A. The purpose and intent of this Ordinance is to Comply with the provisions of the 1996 Tele-communications Act as they apply to local governments, tele-communications carriers and the services those carriers offer;

B. Promote competition on a competitively neutral basis in the provision of telecommunications services;

C. Encourage the provision of advanced and competitive telecommunications services on the widest possible basis to business institutions and residents of the City;

D. Permit and manage reasonable access to the public rights-of-way of the City for telecommunications purposes on a competitively neutral basis and conserve the limited physical capacity of those public rights-of-way held in trust by the City;

E. Assure that the City's current and ongoing costs of granting and regulating private access to and the use of the public rights-of-way are fully compensated by the persons seeking such access and causing such costs;

F. Secure fair and reasonable compensation to the City and its residents for permitting private use of the public rights-of-way;

G. Assure that all tele-communications carriers providing facilities and/or services within the City, or passing through the City, register and comply with the ordinances, rules, and regulations of the City; and

H. Assure that the City can continue to fairly and responsibly protect the public health, safety, and welfare of its citizens;

I. Enable the City to discharge its public trust consistent with the rapidly evolving federal and state regulatory policies, industry competition, and technological development.