(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)