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ORDINANCE NO. 2000- PAG E 13 §945.11 NONEXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE. Any franchise granted shall be nonexclusive. The Grantor specifically reserves the right to grant, at any time, such additional franchises for a cable television system or any component thereof; as it deems appropriate, subject to applicable state and federal laws, and the Charter of the Village of Mayfield. §945.12 MULTIPLE FRANCHISES. (a) Grantor may grant one or more franchises for a service area. (b) Each Grantee awarded a franchise to serve the entire Village shall offer service to all residences within the Village, in accordance with construction and service schedules mutually agreed upon between Grantor and Grantee, and consistent with applicable law. (c) Grantor may require that any new Grantee be responsible for its own underground trenching and the costs associated therewith, if; in Grantor's opinion, the rights-of-way in any particular area cannot feasiblely accommodate additional cables. (d) Any additional franchise granted by the Village to provide cable service in a part of the Village in which a franchise has already been granted and where an existing Grantee is providing service shall require the new Grantee to provide service throughout its service area within a reasonable time and in a sequence which does not discriminate against lower income residents. §945.13 INITIAL FRANCHISE OR RENEWAL APPLICATIONS. (a) Any person desiring an initial franchise or renewal for a cable television system shall file an application with the Village. A nonrefundable application fee of $2,000 shall accompany the application or renewal application. Such application fee shall not be deemed to be "franchise fees" within the meaning of Section 622 of the Cable Act (47 USC §542), and such payments shall not be deemed to be (i) "payments in kind" or any involuntary payments chargeable against the compensation to be paid to the Village by Grantee pursuant to §945.17 hereof and applicable provisions of a franchise agreement, or (ii) part of the compensation to be paid to the Village by Grantee pursuant to §945.17 hereof and applicable provisions of a franchise agreement. (b) An application for an initial franchise or renewal for a cable television system in the form of a proposed Franchise agreement shall contain, where applicable: (1) A statement as to the proposed franchise and service area. (2) Resume of prior history of applicant, including the legal, technical and financial expertise of applicant in the cable television field.