Competitive Neutrality. 1. The Parties shall take reasonable measures to ensure that governments at all levels do not provide any competitive advantage to any government-owned businesses in their business activities simply because they are government owned.
2. This Article applies to the business activities of government-owned businesses and not to their non-business, non-commercial activities.
Competitive Neutrality. The City agrees that under K.S.A. 12-2001 and K.S.A 17-1902, and other state and federal laws, this Contract Franchise ordinance must be competitively neutral and may not be unreasonable or discriminatory to any telecommunications provider operating in the City.
Competitive Neutrality. 1. Each Party shall take reasonable measures to ensure that its government does not provide any competitive advantage to any government-owned businesses in their business activities simply because they are government-owned.
2. This Article applies to the business activities of government-owned businesses and not to their non-business and non-commercial activities.
Competitive Neutrality. Any PEG access channel designation requirements set forth in any other cable television franchise in the Town shall not be different than the channel designation requirements required under this franchise, and any provisions for PEG access facilities, equipment and support in such other franchise shall be competitively neutral when compared to this franchise.
Competitive Neutrality. The Parties understand and agree that, with respect to providers of telecommunications services, the City is to manage and administer “the public Rights- of-Way or to require fair and reasonable compensation, on a competitively neutral and non- discriminatory basis, for the use of public Rights-of-Way on a non-discriminatory basis,” all as provided in 47 U.S.C. § 253(c). To this end, in order to maintain a relatively level playing field among all similarly situated providers of telecommunications services, upon the grant or renewal of another franchise in the Rights-of-Way where material terms or conditions of this Franchise conflict with a change in the City Code or right-of-way ordinances, or the provisions of this Franchise provide a material competitive advantage over another similarly situated telecommunications provider (such that it negatively and materially impacts the City’s ability to effectively manage and administer the Rights-of-Way), then the City may elect to renegotiate with Franchisee in good faith to modify the terms and provisions of this Franchise to obtain material terms and conditions that, as a whole, are competitively neutral among similarly situated providers of telecommunications services.
Competitive Neutrality. The Parties understand and agree that, with respect to providers of telecommunications services, the City is to manage and administer “the public Rights-of-Way or to require fair and reasonable compensation, on a competitively neutral and non-discriminatory
Competitive Neutrality. The City agrees that under K.S.A. 12-2001 and K.S.A 17-1902, and other state and federal laws, this contract franchise ordinance must be competitively neutral and may not be unreasonable or discriminatory to any telecommunications provider operating in the City. In entering into this contract franchise ordinance, the City specifically recognizes it must ensure all other telecommunications providers operating in the City are subject to a substantially similar contract franchise ordinance within a timely manner not to exceed one hundred and eighty (180) days from either the time this contract franchise ordinance becomes effective, or from the date a telecommunications provider begins to offer telecommunications service in the City. It is the City's sole responsibility to identify the telecommunications providers operating in City, and utilize all available legal means, if necessary, to ensure all such telecommunications providers are subject to a substantially similar contract franchise ordinance.
Competitive Neutrality. The Parties shall apply this Chapter to all enterprises, public and private.
Competitive Neutrality. This Chapter applies to all enterprises, public or private.
Competitive Neutrality
