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ARTICLE II. CATV SYSTEM EXTENSION, OPERATION, STANDARDS AMP PROCEDURES Section 1. Service Availability and Record Request The Company shall provide cable television service throughout the entire franchise area pursuant to the provisions of this franchise and shall keep a record for at least three (3) years of all requests for service received by the Company. This record shall be available for public inspection at the local office of the Company during regular office hours. Section 2. CATV System Construction a) CONSTRUCTION TIMETABLE 1. The Company shall submit system design maps to the City within sixty (60) days of the final passage of the franchise ordinance and be substantially complete in construction within eight (8) months of the date of its obtaining all necessary pole and permit clearances. The Company shall submit all information required by the utility companies for pole clearance within thirty (30) days of the final passage by the Council of the fran- chise ordinance. 2. The Company may propose a timetable of construction which will make cable television service available sooner than the above minimum requirements, in which case such amendment will be incorporated by reference pursuant to Article I, Section 4 of this ordinance, and will be binding upon the Company. 3. Any delay beyond the terms of this timetable, unless specifically approved by the City Council which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, will be considered a violation of this ordinance, for which the provisions of either Section 5 or Section 6 of Article III shall apply, as determined by the City. 4. Nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company from constructing the system earlier than planned. 5. Construction in accordance with the plans submitted by the Company shall commence as soon after the grant and acceptance of the franchise as is reasonably possible. The City acknowledges the commencement of construction depends in a large part upon the Company's retention of cable television construction crews and pole rearrangements. The Company shall seek to negotiate with utilities and to obtain and contract with construction crews with all due diligence. Failure to proceed expeditiously shall be grounds for revocation of this franchise. Failure to proceed expeditiously shall be presumed in the event construction is not sub- stantially in compliance with the construction timetable as set forth in this Section. b) NEW DEVELOPMENT UNDERGROUNDING In cases of new construction or property development where 17