Pacific Grove Municipal Code Art. 39 Franchises

Every franchise or privilege to construct, maintain, or operate any means or method of transportation on or over any street, lane, alley, or other public place within the City, or to lay pipes or conduits, or erect poles or wires or other structures in or across any public way or place, for the transmission of gas, electricity, or other commodity, or for the use of public property or places now or hereafter owned by the City, shall be granted under and in pursuance to the General Laws of the State relating to the granting of franchises; provided, no new franchise or the renewal of an existing franchise shall be granted except upon the condition that at least two percent (2 per cent) of the gross annual receipts derived from the use of such franchise shall be paid the City. In all cases the applicant for a franchise shall advance the cost of advertising the same.

Every such franchise shall require the grantee thereof to agree to a joint use of its property with others wherever practicable, and nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting the Council from requiring other conditions in granting the same not inconsistent with the Constitution and General Laws of the State. No franchise or privilege so granted shall be sold, leased, assigned, or otherwise alienated, without the express consent of the Council given by ordinance and subject to the referendum.