(A) Technical requirements. The grantee’s system shall comply with all applicable FCC technical standards. Procedures for testing the technical capacity of the system shall conform to the technical and testing standards applied to cable television systems by the FCC. The results of any tests required by the FCC shall be filed annually with the county upon the county’s request.
(B) Level of services. As of the effective date of a franchise, the grantee’s system shall have the technical capability to provide at least 34 channels. The grantee shall have the right to add, delete, replace, and/or rearrange its programming services during the term of the franchise, provided however, that at no time shall less than 30 channels of television service be offered.
(C) Free service to schools. Upon written request by the county, the grantee shall furnish a single connection to each public and parochial school located in the county and provide the grantee’s basic cable television service without cost to the county, provided that such school building is within 150 feet of a main or lateral cable, or within range of radio waves if radio waves are utilized by the grantee for the transmission and distribution of its signals. There shall be no restriction upon the county as to the number of television receivers which the county may operate from such connection, provided that the expense of installing and maintaining an internal distribution system within any such school building shall be the responsibility of the county or its school board. Any such internal distribution system installed by a school must conform to all applicable federal, state, and county rules, regulations, and ordinances and must be operated in such a manner as not to interfere with the grantee’s system.
(D) Free service to county. Upon written request by the county, the grantee shall provide its basic monthly service without charge, excluding installation (such installation charges to consist only of time and material), necessary equipment, and maintenance of said equipment, at up to three locations in the county to be designated by the county. Installation and service will be subject only to such location being within 150 feet of a main or lateral cable, or within range of radio waves if radio waves are utilized by the grantee for the transmission and distribution of signals. The grantee shall relocate monitoring facilities at the county’s request for a charge not to exceed the grantee’s costs for such relocation.
(Prior Code, § 64.004) (Ord. 89-15, passed 8-23-1989; Ord. 95-7, passed 4-19-1995; Ord. 95-6, passed 5-10-1995; Ord. 95-20, passed 12-13-1995; Ord. 2002-13, passed 6-12-2002)