CHAPTER 4B
REGULATIONS

9-4B-1 Purpose	9-4B-20 Installation and Maintenance of System
9-4B-2 System Capacity	9-4B-21 FCC Standards
9-4B-3 Return Communications	9-4B-22 Use of Poles
9-4B-4 Service to Schools and Municipal Buildings	9-4B-23 Maps and Plats
9-4B-5 Emergency Warning System	9-4B-24 Compliance with City Codes
9-4B-6 Television Broadcast Signals	9-4B-25 Hold Harmless
9-4B-7 Local Programming	9-4B-26 Location of Facilities
9-4B-8 Municipal Channel	9-4B-27 Restoration of Surface
9-4B-9 Use of Studio Facilities and Technical Assistance	9-4B-28 Relocation of Facilities
9-4B-10 Noncommercial Public Access Channel	9-4B-29 Interference with Utility Fixtures
9-4B-11 Leased Channels	9-4B-30 Temporary Removal of Wires
9-4B-12 Expansion of Access Channel Capacity	9-4B-31 Tree Trimming
9-4B-13 Complaints	9-4B-32 Protection of Street Obstructions
9-4B-14 Franchise Fee	9-4B-33 Removal of Facilities on Termination
9-4B-15 Accounting	9-4B-34 Indemnification
9-4B-16 Franchise Fee Not Tax	9-4B-35 Rates Nondiscriminatory
9-4B-17 Service Rules and Regulations	9-4B-36 Conflict of Interest
9-4B-18 Rates and Charges	9-4B-37 Regulation of Subscriber Service Rates
9-4B-19 Service Requirements

 

9-4B-1 PURPOSE.

   The purpose of this chapter is to regulate the cable television system within the City.

9-4B-2 SYSTEM CAPACITY.

   TCI of Central Iowa (hereinafter referred to as “Grantee”) shall install initially in the City a cable television system with at least 120 MHz of bandwidth (the equivalent of 20 television channels) available for immediate or potential use. Grantee shall maintain an ability to expand the channel capacity of the system as the demand for channel space increases pursuant to Section 9-4B-12 of this chapter.

9-4B-3 RETURN COMMUNICATIONS.

   Grantee shall design, engineer, and construct its cable television system so that it has the potential capacity for nonvoice return communications, and Grantee shall make this service available when it becomes practical to do so on other than an experimental basis.