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or delay of notice. If the registrant or permittee is required to indemnify defend. ® shall thereafter have control W of the litigation, but the registrant or permittee may settle the litigation without the consent 0 of the City. Consent will not be unreasonably 'VOthheld. This part is not, as to third parties. a �N-aiver of any defense. immunity, or damage limitation otherwise available to the City* In defending an action on behalf of the City., the registrant or pe-rmittee is entitled to assert in an action every defense, iP mmu mty, or damage limitation that the Citv could assert in its own behalf. Sec. 707-29. Appeal. (a) A right-of-way user that: (1) has been denied registration.- (2.) has been denied a v permit; (3) has had permit revoked; or (4) believes that the fees imposed are Invalid. ma have the denial, revocation, or fee imposition reviewed, upon written request, by the City. Council. The City Council shall act on a timely written request at its next regularly scheduled meeting. A decision by the City Council affirming the denial. revocation. or fee imposition with be in writing and supported by written findincrs establishing the reasonableness of the decision. (b) Upon affirmation by the City Council of the denial, revocation, or fee imposition., the right-of-way user shall have the right to have the matter resolved by binding arbitration. Binding arbitration must be before an arbitrator agreed to by both the City Council and right-of-way user. If the. parties cannot agree on an arbitrator, the matter must be resolved by a three-person arbitration panel made up of one arbitrator selected by the City, one arbitrator selected by the right-of-way user and one selected by the other two arbitrators. The costs and fees of the single arbitrator shall be borne equally by the City and right-of-way user. In the event there is a third arbitrator, each party shall bear the expense of its own arbitrator and shall jointly and equally bear with the other party the expense of the third arbitrator and of the arbitration. Plite Sec, 707,30, Abandoned and Unusable Faci ies, 1■ ® Operations, A registrant who has determined to discontinue its SO& , operations in the City must either: (a) Provide infonnation satisfactory to the Director that the registrant's obligations for its facilities in the right-of-way under this Chapter have been lawfully assumed by another registrant; or (b) Submit to the Director a proposal and instruments for transferring ownership of its facilities to the City. If a registrant proceeds under this clause, the City may, at its 19