Cable Television Franchise
The Cable Television Franchise is regulated by Gardena Municipal Code Chapter 5.20 and the corresponding franchise agreement with the cable television service provider. It is unlawful for any person to construct, install or operate a cable system in the city within any public way without a properly granted franchise awarded pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

A franchise granted by the City shall encompass the following purposes:
To permit the grantee to engage in the business of providing cable service, and
such other services as may be permitted by law that grantee provides to subscribers
within the designated service area;
To permit the grantee to erect, install, construct, repair, rebuild, reconstruct, replace,
maintain, and retain, cable lines, related electronic equipment, supporting structures,
appurtenances, and other property in connection with the operation of the cable
system in, on, over, under, upon, along and across streets or other public places
within the designated service area;
To permit the grantee to maintain and operate said franchise properties for the
origination, reception, transmission, amplification, and distribution of television and
radio signals and for the delivery of cable services, and such other services as may
be permitted by law;
To set forth the obligations of the grantee under the franchise.

Any franchise granted pursuant to this chapter shall be nonexclusive. The grantor specifically reserves the right to grant, at any time, such additional franchises for a cable system, as it deems appropriate, subject to applicable state and federal law, provided that if the grantor grants an additional franchise, then the material provisions of any such additional franchise shall be reasonably comparable to the terms and conditions contained in the initial grantee's franchise, so that all grantees are accorded competitively neutral and nondiscriminatory treatment.

Any person desiring an initial franchise for a cable system shall file an application with the City. A reasonable nonrefundable initial application fee established by the City shall accompany the initial franchise application to cover all validly documented reasonable costs associated with processing and reviewing the application, including without limitation costs of administrative review, financial, legal and technical evaluation of the applicant, consultants (including technical and legal experts and all costs incurred by such experts), notice and publication requirements with respect to the consideration of the application and document preparation expenses. In the event such validly documented reasonable costs exceed the application fee, the selected applicant(s) shall pay the difference to the City within thirty days following receipt of an itemized statement of such costs.

City Related Towing Franchise
The City Related Towing Franchise is regulated by Gardena Municipal Code Chapter 10.52 and the corresponding franchise agreement with the towing services provider. No person shall perform towing services for the City unless such person has obtained a franchise from the City of Gardena. The City Council may award one or more franchises for towing services on such terms and conditions as the Council may establish in its sole discretion.

A franchise is not required under the following situations: 1) operators performing towing services for entities or persons other than the City of Gardena; 2) operators performing towing services at the direction of the City when no franchisee is available or able to perform such services or cannot provide such services in a timely manner; or 3) an officer or employee of the city in the course of official duty.

Waste Hauler Franchise
The Waste Hauler Franchise is regulated by Gardena Municipal Code Chapter 8.20 and the corresponding franchise agreement with a hauler. The waste hauler franchise gives a hauler the right and privilege: (1) to make arrangements for the collection of and to collect; (2) to transport to landfills, transformation facilities or other licensed solid waste management facilities; and/or (3) to recycle from collected solid waste and recyclable solid wastes all solid waste, including recyclable solid waste and green waste, kept, generated and/or accumulated within the City of Gardena. Any franchise is subject to all of the provisions and to any right held by any other solid waste enterprise, which may hold rights pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 49520. Franchisees are required to:

Cooperate with the City and or designated consultants in solid waste disposal
characterization studies and waste stream audits and shall implement measures
adequate to achieve the City's source reduction, recycling and waste stream
diversion goals for the solid waste stream.

Submit to the City information and reports necessary for the City to meet its
reporting obligations imposed by AB 939 and/or other legislation, and the
regulations implementing AB 939 and/or other legislation, with respect to the
solid waste collected by operator in the City.

Submit an annual Source Reduction and Recycling Plan (SRRP) that is exclusive
to the City. Each SRRP will be reviewed in detail to ensure that it meets the
state-mandated requirements as established by AB 939 or other legislative
requirements. The SRRP should examine in detail how the operator will accomplish
these goals. The SRRP must include but is not limited to: (1) targeted materials
including special wastes for source reduction, recycling and composting; (2)
hazardous waste exclusion plan; (3) diversion methods; (4) reporting methodology;
(5) contingency plans; and (6) methods for the handling of white goods including
CFC removal, PCB removal and compliance with the requirements of Public
Resources Code Sections 42160-42185.

Inspect solid waste put out for collection and reject solid waste observed to be
contaminated with hazardous substances. The franchisee is also required to
notify all agencies with jurisdiction, if appropriate, including the California
Department of Toxic Substances Control and Local Emergency Response Providers
and the National Response Center, of reportable quantities of hazardous waste,
found or observed in commercial solid waste anywhere within the City. In addition
to other required notifications, if the franchisee observes any substances which it
or its employees reasonably believe or suspect to contain hazardous wastes
unlawfully disposed of or released on any City property, including storm drains,
streets or other public rights-of-way, operator will immediately notify the City
Manager.

Maintain records showing the types and quantities, if any, of hazardous waste
found in solid waste, which was inadvertently collected from solid waste service
recipients within the City, but diverted from land filling.

The Franchisee is required to prepare and follow a C&D Waste Diversion Plan
that identifies the activities conducted during the course of the construction
and/or demolition project to assure conformance with the City's requirement that
50% of regulated C&D Wastes must be diverted.