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of this code and the rules adopted by the city manager pursuant to section 2.019 of this code are intended to authorize and regulate telecommunication activities in the city to the extent permitted under laws of the United States and the State of Oregon. Except as these sections specifically provide to the contrary, the procedures and requirements of sections 3.015 to 3.075 of this code apply to the activities authorized by sections 3.400 to 3.430. 3.405 Telecommunications Activities -Registration Required. (1) No person may, without first registering with the city and then paying the fee required by section 3.415(1), engage in any telecommunications .activity through a communications facility located in the city. (2) Registration under this section shall be submitted pursuant to section 3.020, on a form provided by the city. The registration shall be accompanied by any additional documents required therein or in rules issued by the city manager pursuant to section 2.019 of this code. 3.410 Telecommunications -License Reauired. (1) No operator may, without first applying for and receiving a license from the city, construct, place or locate any facility in, upon, beneath, over or across any public right-of-way or on other public property to: (a) Construct a cable system or provide cable service; (b) Construct a telecommunications facility or provide telecommunications service; (c) Construct an open video system or provide services via an open video system; or (d) Construct or operate a private communications system. (2) An application for a license under this section shall be submitted pursuant to section 3.020, on a form provided by the city. The application shall be accompanied by any additional documents required by the application or in-rules issued by the city manager pursuant to section 2.019 of this code. (3) The fact that a particular communications facility may be used for multiple purposes does not obviate the need to obtain a license for other purposes. By way of illustration and not limitation, a cable operator of a cable system must obtain a license to construct, install or locate a cable system to provide cable services, and, should it intend to provide telecommunications services over the same facilities, must also obtain a separate license. (4) So long as it registers with the city as required by section 3.405 and pays the registration and license fees required by section 3.415, a reseller may use another person's facilities to engage in telecommunications activities in the right-of--way without obtaining a license, providing the reseller does not, either itself or through an affiliate, own or lease, control or manage any facilities in the right-of--way and is not Ordinance - 4