In furtherance of the desire of the Common Council to create a community communications system in order to encourage the exchange of information among residents of the city, the grantee shall do the following.
(A) The grantee shall make 1 aerial connection for the community television station available to the home of every resident of the city without any monthly service charge. The grantee shall charge a fee not to exceed $25 for each aerial connection to the community television station which is located 150 feet or less from the property line of the resident requesting the service. For aerial connections in excess of 150 feet or for underground installations, the grantee shall charge its actual cost. This cost will be submitted to the resident, in writing, for his or her approval, before installation is begun.
(B) The grantee shall, without charge for installation or monthly service, make 1 aerial connection for regular subscriber service, as provided below, into the internal distribution system of each city office building, police station, fire station, library and school within the city (hereinafter referred to as the “premises”). The grantee shall make a connection at 1 outlet in each of the premises for the purpose of enabling the premises to distribute the regular subscriber service. Where the premises consist of more than 1 building, only 1 tie-in and connection shall be made.
(1) The grantee shall make a tie-in and connection at the location designated by the appropriate official as the location of the “head-end” of the internal distribution system of the premises. The responsibility of the grantee shall terminate who the tie-in and connection to the internal distribution system is completed, and the responsibility for performance of the internal distribution system, and for distribution of the transmissions throughout the system shall be solely that of the premises. The grantee makes no representation or warranty as to the ability of the distribution system to carry the programs transmitted over its cable system; however, the grantee will offer, without charge, technical consulting services to the premises in order to make the internal system work effectively for the purposes intended herein.
(2) The procedure for making the connections shall be as follows.
(a) Connections will be made at the time when the grantee is serving the area within which the premises are located. At this time, the grantee shall send written notification of the provisions of this section to the premises. Thereafter, upon written request from the recipient official, the grantee will make the above-described tie-in and connection to the internal distribution system of the premises.
(b) When the grantee is serving the area but the building on the premises to be connected with an aerial installation is located more than 500 feet from the nearest CATV cable, the cost of the aerial cable installation beyond 500 feet will be paid by the premises. For underground installations, the grantee shall charge the recipient its actual cost. This cost will be submitted to the premises, in writing, before installation is begun. All premises will be connected according to the orderly progress and construction of the system.
(Prior Code, § 115.46) (Ord. 4565, passed 11-13-1979) Penalty, see § 115.99