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DRAFT 2.3 Lease or Assi!!nment Prohibited. No Person or governmental body may lease Grantee's System for the purpose of providing Cable Service until and unless such Person shall have first obtained and shall currently hold a valid Franchise or other lawful authorization containing substantially similar burdens and obligations to this Franchise, including, without limitation, a requirement on such Person to pay franchise lees on such Person's or governmental body's use of the System to provide Cable Services, to the extent there would be such a requirement under this Franchise if the Grantee itself were to use the System to provide such Cable Service. Any assignment of rights under this Franchise shall be subject to and in accordancc with the requirements of Section 10.5. 2.4 Franchise Tel'm. 'rhe term of this Franchise shall extend IrotD the date of acceptance by the Grantee until November 21,2017, unless sooner renewed, revoked or terminated as herein provided. 2.5 Comnliance with AnnlicabJe Laws. Resolutions and Ordinances. 2.5.1 The terms ofthis Franchise shall define the contractual rights and obligations of the Grantee with respect to the provision of Cable Service and operation of the System in the City. However, the Grantee shall at all times during the term of this Franchise be subject to the lawful exercise of the police powers of the City, the City's right to adopt and enforce additional generally applicable ordinances and regulations, and lawful and applicable zoning, building, permitting and safety ordinances and regulations. The grant ofthis Franchise does not relieve the Grantee of its obligations to obtain any generally applicable licenses, permits 01' other authority as may be required by the City Code, as it may be amended, for the privilege of operating a business within the City or for performing work on City property or within tIle Rights-of:Way, to the extent not inconsistent with this Franchise. Except as provided below, any modification 01' amendment to this Franchise, or the rights 01' obligations contained herein, must be within the lawful exercise of the City's police powers, as enumerated above, in which case the provision(s) modified or amended herein shall be specifically referenced in an ordinance of the City authorizing such amendment 01' modiJieation. This Franchise may also be modified or amended with the written consent of the Grantee as provided in Section ]].3 herein. 2.5.2 The Grantee shall comply with the terms of any City ordinance or regulation of general applicability which addresses usage of the Rights-of:Way within the City which may have the ellect of superseding, modifying or amending the terms of 9 ~%