(a) Connections to a Grantee’s System; Use of Antennas. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to make any unauthorized connection, whether physically, acoustically, inductably, or otherwise, with any part of a Grantee's cable system or facilities, for the purpose of enabling the reception of any television, radio, picture, program, sound, or data signals, or other services, without payment to and authorization from the Grantee, except that subscribers shall have the right to attach devices to the Grantee's cable system to allow them to transmit signals or services for which they have paid to VCRs, television sets, or other terminal devices; and subscribers shall have the right to use their own remote control devices, converters, and other similar equipment, and the Grantee shall provide information to subscribers which will allow them to adjust such devices so that they may be used with the Grantee's cable system. It shall also be unlawful for any person, without the consent of the Grantee, to willfully tamper with, remove, or injure any cables, wires, or equipment of the Grantee used for the distribution of television, radio, picture, program, sound, or data signals, or other services, unless the Grantee fails to remove such devices from the property of such person if the person chooses not to take service, or if the Grantee places such devices on any property where it has no right to place such devices. The Grantee shall not, as a condition to providing service, require a subscriber or potential subscriber to remove or disconnect any existing antenna, except at the express direction of the subscriber or potential subscriber, or prohibit or discourage a subscriber from installing an antenna switch, provided such equipment and installations are consistent with applicable codes.
(b) Warranties and Guarantees. The City may require a Grantee to provide guarantees and warranties from any entity that manages, owns, or controls it, as required to ensure compliance with any Franchise issued to the Grantee.
(c) Severability. If any term, condition, or provision of this chapter shall, to any extent, be held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder hereof shall be valid in all other respects and continue to be effective. In the event of a subsequent change in applicable law so that the provision which had been held invalid is no longer invalid, said provision shall thereupon return to full force and effect without further action by the City and shall thereafter be binding on the Grantee and the City.
(d) Effective Date. This chapter shall become effective upon enactment. However, any existing Grantee or its immediate successor need not comply with all the terms and conditions set out herein until a date mutually agreed to by the City and the Grantee in writing; in no event shall that date be later than the expiration date of the existing Franchise.
(Ord. 52-96. Passed 7-8-96.)
(Ord. 52-96. Passed 7-8-96.)