(A) The CATV system shall be installed and maintained in accordance with the highest standards of the industry to the extent that they are economically feasible.
(B) In determining the satisfactory extent of such standards, the following shall apply:
(1) The system shall be installed using all-band equipment capable of passing the entire VHF and FM spectrum, and it shall have the further capability of converting UHF for distribution to subscribers on the VHF band.
(2) The system, as installed, shall be capable of passing standard color television signals without the introduction of noticeable effects on color fidelity and intelligence.
(3) The system and all equipment shall be designed and rated for 24 hour-per-day continuous operation.
(4) The system signal-to-noise ratio shall be not less than 46 decibels.
(5) The hum modulation of the picture signal shall be less than 5%.
(6) The system shall use components having VSWR of one and four-tenths or less.
(7) The master antenna to be installed for the CATV system shall be located at a point where the signal strength of the television stations to be received shall be not less than 500 microvolts per meter for low-band channels (2 through 6) and not less than 800 microvolts per meter for high-band channels (7 through 13) for at least 50% of the time at a receiving antenna height of 30 feet above the ground. Each CATV subscriber shall receive a minimum signal strength of 2,000 microvolts as measured at the antenna terminals of the television set. The method of measuring such standards, where necessary, will be established by the city.
(8) Throughout the term of the franchise, the grantee shall maintain and upgrade the services distributed over the CATV system and the technical performance thereof so as to keep pace, as far as it is economically and technologically feasible to do so in the reasonable opinion of the parties, with develop-ments in the state-of-the-art of CATV technology. Factors to be considered by the parties in determining economic feasibility and developments of CATV technology shall include:
(a) The remaining term of the franchise;
(b) Performance demonstrating the operational feasibility of any new service;
(c) Construction or other directly related costs;
(d) The adaptability of such service to the existing CATV facilities; and
(e) The potential marketability of the service.
('66 Code, § 5-5.22) (Ord. 590-C-S, passed 9-11-84) Penalty, see §§ 1-2.01 et seq.