Article I. FRANCHISES AND MUNICIPAL CONSENT AGREEMENTS AND LICENSES  


The following lists the franchises and municipal consent agreements in the City of Farmers Branch.

Ordinance Number Dated Adopted Description Term/Years Expiration Date
3 5/28/46 Texas Power and Light Franchise 25 years 5/1/71
4 5/28/46 Lone Star Gas 50 years 5/27/96
83 2/14/56 Texas Power and Light Extension 20 years 5/1/91
1289 1/21/80 Cable Television w/Warner Cable 15 years 1/21/95
1601 11/8/85 Cable television transfer from Warner to Heritage 15 years 11/8/00
1611 12/16/85 Southwestern Bell (repealed by 1988) 20 years 12/16/05
1846 10/23/89 Cable television transfer from Heritage to TCI Cablevision Cont. from Ord. 1601 11/8/00
1911 10/1/90 Taxicab franchise w/Midway Taxi Service N/A None
1928 5/31/91 TU Electric franchise 25 years 2016
1935 4/15/91 TU Electric extension 1 month 5/31/91
1988 6/1/92 Southwestern Bell 5 years 6/1/97
2056 6/22/93 License agreement to MFS Fiber 10 years *
2101 12/6/93 License agreement to TCG Fiber 10 years *
2148 9/9/96 Lone Star Gas 20 years 10/1/16
2260 5/20/96 Lone Star Gas 20 years 12/16/05
2309 4/7/97 Extend Southwestern Bell Franchise extended in Ordinance 1988 6 months 1/1/98
2365 12/15/97 Extend Southwestern Bell Franchise extended in Ordinance 2309 6 months 7/1/98
2401 6/8/98 Extend Southwestern Bell Franchise extended in Ordinance 2365 6 months 1/1/99
2431 10/5/98 License to CSDI NA *
2442 12/21/98 Extend Ordinance 2401 6 months 7/1/99
2444 5/1/99 Municipal Consent to Southwestern Bell 3 years *
2446 4/16/99 Municipal Consent to Nextlink 3 years *
2463 5/17/99 Municipal Consent to Time Warner 3 years *
2476 5/17/99 Municipal Consent to Level(3) Communications 3 years *
2477 5/17/99 Licensing Agreement to Metricom Communications 5 years 5/16/04
2573 10/16/00 Extending TCI Cablevision of Dallas Franchise 3 months 2/1/01
2580 11/20/00 License Agreement to Networks Associates, Inc. Development, Inc. 10 years 11/20/10
2583 1/22/01 Extending TCI Cablevision Franchise extended in Ordinance 2573 2 months 4/1/01
2591 3/19/01 Extending Franchise granted to TCI Cablevision of Dallas, Inc. 2 months 6/1/01
2605 5/21/01 Granting Franchise to TCI Cablevision of Dallas, Inc. 10 years 5/21/11
2606 6/4/01 License to Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District 10 years 6/4/11
2651 12/17/01 Granting License to JPMorgan Chase Bank 10 years 12/17/11
2744 10/27/03 Amending electric franchise of Oncor Electric Delivery Company to provide different payment factor N/A N/A
2749 12/1/03 Amending electric franchise of Oncor Electric Delivery to provide different payment factor N/A N/A
2844 12/5/05 Providing conditional approval of consent of transfer of a cable franchise agreement from Comcast Cable of Texas II, Inc. to C-Native Exchange II, L.P. N/A 10/1/06
2869 7/17/06 Amending the franchise ordinance with TXU Electric Delivery Company to provide for a different payment schedule and an extension of the term. N/A 4/30/2021

 

*Companies allowed to cancel franchises under Texas State Law effective June 1, 2000, under HB 177.