(a) Any cable system constructed within the City must meet or exceed technical standards consistent with this chapter and the franchise agreement. The system must be capable of delivering the video and audio portion of tv signals at or above the levels of all FCC technical standards or guidelines as they exist now or may be amended in the future. This does not refer to the specific carriage of channels or technologies. All television signals transmitted on a cable system must pass through closed captioning information for the hearing impaired. Antennas, supporting structures and outside plant used in the system must be designed to comply with the recommendations of the Electronics Industries Association on tower structures and outside plant.
(b) All construction, installation and maintenance must comply with the National Electrical Safety Code, the National Electric Code, the Bell System Code of Pole Line Construction, all State and local regulations, and good and accepted industry practices.
(c) At the stages of any construction specified in the franchise agreement, the franchisee must perform at its expense proof of performance tests designed to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of this chapter, the franchise agreement, and FCC requirements. The franchisee must provide the proof of performance test results promptly to the City.
(d) Not more than annually, the City may require periodic proof of performance tests to be performed at the expense of the franchisee. The franchisee must provide the test results promptly to the City.
(e) The franchisee must advise the City when a proof of performance test is scheduled so that the City may have an observer present.
(f) A franchisee must not design, install or operate its facilities in a manner that will interfere with the signals of any broadcast station, the electrical system located in any building, the cable system of another franchisee, or individual or master antennas used for receiving television or other broadcast signals.
(Ord. 75-89. Passed 6-26-89.)