(a) In furtherance of the general policy that the services provided be innovative and modern, a grantee will actively pursue a continuous policy of incorporating new technical developments into the system to reflect the state of the art. Further, should a grantee, its parent, its subsidiary or a related company provide a service to any other community which it or they service within the State of Michigan, the same service shall be provided in the City, exclusive of pilot/test services. The City may waive this requirement upon an affirmative demonstration by the grantee that such service would be impractical or infeasible within the City due to population, density, technical considerations, economic feasibility or other relevant factors.
(b) Each CATV system shall, at minimum:
(1) Distribute in color and in stereo all television signals which it so receives.
(2) Make available to subscribers, upon request and at a reasonable cost, an RF switch (A-B switch) permitting conversion from cable to antenna reception.
(3) Have a 550 megahertz bandwidth which shall be capable of carrying seventy-seven television channels or a combination of video, FM, audio or digital information downstream, and clarify and define any and all upstream capabilities.
(4) Use fiber optic technology whenever operationally, economically and technically practical in the subscriber and institutional networks.
(5) Provide public, educational and governmental access channels.
(6) Make installations of its CATV system, maintain such system and provide basic service to the City Hall, police stations, fire stations, other public and governmental buildings, each public school, charter school, college, technological school and parochial school, and each public library in the City, without charge. Installations, including up to five outlets per building, shall be made at reasonable locations in each building as shall be required by the City and the schools.
(7) In the event of an emergency or other urgent community need and upon the request of the City, make available its facilities to the City for the duration of the emergency. Each cable television system shall include an emergency alert capability which will permit the City, in times of emergency, to override by remote control the audio and video of all channels simultaneously. Each cable television system shall include the capability to activate the emergency override at the City's headquarters for civil defense, disaster and emergency services.
(Ord. 615. Passed 9-5-95.)