(a) Channel Capacity. The Company shall maintain a system channel capacity of thirty- five channels.
(b) Standby Power. The Company shall provide standby power generating capacity at the cable system headend sufficient to operate the cable system headend for at least twelve consecutive hours.
(c) Emergency Alert Capability. The Company shall provide an emergency audio override capability for use in the event of any emergency or vital public information situation, which can be operated through the County Disaster Services Agency and which shall be accessible by telephone. Activation of this emergency override capability shall give the authorized Agency control of all channels simultaneously for a limited period of time sufficient for the purpose of transmitting audio instructions to viewers to turn to the designated channel for detailed information as to the emergency.
(d) Parental Control Equipment. The Company shall provide subscribers, upon request and at nominal cost, with a parental control locking device that permits a subscriber to inhibit the video and, if feasible, the audio portions of a particular program service or services.
(e) New System Technology. At such time as at least fifty percent (50%) of Cox owned or controlled cable systems elsewhere in the United States offers addressable technology, the Company shall begin to offer this technology no later than eighteen months after such event. The Company shall provide to the City an annual report, due no later than thirty days after each anniversary date of this agreement listing all Cox Cable systems and indicating which systems offer addressable technology.
(Ord. 91-102. Passed 10-21-91.)