For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
"BARDSTOWN CABLE TELEVISION." The cable television system operated by the city pursuant to this chapter, all franchise agreements, the applicable provisions of the city’s charter, and all applicable rules and regulations.
"BASIC CATV SERVICE." The distribution of broadcast and satellite television signals and broadcast radio signals as provided by the Cable Programming Committee.
"CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE." Shall mean either or both "BASIC CATV SERVICE" or "EXPANDED CATV SERVICE" as herein defined.
"CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEM." A system composed of, without limitation, antennae, cables, wires, lines, towers, wave guides or any other conductors, converters, equipment or facilities designed, constructed, or wired for the purpose of producing, receiving, amplifying, and distributing by coaxial cable audio, radio, television, electronic, or electrical signals to and from persons, subscribers, and locations in the city and county.
"CATV." A cable television system as herein defined.
"CATV DEPARTMENT." The division of the city carrying out the operation of the city’s cable television system under the name Bardstown Cable Television Department.
"COMMERCIAL SUBSCRIBER." Any user other than a residential, multiple-use or educational/charitable/institutional subscriber that operates a profitable place of business within the franchised areas served by the Bardstown Cable Television System.
"COUNTY." The geographic area of Nelson County.
"EDUCATIONAL/CHARITABLE/INSTITUTIONAL SUBSCRIBER." A non-profit organization that subscribes to cable television service and operates within the city or county, and is limited to schools, churches, hospitals and governmental buildings. Residential units operated by non-profit organizations shall be classified as multiple-use.
"EXPANDED CATV SERVICE." Any communications service in addition to basic CATV service provided by the city either directly or as a carrier for the subsidiaries, affiliates, or any other person engaged in communications or any other person engaged in communications service, including, but not by way of limitation, pay and non- broadcast TV, burglar alarm service, data or other electronic transmission services, facsimile reproductions services, meter reading services, home shopping services, or other services beneficial to the subscriber.
"FRANCHISE AGREEMENT." Each and every agreement, contract, franchise, or ordinance by and between the city and any other municipality within the county, or the governing authority of the county, regulating the conditions of the city’s operation of a cable television system in areas of the county other than within the then- existing corporate limits of the city.
"GOVERNING AUTHORITY." The duly elected and serving Mayor and Council of the city.
"INSTALLATION." The physical process of connecting a subscriber’s premises to the city’s cable television system so that the subscriber shall be able to receive the applicable cable television service provided by the City. The amount of wires, cable, connectors, and converters allowed for the installation and connection of a service to a subscriber and the charges for such installation and connections shall be, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, as prescribed by the rules and regulations of the CATV Department.
"MULTIPLE-USE SUBSCRIBER." A subscriber other than residential, commercial or educational/charitable/institutional subscriber who has more than one outlet for and uses cable television service for the benefit and enjoyment of persons other than the subscriber and the subscriber’s family and guests and includes, but is not limited to, boarding houses, hospitals, hotels, motels and nursing homes.
"RECONNECTION." The physical process of making available the applicable cable television service to a subscriber in premises
"STANDARD CONNECTION." The providing of cable television service to a subscriber by means of an overhead service line of no more than 200 feet in length from the city’s nearest distribution cable and as otherwise defined and described by the CATV Department’s rules and regulations.
"SUBSCRIBER." Any person or entity that has contracted to receive basic CATV service.
(Ord. 313, passed 10-11-85)