File #: BL2024-191    Name:
Type: Bill (Ordinance) Status: Passed
File created: 1/26/2024 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 3/7/2024 Final action: 3/7/2024
Title: An ordinance granting a franchise to Uniti Fiber LLC to construct, operate, and maintain a fiber optic communications system within Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County under the provision of Metropolitan Code of Laws, Title 6, Chapter 26 (Proposal No. 2024M-006AG-001).
Sponsors: Delishia Porterfield, Jennifer Gamble, Sean Parker
Attachments: 1. Exhibits
title
An ordinance granting a franchise to Uniti Fiber LLC to construct, operate, and maintain a fiber optic communications system within Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County under the provision of Metropolitan Code of Laws, Title 6, Chapter 26 (Proposal No. 2024M-006AG-001).
body
WHEREAS, Title 6, Chapter 26 of the Metropolitan Code (the "Fiber Optic Franchise Ordinance") sets forth the terms and conditions for companies wishing to construct, operate, and maintain a fiber optic communications system in the public rights-of-way, in whole or in part; and,
WHEREAS, the Fiber Optic Franchise Ordinance is applicable to any fiber optic communications systems used for "producing, receiving, amplifying or distributing audio, video or other forms of electronic signals to or from subscribers or locations within Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County, but not including the offering to the public cable television services as defined under the Cable Communications Act of 1984, as amended by the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, and/or any franchise granted by the metropolitan government pursuant to said Act;" and,
WHEREAS, Uniti Fiber LLC, a Delaware limited liability company duly authorized to do business in the State of Tennessee (hereinafter "Grantee"), holds a statewide certificate of public convenience and necessity to provide competing local exchange and interexchange service; and,
WHEREAS, Grantee provides communications services that are classified by the Federal Communications Commission as information services, including broadband internet access services, as well as telecommunications services directly regulated by the Tennessee Public Utilities Commission ("PUC"); and,
WHEREAS, Grantee has duly filed an application for a fiber optic communications franchise in order to construct, operate, and maintain a fiber optic communications system within Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County for the purpose of providing inf...

Click here for full text