(A) In the event that during the term of any franchise granted hereunder, the franchisee enters into a franchise agreement with another municipality which requires the franchisee to establish a government or related non-profit agency access channel, and in the event that a majority of the franchisee’s communities in the Upper Bucks County contiguous service area request access to such channel, the franchisee shall grant access on the same terms and conditions to the Upper Bucks County municipalities, including the township.
(B) (1) The company shall provide, without charge, a free connection and basic monthly service to any government building, fire station, police station, public school building or other building devoted to governmental purpose abutting a street served by the franchisee’s system. The distribution of the cable facility inside each such building and the extent thereof shall be the operation and expense of the owner.
(2) In the case of any emergency or disaster, the franchisee shall, upon request of the township, make available without charge its facilities to the township throughout the emergency or disaster.
(3) Any material breach of any material term or condition of this agreement or a pattern of breach regarding cable service or quality of service which extend over a six-month period of time shall be grounds for termination of this agreement. In the event of the occurrence of one or more of the foregoing, township shall notify franchisee of its intent to terminate, and provide the reasons for such termination. The franchisee shall be afforded 60 days to cure the breach or take affirmative action to commence a cure of said breach. If franchisee fails to take affirmative action towards curing the breach within said 60-day period, the township shall schedule a public hearing on its intent to terminate the franchise. The company shall be afforded the due process rights of notice, representation and the right to be heard at said public hearing. After such public hearing, the township shall have the right to terminate the company for just cause if said cause is established, or to impose a lessor penalty if it so desires.
(Ord. 91, passed 12-10-1991)