(A) Compliance with construction and technical standards. The company shall construct, install, operate and maintain its system in a manner consistent with all laws, ordinances, construction standards, governmental requirements, FCC technical standards, and detailed standards submitted by the company as part of its application, which standards are incorporated by reference herein. In addition, the company shall provide the Board, upon request, with a written report of the results of the company's annual proof of performance tests conducted pursuant to FCC standards and requirements.
(B) Additional specifications.
(1) Construction, installation and maintenance of the cable communications system shall be performed in an orderly and workmanlike manner. All cables and wires shall be installed, where possible, parallel with electric and telephone lines. Multiple cable configurations shall be arranged in parallel and bundled with due respect for engineering considerations.
(2) The company shall at all times comply with:
(a) National Electrical Safety Code (National Bureau of Standards);
(b) National Electrical Code (National Bureau of Fire Underwriters);
(c) Bell System Code of Pole Line Construction; and
(d) Applicable FCC or other federal, state and local regulations.
(3) In any event, the system shall not endanger or interfere with the safety of persons or property in the franchise area or other areas where the company may have equipment located.
(4) Any antenna structure used in the cable communication system shall comply with construction, marking, and lighting of antenna structure, required by the United States Department of Transportation.
(5) All working facilities, conditions, and procedures used during construction, installation and maintenance of the CATV system shall comply with the standards of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
(6) Rf leakage shall be checked at reception locations for emergency radio services to prove no interference signal combinations are possible. Stray radiation shall be measured adjacent to any proposed aeronautical navigation radio sites to prove no interference to airborne navigational reception in the normal flight patterns. FCC rules and regulations shall govern.
(7) Notwithstanding conflicting commitments in its application, the company must install and maintain equipment capable of providing standby power for headend, transportation and trunk amplifiers for a minimum of two hours: to 100% of the subscriber base by June 19, 1995; to at least 70% of the subscriber base by June 19, 1994; and to at least 33% of the subscriber base throughout the franchise territory by June 19, 1993.
(8) In all areas of the county where the cables, wires, and other like facilities of public utilities are placed underground, the company shall place its cables, wires, or other like facilities underground to the maximum extent that existing technology reasonably permits.
(Ord. 450.1, passed 12-4-80; Am. Ord. 450.5, passed 7-17-92)