A. A nonexclusive franchise to install, construct, operate and maintain a cable television system on streets within all or a specific portion of the city may be granted by the council to any person, whether or not operating under an existing franchise, who or which offers to furnish and provide such system under and pursuant to the terms and provisions of this chapter.
No provision of this chapter may be deemed or construed as to require the granting of a franchise when in the opinion of the council it is in the public interest to restrict the number of grantees to one or more.
B. When and in the event that the grantee of any franchise granted under this chapter uses in its cable television system distribution channels furnished to the grantee by a telephone company pursuant to tariff or contract on file with a regulatory body having jurisdiction, and said grantee makes no use of the streets independent of such telephone company-furnished facilities, such grantee shall be required to comply with all of the provisions of this chapter as a "licensee" and in such event whenever the term "grantee" is used herein it shall be deemed to mean and include "licensee." (Prior code § 7-2)