature of a tax or in lieu of other taxes or fees imposed by the City.
2. The cable franchise fee or cable service permit fee is in addition to all other taxes and payments that a cable company may be required to pay under its agreement or any federal, state or local law, and to any other tax, fee or assessment imposed by utilities and providers of cable service for use of their services, facilities or equipment, including any applicable amusement taxes, except to the extent that such fees, taxes or assessments are treated as a "franchise fee" under Section 622 of the Cable Act, 47 U.S.C. Section 542.
3. No cable company may designate the cable franchise fee or cable service permit fee in a fraudulent or misleading manner.
D. No Accord or Satisfaction. No acceptance of any payment by the City shall be construed as an accord and satisfaction that the amount paid is in fact the correct amount or a release of any claim that the City may have for further or additional sums due or for the performance of any other obligation of a cable company. All amounts paid shall be subject to audit and recomputation by the City.
E. Evasion Prohibited. Cable franchise fees or cable service permit fees shall be paid on all those revenues derived from the operation of a cable system to provide cable service. The provisions of any agreement, including but not limited to the definition of gross revenues, and of this chapter, shall be interpreted so as to prevent a cable company from avoiding by corporate reorganization or otherwise the payment of fees that could otherwise lawfully be collected, and so as to prevent the City from charging fees twice on the same revenues.
(Ord. 1312 § 1 (part), 1999)
Source: City of North Las Vegas, Nevada, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nv/north_las_vegas/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT12STSIPUPL_CH12.24CACORECO_12.24.120CAFRFECASEPEFEFetched: 11/1/2026