(A) Annual reports. Within 30 days after the end of each calender quarter, the grantee shall file with the county a quarterly status report and financial statement for such preceding quarter, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis, certified by an officer of the grantee. The grantee’s quarterly franchise fee payment referenced in § 115.08 shall accompany such filing.
(B) Inspection. Upon reasonable prior written notice and during ordinary business hours, the county shall have the right to inspect the public records of the grantee relating to the system.
(C) Service and maintenance. The grantee shall render efficient service, make repairs promptly, and interrupt system service only for good cause.
(D) Franchise subject to others laws, police power. The grantee shall be subject to and shall comply with all applicable laws, ordinances, codes, rules, regulations, and orders of the United States of America, the state, and the county, respectively. The grantee shall also be subject to the county’s police power in accordance with applicable law.
(E) Safety.
(1) The grantee shall at all times exercise reasonable care not to cause damage or injury to any person or to any public or private property.
(2) All system lines, poles, equipment, and other facilities within the county shall at all times be kept and maintained by the grantee in a safe and suitable condition and in good order and repair.
(F) Subscriber practices.
(1) The grantee shall not deny service, deny access, or otherwise discriminate against any subscriber on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, or age. The grantee shall adhere to the equal employment opportunity requirements of the FCC.
(2) The grantee may conduct promotional campaigns in which rates are discounted or waived.
(3) The grantee may make special contracts for non-profit charitable, educational, governmental, and religious organizations.
(4) The grantee may offer bulk rate discounts for multiple-unit dwellings, hotels, motels, and other similar institutions.
(5) The grantee shall comply with applicable federal law regarding the protection of the privacy of subscribers and system data relating to subscribers.
(6) The grantee shall have full authority to promulgate such rules, regulations, terms, and conditions governing the conduct of its business as shall be necessary or appropriate to enable the grantee to operate under a franchise granted pursuant to this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 64.007) (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)