A. Required Extensions Of Service: The cable system as constructed as of the date of the passage and final adoption of this chapter substantially complies with the material provisions hereof. Grantee is hereby authorized to extend the cable system as necessary, as desirable, or as required pursuant to the terms hereof within the service area. Whenever grantee shall receive a request for service from at least fifteen (15) subscribers within two thousand six hundred forty (2,640) cable bearing strand feet (1/2 cable mile) of its trunk or distribution cable, it shall extend its cable system to such subscribers at no cost to said subscribers for system extension, other than the usual connection fees for all subscribers; provided, that such extension is technically feasible, and if it will not adversely affect the operation, financial condition, or market development of the cable system, or as provided for in this subsection.
B. Subscriber Charges For Extensions Of Service: No subscriber shall be refused service arbitrarily. However, for unusual circumstances, such as a subscriber's request to locate his cable drop underground, existence of more than one hundred fifty feet (150') of distance from distribution cable to connection of service to subscribers, or a density of less than fifteen (15) subscribers per two thousand six hundred forty (2,640) cable bearing strand feet of trunk or distribution cable, cable service or other service may be made available on the basis of a capital contribution in aid of construction, including cost of material, labor, and easements. For the purpose of determining the amount of capital contribution in aid of construction to be borne by grantee and subscribers in the area in which cable service may be expanded, grantee will contribute an amount equal to the construction and other costs per mile, multiplied by a fraction whose numerator equals the actual number of potential subscribers per two thousand six hundred forty (2,640) cable bearing strand feet of its trunks or distribution cable, and whose denominator equals fifteen (15) subscribers. Potential subscribers will bear the remainder of the construction and other costs on a pro rata basis. Grantee may require that the payment of the capital contribution in said construction borne by such potential subscribers be paid in advance. (Ord. 94-4, 8-1-1994)
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