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Reno Administrative Code § 5.90.810
in effectSec. 5.90.810. - Terms.
(a) Authority to grant franchises or licenses for cable television: It shall be unlawful to engage in or commence construction, operation, or maintenance of a cable television system without a franchise issued under this article or a franchise granted prior to the adoption of this article. The Council may award a nonexclusive franchise to construct, operate and maintain a cable television system which complies with the terms and conditions of this article subject to federal, state and local laws.
Any franchise granted pursuant to this article shall be nonexclusive and shall not preclude the City from granting other or further franchises or permits or preclude the City from using any roads, rights-of-way, streets or other public properties or affects its jurisdiction over them or any part of them; or limit the full power of the City to make all necessary changes, as the City in its sole discretion shall decide, including the dedication, establishment, maintenance and improvements of all new rights-of-way and thoroughfares and other public properties of any type. All franchise agreements granted subsequent to the effective date of this master cable ordinance shall be granted consistent with the terms and conditions of this article.
(b) Nature and extent of the franchise: Any franchise granted hereunder by the City shall authorize the Cable Operator, subject to the provisions herein contained:
(1) To engage in the business of operating and providing cable service and the distribution and sale of such service to subscribers within the city;
(2) To erect, install, construct, repair, replace, reconstruct, maintain and retain in, on, over, under, upon, across and along any street, such amplifiers and appliances, lines, cables, conductors, vaults, manholes, pedestals, attachments, supporting structures, and other property as may be necessary and appurtenant to the cable communications system and, in addition, so to use, operate, and provide similar facilities, or properties rented or leased from other persons, firms or corporations, including but not limited to any public utility or other Cable Operator franchised or permitted to do business in the city;
(3) No privilege or exemption shall be granted or conferred upon the Cable Operator by any franchise except those specifically prescribed therein, and any use of any street consistent with any prior lawful occupancy of the street or any subsequent improvement or installation therein.
(Ord. No. 5565, § 1, 4-21-04)
Source: City of Reno, Nevada, Administrative Code, City Charter and Annexation and Land Development Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nv/reno/codes/administrative_code?nodeId=PT2READCO_TIT5PRLIPEFR_CH5.90FR_ARTIXMACATEOR_S5.90.810TEFetched: 11/1/2026