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Franchisee shall use its best efforts to extend the Cable System and provide Cable Service to all households within the service area when practical and financially feasible . Franchisee shall , upon request , provide the Franchising Authority with a written explanation regarding the feasibility of extending the Cable System to areas within the Franchising Authority' s service territory which are not served by Franchisee . Nothing in this Ordinance shall prevent Franchisee from extending the Cable System or from entering into mutually acceptable agreements with other parties regarding the extension of the System to unserved households . Access to Cable Service shall not be denied any group of potential Cable Subscribers because of the income of the residents . SECTION 17 . EASEMENTS AND CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS Each member municipality of the Franchising Authority shall grant and hereby does grant unto the Franchisee an easement under , over and across its municipal properties including, but not limited to roads , streets , sidewalks , and driveways and all public places for the purpose of constructing, operating and maintaining a Cable System. Franchisee ' s duty to provide cable communication service to any Subscriber( s ) is conditioned upon the receipt of Franchisee of necessary easements from private parties without reasonable cost or effort to Franchisee . The Franchisee shall obtain a permit from the proper municipal authority before commencing construction of any communications system, including the opening or disturbance of any road, street , sidewalk, driveway, or public place . If the Franchisee fails to meet the conditions of the permit , the Franchising Authority shall have the right to correct or cause to be corrected , at the sole expense of the Franchisee , any violations of the conditions of the permit such as the return of land to its previous grading , the cleanup of construction debris , and the like . SECTION 18 . COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE CODES All wires , conduits . cable and other property and facilities of the Franchisee shall be located, constructed, installed , and maintained in compliance with applicable codes . The Franchisee shall keep and maintain all of its property so as not to unnecessarily interfere with the usual and customary trade , traffic or travel upon the streets and public places of the franchise area or endanger the lives or property of any person. SECTION 19 . RELOCATION OF PLANT The following procedure shall be used by the Franchisee and Franchising Authority for the relocation or removal of the Franchisee ' s wires , conduits , cables and other property located in a street , right- ' -way, or public place whenever the Franchising Authority or. one of right- ', member municipalities undertakes public improvements which affect the Franchisee ' s property. The Franchising Authority or municipality shall give sixty (60 ) days written notice to the Franchisee of the actions it wishes the