A. Provide for the orderly use of public rights-of-way by establishing clear guidelines, standards and timeframes for the exercise of local authority with respect to the regulation of right-of-way use by telecommunications and cable television providers and services.

B. Implement regulations that are consistent with the requirements of state law, to wit, Chapter 35.99 RCW as the same exists or is hereafter amended.

C. Conserve the limited physical capacity of the public ways held in public trust by the city.

D. Assure that the city’s current and ongoing costs of granting and regulating private access to and use of the public ways are fully paid by the persons seeking such access and causing such costs to be incurred by the city, to the full extent permitted by state and federal law.

E. Secure fair and reasonable compensation of the city and the residents of the city for permitting the private use of public rights-of-way while assuring that the city can continue to fairly and reasonably protect the public health, safety and welfare.

F. Enable the city to discharge its public trust consistent with the rapidly evolving state and federal regulatory policies, industry competition and technological development. (Ord. 1053 § 1, 2006).