§ 112.049 PEG CHANNELS.
   (A)   The city has a goal of promoting public, education, and governmental (PEG) access use so as to meet the long-range needs of the city and its citizens. Accordingly, as a matter of policy every application for a new or renewed franchise shall include the applicant's proposed PEG facilities, which shall be provided at the franchisee's expense. At minimum, these facilities shall include:
      (1)   One educational channel that is available for providing primary and secondary educational programming;
      (2)   One public channel that is available for providing public access, senior citizen, and library programming;
      (3)   One governmental channel that is available for providing noncommercial governmental programming; and
      (4)   Reasonable access support, including a studio and support equipment and assistance.
   (B)   If at any time, 80% of the total time allocated for any required PEG channel is consistently used five days a week for a period of three consecutive months, then the franchisee shall provide an additional PEG channel.
   (C)   A franchisee shall develop a plan for handling requests for public use of PEG access facilities, channels, or programming. Before implementing such a plan, the city shall review and approve it. Such a plan should be nondiscriminatory in nature and should encourage joint or cooperative efforts on the part of potential users.
(Ord. 96-9, passed 2-26-1996)