(a) After a cable operator has filed its existing schedule of rates or a proposed increase in such rates, the existing schedule of rates will remain in effect or the proposed increase in such rates will become effective after thirty days from the date of filing under Section 808.25(a), unless the City Council (or another properly authorized body or official) tolls the thirty-day deadline pursuant to 47 CFR 76.933 by issuing a brief written order, by resolution or otherwise, within thirty days of the date of filing. The City Council may toll the thirty-day deadline for an additional ninety days in cases not involving cost-of-service showings and for an additional 150 days in cases involving cost-of-service showings.
(b) If a written order has been issued pursuant to subsection (a) hereof and 47 CFR 76.933 to toll the effective date of existing rates for the basic service tier and associated equipment or a proposed increase in such rates, the cable operator shall submit to the City any additional information required or requested pursuant to Section 808.25(b). In addition, the City Council shall hold a public hearing to consider the comments of interested parties within the additional ninety-day or 150-day period, as the case may be. The City Clerk shall publish a public notice of the public hearing in a newspaper of general circulation within the City which shall state:
(1) The date, time and place at which the hearing shall be held;
(2) That interested parties may appear in person, by agent or by letter at such hearing to submit comments on, or objections to, the existing rates or the proposed increase in such rates; and
(3) That copies of the schedule of rates or the proposed increase in such rates and related information (except those parts which may be withheld as proprietary) are available for inspection or copying from the office of the City Clerk. The public notice shall be published not less than fifteen days before the hearing. In addition, the City Clerk shall mail, by first-class mail, a copy of the public notice to the cable operator not less than fifteen days before the hearing.
(Ord. 227. Passed 9-22-93.)