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resolutions of its Board of Directors or other governing body, and has secured all consents which are required to be obtained as of the Effective Date, to enter into and legally bind Charter to this Agreement and to take all actions necessary to perform all of its obligations pursuant to this Agreement; (3) This Agreement is enforceable against Charter in accordance with the provisions herein, subject to applicable state and federal laws and regulations; (4) There is no action or proceeding pending or threatened against Charter that would interfere with its performance or its ability to perform the requirements of this Agreement. 2.4 NON-EXCLUSIVITY (a) The Franchise granted herein is non-exclusive. The Village specifically reserves the right to grant, at any time, additional franchises for a Cable System in accordance with state and federal law. The parties acknowledge the Level Playing Field rule set forth in 16 NYCRR Section 895.3 which provide that “No municipality may award or renew a franchise for Cable Service which contains economic or regulatory burdens which when taken as a whole are greater or lesser than those burdens placed upon another cable television franchise operating in the same franchise area.” The Village agrees that any grant of additional franchises by the Village to any other entity to provide Cable Service shall be in compliance with that provision. (b) If the Village grants a cable television franchise or other right to provide Cable Service to another Person and Charter believes that its terms, when taken as a whole, provide greater benefits or impose lesser burdens to the other Person than provided herein, then Charter may request in writing a specific amendment or amendments to this Agreement to provide Charter with competitive equity. The Village shall respond to Charter in writing within thirty (30) days of receiving Charter’s request as to whether the Village accepts, rejects, or wishes to modify Charter’s proposed amendment(s). If the Village rejects or wishes to modify the proposed amendment(s), then the parties shall have sixty (60) days to negotiate in good faith amendment(s) to the Agreement that are acceptable to both the Village and to Charter. 2.5 FRANCHISE SUBJECT TO FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LAWS This Franchise is subject to and shall be governed by all lawful and applicable provisions of federal and state laws and regulations. This Franchise is further subject to all generally applicable local laws and regulations of the Village to the extent they are not inconsistent with the terms of this Franchise. Without waiving any of its powers, the Village agrees that, to the extent any terms of this Agreement are inconsistent with the terms of any Village local laws or regulations, except for any generally applicable and non-discriminatory ordinances or regulations pursuant to the Village’s police powers, this Franchise Agreement shall control. 6