(a) The rates for basic service and such ancillary services as may from time to time be provided by the operator shall be determined by marketplace considerations. The operator shall file a schedule of all of its rates with the City prior to the effective date of such rates, of the commencement of a new service, or of a change in established rates and prior to the notification to subscribers of such rates or rate change.
(b) Optional services of a noncontinuous nature, such as individual movies, sports events, education programs, etc., may have variable rates and are exempt from filing requirements.
(c) At such time as the operator attains a penetration level of eighty percent (80%), the City may regulate the rates charged by such operator. The term "penetration level" as used herein, means the ratio of the number of basic service subscribers to the total number of households passed by the operator's cable system.
(d) The operator shall not charge subscribers' rates in excess of the filed rates for any service requiring filing of rates, and the operator agrees that rates for services in the City will not exceed those rates charged in the City of Columbus.
(Ord. 100-82. Passed 11-22-82.)