(A) Regulatory authority. The city shall exercise appropriate regulatory authority under the provisions of this chapter and other applicable law. If the grantee by its cable television system also serves other continuous or neighboring communities, the city may, at its sole option, participate in a joint regulatory agency, with delegated responsibility in the area of cable and related communications.
(B) Regulatory responsibility. The city, acting alone or acting jointly with other grantors, may exercise or delegate any or all of the following regulatory responsibilities:
(1) Administering and enforcing the provisions of all franchises.
(2) Coordination of the operation of PEG access facilities.
(3) Providing technical, programming and operational support to public agency users, such as government departments, schools and health care institutions.
(4) Establishing procedures and standards for use of channels dedicated to public use sharing of public facilities, if provided for in any franchise.
(5) Planning expansion and growth of public benefit cable services.
(6) Analyzing the possibility of integrating cable communications with other local, state or national telecommunications networks.
(7) Formulating and recommending long-range telecommunications policy.
('83 Code, § 5.24.140) (Ord. 912, passed - -85)