113.01 Purpose | 113.12 Use of Property |
113.02 Definitions | 113.13 Taxes, Insurance and Liability |
113.03 Operation without Franchise | 113.14 Service Repair, Rebates |
113.04 Grant of Franchise | 113.15 Complaint Procedure |
113.05 Franchise Term | 113.16 Theft of Cable Services or Tampering |
113.06 Franchise Elections/Cost Thereof | 113.17 Subscriber Privacy |
113.07 Franchise Fees | 113.18 Grantee Subject to Further Regulation |
113.08 Franchise Revocation | 113.19 Services to Be Furnished to City |
113.09 Performance and Franchise Bond | 113.20 Cable Services and Rates |
113.10 Transfer of Control/Right of First Refusal | 113.21 Submission of Proposals to Voters, Multiple Proposals |
113.11 Construction and Maintenance Regulations | |
The purpose of this chapter is to regulate broadband telecommunication systems within the City which operate pursuant to a City franchise and to establish standards, regulations, and procedures for the granting, maintenance, and operation of broadband telecommunication franchises in the City. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Cable TV Regulatory Ordinance.
The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall, for the purposes of this chapter, have the meanings ascribed to them, as follows:
1. “Cable television system” means any facility that, in whole or in part, receives directly or indirectly over the air and amplifies or otherwise modifies signals transmitting programs broadcast by one or more television stations and distributes such signals by wire, cable, microwave, satellite, or other means to persons who subscribe to such service.
2. “Channel” means the segment of the electromagnetic spectrum to which a source of television transmission is assigned.
3. “FCC” means the Federal Communications Commission, a Federal agency constituted by the Communications Act of 1934 as amended.
4. “Franchise” means the rights, privileges and authority granted by the City to the grantee hereunder and shall include all of the terms and conditions of this chapter.
5. “Grantee” means the person granted the franchise in the City under this chapter. When the context so requires, the term grantee shall mean and include the grantee, its officers, agents, employees, servants and independent contractors thereof.
6. “Gross revenue” means any and all compensation, in whatever form, exchange or otherwise, derived from the provision of all cable services in the City.
7. “Subscriber” means a recipient of cable television service.
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