§ 2.43.010. Public utility franchises.  


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  • No person, firm or corporation shall exercise any franchise permit or privilege mentioned in this chapter, except insofar as he or it may be entitled to do so by direct authority of the Constitution of the State of California or the Constitution or laws of the United States, in, upon, over, under or along any public place in the City of Oakland, unless he, she or it shall have obtained a grant therefor in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and of the applicable provisions of the Charter. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to invalidate any lawful franchise heretofore granted, nor to necessitate the obtaining of a new franchise for a use for which a franchise holder shall have a valid unexpired franchise.

(Ord. No. 13287, § 4, 1-6-2015)