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Codified Ordinances of Mentor, OH
CODIFIED ORDINANCES
CERTIFICATION
ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 07-O-49
EDITOR'S NOTE
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
CHARTER OF MENTOR, OHIO
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
TITLE ONE - Streets and Sidewalk Areas
TITLE THREE - Utilities
TITLE FIVE - Other Public Services
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
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961.12 CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF SYSTEM.
   (a)    The company shall make arrangements so that its system shall be capable of transmitting at least thirty (30) channels for delivery to residential subscribers as soon as the system becomes operable.
   (b)    The company shall provide all residential subscribers to basic service with a converter for each outlet having a capacity of at least thirty (30) channels.
   (c)    The company shall extend the installation of cables, amplifiers and related equipment throughout the City as rapidly as is practicable. Within two (2) years from the effective date of the franchise, the company's trunk line, installation of cables, amplifiers and related equipment shall be capable of providing basic service to every City dwelling unit.
   (d)    The company will be required to interconnect its system with any other broadband communications facility operating in an adjacent territory. Such interconnection shall be made within sixty (60) days from the date of request. The City shall have the responsibility of coordinating such interconnections to insure technical compatibility between the systems to be interconnected. For good cause shown the company may request and the City may grant reasonable extensions of time to comply with the requirements.
   (e)    The company shall provide all facilities necessary to pick up the signals of City channels and transmit them throughout the system from a studio located within the City.
   (f)    The company shall undertake any reasonable construction and installation as may be necessary to keep pace with the latest developments in the state of the art, whether with respect to increasing channel capacity, furnishing improved converters, instituting two-way services, or otherwise. (1969 Code 58.13)
961.13 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION.
   (a)    The configuration of the CATV system shall as a minimum, consist of a head- end facility, centrally located studio within the City, mobile van, minimum of one (1) coaxial cable distribution system, capable of two-way communication from 5 to 300 MHz, with compensation amplifiers, a closed circuit T.V. system linking municipal offices, and such equipment as necessary to constitute subscribers' terminals.
   (b)    The head-end shall consist of such antennas, signal converters, amplifiers, interface equipment, recorders, processors, computers and switching equipment as required by the grantee to pick up, generate and reconstitute the various television, F.M. signals of the system, and CATV data processing and two-way interfacing equipment shall be located at a studio or head-end, at the discretion of grantee and with the approval, in writing, of the City Manager.
   (c)    The studio shall be a centrally located facility for use by the grantee and other designated parties for generation of local color live or recorded T.V. programs including facilities for viewing 8 and 16 millimeter films, and 35 millimeter slides.
   (d)    The grantee shall provide at least one (1) remote van for television cable casting of local events.
   (e)    The grantee shall provide at least one (1) videotape recorder for delayed cable casting.
   
   (f)   All local origination production equipment including such items as cameras, videotape recorders, and video and audio processing equipment shall meet or exceed all F.C.C. technical requirements as well as monochrome and color NTSC standards.
   (g)    All equipment utilization in local origination of programming shall perform, both aurally and visually, comparable to programs cable cast on Class 1 channels as specified by the F.C.C.
   (h)    The grantee shall provide a two-way coaxial distribution system with suitable level compensating amplifiers. The cable shall have a band pass of 5 to 300 MHz. The impedance of the coaxial cable shall be 75 OMS. The type of cable shall be suitable to meet the requirements regarding climatic conditions and above ground/subterranean installations. With the exception of subscriber drops, all cable shall be 1" diameter or have equivalent propagation capabilities.
   (i)    The basic subscriber terminal shall consist of a wall-mounted interconnecting connector cable to converter, a thirty (30) channel converter, interconnecting cable, a balum to translate the coaxial cable impedance to a balanced 300 OHM output pair (one for T.V., one for F.M.). The grantee shall provide a suitable T.V. signal converter for the subscriber. The cost of the converter shall be absorbed by the grantee.
   (j)    The CATV system shall be designed and installed as to comply with the standards set forth herein. The grantee shall file with the City a copy of the system's annual performance test as set forth by the F.C.C. All portions of the system shall be designed and rated for continuous twenty-four (24) hour daily operation over an ambient temperature range from minus (-) 40 degrees F. to plus (+) 140 degrees F. and variations in AC supply voltage from 105 to 130 volts. The grantee shall insure system operation during a power failure by having a standby power system that will automatically transfer to emergency power when the line voltage drops to 87% and transfers back to normal power when the line voltage is 95%. There shall be suitable time delays previous to transfer to emergency and normal. The system shall be capable of delivering to all subscribers standard color and monochrome television signals meeting Nation Television System Committee (NTSC) standards without the introduction of material degradation on color fidelity and intelligence. The system shall also provide subscribers with station signals of the highest quality, meeting applicable F.C.C. broadcast standards.
(1969 Code 58.14)
961.14 OPERATION.
   (a)    The company shall commence operation as the system is constructed. Operations shall be considered commenced with the bona fide retransmission and amplification of television signals on a regular basis. Upon reasonable request for service by any person located within the City, the company shall within sixty (60) days, furnish requested service to such person. If the company requires a time extension to be granted by the City, the same must be made in writing to the City no later than thirty (30) days after the request is made, but the City shall be under no obligation to permit an extension.
   (b)    Initial minimum channel capacity of the system (30) shall be utilized as follows:
VHF & UHF Channels required by F.C.C
   All Public Channels 4
      1- Public Access
      1- Governmental Access
      1- Educational Access
      1- Governmental CATV
   Educational Purpose Channels 1
      1- Educational Channel - WNEO T.V., Channel 45
   
