Tuolumne County Municipal Code § 4.020 General

existing as of the effective date of this Title shall, in addition to all the obligations and duties prescribed by the terms of their existing Franchises, be subject to the substantive and procedural requirements herein, except as prohibited by applicable law. Nothing herein is intended to invalidate a lawful, existing Franchise or to waive any obligations imposed by such a Franchise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, provisions of this Title that expressly refer to a “Franchise granted pursuant to this Title” shall not apply to Franchises initially granted prior to the effective date of this Title.

shall be issued in the form of a resolution, and must be accepted in writing by the Franchisee to become effective. (Ord. 2628 § 1, 2005)

seeking to (1) obtain a Franchise, (2) extend the term of an existing Franchise, (3) renew a Franchise, or (4) modify an existing Franchise to add new services that are required to be authorized by a Franchise pursuant to this Title, shall submit a signed original of its application

and six (6) copies to the Clerk of the Board. The Clerk of the Board shall make the application available for public inspection. The application must conform to all of the requirements of this Title. Requests for other types of Franchise modifications may be processed by Tuolumne County without an application, and submitted for approval. However, nothing herein shall prevent Tuolumne County from requiring an application in the event Tuolumne County determines, based on the nature of the requested modification, that the public interest would best be served by the submission of an application pursuant to this Title. (Ord. 2628 § 1, 2005)

A. Reasonable Costs. An applicant shall pay all reasonable costs incurred by Tuolumne County related to the processing of any application. Processing costs shall include, but not be limited to, the costs of services rendered by any County employee, agent or representative, including consultants and attorneys.

B. The initial deposit of the application fee for the consideration of an application for issuance, renewal, or modification of a Franchise shall be in the amount of $5,000.00, which deposit shall be submitted with the application.
Tuolumne County may, as costs are incurred, draw upon the deposit to recover its administrative costs, including, but not limited to, the reasonable cost of outside consultants retained by Tuolumne County related to the County’s review and processing of a Franchise.
The Tuolumne County Administrator, at any time, may require the applicant to deposit additional sums if it appears that the initial deposit or subsequent deposits will be exhausted prior to the final action by Tuolumne County relating to the consideration by the County of an application for issuance, renewal, or modification of a Franchise. The application will not be subject to further review and processing until such time as the additional deposit required by the Tuolumne County Administrator has been deposited with the County. In the event the amount of the deposit of an applicant is in excess of the amount of the administrative expenses of the County related to the action requested, then the applicant shall be entitled to a return of any such excess amount. In addition, an applicant that is awarded a Franchise shall pay Tuolumne County a sum of money sufficient to reimburse it for all publication expenses incurred by it in connection with the granting of a Franchise. Such payment shall be made to the Tuolumne County Administrator within 30 days after Tuolumne County furnishes the Franchisee with a statement of such expenses (Ord. 2628 § 1, 2005)