(a) Each grantee shall construct, install and maintain its cable television system in a manner consistent and in compliance with all applicable laws, ordinances, construction standards, governmental requirements and technical standards equivalent to those established by the Federal Communications Commission.
(b) Each grantee shall at all times comply with the National Electrical Safety Code (National Bureau of Standards); the National Electrical Code (National Fire Protection Association); applicable Federal, State and local regulations; and codes and other applicable ordinances of the City. If any codes conflict, the grantee shall comply with the most protective.
(c) The CATV system shall not endanger or interfere with the safety of persons or property within the City where the grantee may have equipment located.
(d) All working facilities, conditions, and procedures used or occurring during construction of the cable television system shall comply with the standards of the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
(e) Construction, installation and maintenance of a cable television system shall be performed in an orderly and workmanlike manner and in close coordination with public and private utilities serving the City, following accepted industry construction procedures and practices and working through existing committees and organizations.
(f) All cable and wires shall be installed, where possible, parallel with electric and telephone lines, and multiple cable configurations shall be arranged in parallel and bundled with due respect for engineering consideration.
(g) Any antenna structure used in a cable television system shall comply with the standards of construction, marking and lighting of antenna structures that are required by the United States Department of Transportation.
(h) RF leakage (ingress and egress) shall be checked on an ongoing basis at reception locations for emergency radio services to prove that no harmful interference signal combinations are possible. Radiation shall be measured adjacent to any existing or proposed aeronautical navigation licensed radio service or any other communication radio site to prove no harmful interference.
(i) A grantee shall develop an adequate preventive maintenance policy. Such policy shall be available for inspection by the City.
(j) The system will have upstream capability for audio and video origination from Howell City Hall, from a location at Howell public schools and from the Livingston Educational Service Agency, to be distributed system-wide on the assigned channel.
(k) Fiber optic or other suitable connections between all City and County government, educational and library facilities within the City, with capability to provide for full two-way audio, video and data communications, shall be provided by a grantee without cost, so long as the City can prove reasonable need for the interconnect. This interconnect shall be done at any review of the franchise pursuant to this chapter.
(l) The system shall be capable of two-way data communication, or shall be easily upgradeable thereto.
(Ord. 615. Passed 9-5-95.)