Redondo Beach Municipal Code § 22 Granting of franchises

The City Council shall have the power to grant by ordinance to any person, firm or corporation, whether presently operating under a franchise or not, to furnish the City or its inhabitants any public utility or service, and to use the public streets, ways, alleys and places, as the same now or may hereafter exist, for the construction and operation of all facilities or works necessary or convenient for the furnishing thereof, or necessary or convenient for crossing the City for the transmitting or conveying of any service elsewhere.

The City Council shall within ninety (90) days after the effective date of this Charter adopt a procedural ordinance, setting forth the method of procedure and terms and conditions for granting franchises; such ordinance shall provide for the adoption of Resolutions of Intention, public hearings and publication of notices of such intention prior to the granting of any franchise. The procedural ordinance shall also contain a provision that all such grants shall be either indeterminate franchises or for terms not to exceed twenty-five (25) years.

No grant of any franchise shall in any way limit or impair the exercise by the City of the right to eminent domain. In the event of the exercise of such right by the City nothing shall be paid to any public utility for franchise value, except the amount paid to the City by such utility for the franchise, good will, or any other asset other than the physical improvements, land and equipment of such utility.

It shall be a misdemeanor for any person, firm or corporation to exercise any privilege for which a franchise is required without first obtaining such franchise. Each day such privilege is exercised shall constitute a separate violation.