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Any applicant seeking its initial franchise with the city shall meet the service obligations set forth in the franchise agreement and under this section for the entire 10-year term of its initial franchise. In addition, while not required for the initial franchise, upon renewal of the franchise, grantee shall be required to construct its cable system throughout the entire city. To the extent the city requires a grantee to construct its cable system throughout the city, the city and grantee may negotiate (in any subsequent franchise agreement) either (A) a reasonable time period to allow grantee to offer its cable communications service to all residential areas of the city; or (B) authorization for grantee to serve a lesser area; provided, however, if grantee is authorized to serve a lesser area, grantee is required to construct its cable service throughout this lesser area. Service to dwellings along nonpublic streets shall be offered by a grantee if easements are reasonably available to grantee on terms equivalent to those for easements along public streets. A franchise issued pursuant hereto shall require that all dwelling units within the franchise territory shall be offered service on the same terms and conditions; provided, however, multiple-family dwelling complexes, apartments or condominiums may be served on a master-billed basis and, further, service to motels, hotels, hospitals and similar businesses or institutions may be offered on terms and conditions different from single resident subscribers. A grantee may petition the city for a waiver of this requirement, such waiver to be granted for good cause shown. (Ord. 5922 § 1, 2010; Ord. 5531 § 2, 2004.)