For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
COMMUNITY ANTENNA TELEVISION SYSTEM or CATV. Any facility which is constructed in whole or in part in, on, under or over any highway or other public place and which is operated to perform for hire the service of receiving and amplifying the signals broadcast by one or more television stations and redistributing such signals by wire, cable or other means to members of the public who subscribe to such service; except that such definition shall not include any system which serves fewer than 50 subscribers, or any system which serves only the residents of one or more apartment dwellings under common ownership, control or management, and commercial establishments located on the premises of such dwellings. A CATV is classified by reason of the purpose and operation of the facilities; the technology by which the signals are received, amplified, and redistributed is not relevant to the determination of whether such a system is a Community Antenna Television System. A CATV may include, but it not limited to, a Cable System or Open Video System, as such terms are defined in Title 47, Chapter 5 of the United States Code, as now written or hereafter amended.
CONSTRUCT.
(1) The installation of cables, lines, fibers or facilities that are in or cross any of the streets, highways or public rights of way within the village for use as part of a CATV, or
(2) The connection of other facilities directly or indirectly to previously existing cables, lines, fibers or facilities that are in or cross any of the streets, highways or public rights-of-way within the village for use as part of a CATV.
PERSON. Individuals, corporations, partnerships, limited liability corporations, limited liability partnerships and any other form of legal entity.
(Ord. 2006-19, passed 5-1-06)