(a) "Community antenna system" means any facility which originates or transmits or distributes electronic signals to subscribers for a fee or fees, including video and/or audio signals from operating television stations and AM and FM radio stations, but not limited to such signals. Specifically included as permissible are services and/or programming originated by the system.
(b) Community antenna system, shall not be applied to the following facilities:
(1) A facility servicing fewer than fifty subscribers.
(2) A facility serving one or more rental complexes, including multi-family and/or single family dwellings, under the same ownership, control or management, and including commercial establishments located on the premises of such a rental complex or complexes.
(3) A facility serving individual hotels or motels, or more than one hotel and/or motel under the same ownership, control or management.
(4) A facility owned and operated by a nonprofit organization, with service limited to the premises of such nonprofit organization.
(c) "Operator" means any person, persons, partnership, firm, company, corporation or association operating a community antenna system and holding a permit granted by an ordinance of Council to operate same within the corporate limits of the City.
(d) "Transmission and distribution", "carriage and/or utilization" and "origination", refer to methods, techniques and procedures in the operation of a community antenna system as authorized by the Federal Communications Commission, either by virtue of enabling rules and regulations or in the absence of prohibiting rules and regulations.
(e) "City" means the City of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
(Ord. 77-75. Passed 6-9-75.)
(f) "Gross basic service and installation subscriber revenues" means any and all compensation and other consideration derived directly by the Company from subscribers for regularly furnished basic CATV service and installation. Gross basic service and installation subscriber revenue shall not include revenues derived from per program or per channel charges, leased channel revenues, advertising revenues or any taxes on services furnished by the Company imposed directly on any subscriber or user by any city, state or other governmental unit and collected by the Company for such governmental unit.
(Ord. 142-90. Passed 12-10-90.)