Any franchise granted by the City with respect to a particular utility service shall be in lieu of all other franchises, rights or privileges then owned by the grantee for the furnishing of that particular utility or service within the limits of the City as they now or may hereafter exist, and by acceptance of any franchise hereunder, the grantee shall be deemed to have waived and abandoned all other franchises, rights and privileges then owned by the grantee for the furnishing of that particular utility or service within the limits of the City as they now or may hereafter exist. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any franchise, right or privilege owned by the grantee which is specifically reserved for the benefit of the grantee in the franchise granted, nor to any franchise, right or privilege obtained by direct authority of the Constitution of the state or the United States. (Ord. 6517-NS § 1, 1999)