4-280-250 Tests and performance monitoring.

   A.   Not later than 90 days after any new or substantially rebuilt portion of the system is made available for service to subscribers, technical performance tests shall be conducted by a grantee to demonstrate full compliance with the Technical Standards of the Federal Communications Commission and Section 4-280-240 of this chapter. Such tests shall be performed by, or under the supervision of, a qualified registered professional engineer or an engineer with proper training and experience. A copy of the report shall be submitted to the cable administrator, describing test results, instrumentation, calibration and test procedures and the qualifications of the engineer responsible for the tests.

   B.   System monitor test points shall be established at or near the output of the last amplifier in the longest feeder line, at or near trunk line extremities, or at the locations to be specified by the cable administrator. Such periodic tests shall be made at the test points as shall be described by the cable administrator.

   C.   At any time after commencement of service to subscribers, the cable administrator may require additional reasonable tests, including full or partial repeat tests, different test procedures, or tests involving a specific subscriber's terminal, at a grantee's expense to the extent such tests may be performed by a grantee's employees utilizing its existing facilities and equipment; provided, however, that the city reserves the right to conduct its own tests upon reasonable notice to a grantee and if noncompliance is found, the expense thereof shall be borne by a grantee. The city will endeavor to arrange its request for such special tests so as to minimize hardship or inconvenience to grantee or to the subscriber.

   D.   A copy of the annual performance tests report required by the Federal Communications Commission shall be submitted to the city within 30 days of its completion.

   E.   The city shall have the right to employ qualified consultants if necessary or desirable to assist in the administration of this, or any other, section of this chapter.

(Prior code § 113.1-28; Amend Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 4-24-12, p. 23998, § 1)

Editor's note – Coun. J. 4-24-12, p. 23998, § 1, renumbered former § 4-280-250 as § 4-280-220, and renumbered this section, which was formerly § 4-280-280, as § 4-280-250.