   Company Channels 2
      1- Time & Weather
      1 - Local origination
   (c)    For the presentation of programming on public channels, the company shall allocate time on a first-come, first-served basis, except that the company shall endeavor to allocate such channel time to as many different persons as is practical. In order that there be a maximum opportunity for freedom of expression by members of the public, such programming shall be free from any control by the company as to program content, except those regulations imposed by the F.C.C.
   (d)    The use of additional channels shall be based upon plans developed and mutually agreed upon, and modified from time to time as required, by the company and the City.
   (e)    The company shall provide basic service to one terminal in the City Hall and in all court houses, prisons, reformatories, detention centers, hospitals, police and fire stations, all public, private and parochial schools and publicly owned day care centers located in the City of Mentor, without any charge therefor.
   (f)    In the event of an emergency situation, as determined by the City Manager, the City may interrupt signals otherwise being distributed by the company for the delivery of signals necessitated by such emergency.
   (g)    In the operation of its system, the company shall not interfere in any way with the signals of any electrical system located in buildings which house any part of the system, and shall not deprive an inhabitant of any building, by contract or otherwise, of any existing right he may have to utilize an individual or master antenna for the purpose of receiving television signals. In addition the company shall not utilize any master antenna distribution system for distribution of its signal unless permitted by concurrence of the City.
   (h)    The company shall put, keep and maintain all parts of the system in good condition throughout the term of the franchise.
   (i)    The company shall respond to all service calls and correct malfunctions as promptly as possible, but in all events within twenty (20) hours after notice thereof. For that purpose the company shall maintain a competent resident staff of employees sufficient to provide adequate and prompt service to its subscribers. Any calls received before 2:00 p.m., shall be serviced the same day.
   (j)    Except where there exists an emergency situation necessitating a more expedited procedure, the company may interrupt service for the purpose of repair or upgrading of the system, during periods of minimum use, and only after forty-eight (48) hours minimum notice to subscribers.
   (k)    Studio time shall be available to the City in an emergency upon one (1) hour notice.
   (l)    All construction concerning the production facilities above and beyond approval of the normal construction channels shall be approved by the City.
(1969 Code 58.15)
961.15 SUPERVISION BY THE CITY.
   The City, through its appropriately designated representatives, shall have the right to supervise all construction and installation work performed subject to the provisions of this chapter and make such inspections as it shall find necessary to insure compliance with the terms of this chapter and other pertinent provisions of law.
(1969 Code 58.16)
961.16 REMOVAL OF EQUIPMENT FROM PUBLIC WAYS.
   At the expiration of the term for which a franchise is granted, or upon termination and cancellation as provided herein, the City shall have the right to require the franchisee to remove at its own expense any and all portions of the CATV system from the public ways within the City. (1969 Code 58.17)
961.17 CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE.
   No person or organization shall hereafter begin construction, extension or operation of a CATV system or acquire ownership or control thereof without first complying with the franchise rules and regulations.
(1969 Code 58.18)
961.18 FILINGS AND COMMUNICATIONS WITH REGULATORY AGENCIES.
   Copies of all petitions, applications and communications submitted by a franchisee to the Federal Communications Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other federal or state regulatory commission or agency having jurisdiction in respect to any matters affecting CATV operations authorized pursuant to this chapter, shall also be submitted simultaneously to the City. (1969 Code 58.19)
 
961.19 APPLICATION FOR PERMITS.
   The franchisee shall diligently apply for all necessary permits and authorizations required in the conduct of its business, and shall diligently pursue the acquisition thereof, including pole attachment contracts from Ohio Bell Telephone Company and the Illuminating Company, and necessary authorizations from the Federal Aviation Agency to construct such receiving antenna towers as may be required and any necessary authorizations or waivers from the Federal Communications Commission, and franchisee shall notify the City, in writing, immediately when any such permit, authorization, contract or waiver is obtained.
(1969 Code 58.20)
961.20 EMERGENCY ALERT.
   The system will be engineered to provide an Audio Alert System. This system shall allow authorized officials to automatically override the "audio" signal on all channels and transmit and report emergency information. In the event of any such use by the City, the City will hold harmless and indemnify the franchisee from any damages incurred by third parties or penalties incurred by the franchisee resulting from the use of this service.
(1969 Code 58.21)
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