(a) A Grantee shall provide, free of all charges of any kind, except for the Grantee's cost of the equipment, a parental control device to any premium television subscriber upon request by the subscriber.
(b) A Grantee shall provide channels for leased access as provided for by the Cable Act.
(c) A Grantee shall establish production and leased access charges in a fair and reasonable manner, consistent with industry standards.
(d) A Grantee will not allow commercial advertising on the public channels. All advertising for any candidate for political office or for parties sponsoring such candidate shall comply with applicable Federal, State and/or local law.
(e) The cable system shall be operated in a manner consistent with the principles of fairness, nondiscrimination and equal accessibility of its facilities, equipment, channels, studios and other services to all citizens, businesses, public agencies or other entities having a legitimate use for the cable system, and no one shall be arbitrarily excluded from its use. Allocation of use of the facilities shall be made according to the operating rules as established by the City or its representatives.
(f) A Grantee shall not prohibit or limit any program or class or type of program presented over any public channel.
(g) Users of the public channels shall indemnify and hold the Grantee harmless from any and all liability or claim arising out of their use of such channels for programming not originated or produced by the Grantee, including claims of libel, slander, obscenity, incitement, invasion of privacy, false or misleading advertising or other similar claims. Such programming shall be deemed to be originated or produced by the Grantee in those instances wherein the Grantee is entitled to exercise editorial or content control over such programming.
(Res. 96-355. Passed 6-24-96.)