(a) Any cable television company granted a franchise pursuant to this chapter shall furnish reasonably adequate service and facilities to the public, and its cable television system shall be installed, constructed, maintained and operated in accordance with the accepted standards of the industry, in conformity with the state of the art and any standards of operation or maintenance for a cable television system which may be established or issued by the Federal Communications Commission. It is the intention of the Cable Communications Commission that any person granted a franchise to furnish a cable television service to the public in the City shall possess the financial and technical qualifications necessary to provide a cable television system which will ensure its subscribers high quality service.
(b) Every cable television system franchised under this chapter shall have at least 300 MHZ of bandwith (the equivalent of thirty-five television broadcast channels) available for immediate or potential use for the totality of cable services to be offered. However, a minimum of twelve such channels shall be equipped and available for immediate use on the initial construction of the system. Six or more additional available channels shall be available at the option of the subscriber. Such system shall possess the capability for the reception and distribution of quality FM broadcasts. A minimum of twenty such channels shall be equipped for use at such time as the system commences service to 1,000 or more subscribers.
(c) Every such cable television system shall maintain a plant having technical capacity for return communications, nonvoice and voice, on all parts of the system.
(d) Every such cable television system shall maintain and make available without charge such public access channels, education access channels, local government access channels and leased access channels as may from time to time be designated, established, required or regulated by the rules and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission, including the expansion of access capacity as may be required to fulfill the needs for such access channels pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission, and shall comply with all applicable rules, standards or requirements of the Federal Communications Commission or other Federal or State agencies or commissions which may have jurisdiction over the grantee.
(e) Every such cable television system shall maintain such capacity, capability and technical standards as will enable it to interconnect with any other cable television system located in any adjacent community.
(Ord. 175. Passed 7-21-81.)