For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words, abbreviations and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future tense, words in the plural number include the singular number and words in the singular number include the plural number.
(a) "City" means the City of Troy, a municipal corporation of the State of Ohio, in its present incorporated form or in any later reorganized, consolidated, enlarged or reincorporated form.
(b) "Council" means the present governing body of the City or any future board constituting the legislative body of the City.
(c) "Director" means the Director of Public Service and Safety or his duly authorized representative.
(d) "Franchise" means and includes any authorization granted hereunder in terms of a franchise, privilege, permit, license or otherwise to construct, operate and maintain a CATV system in the City.
(e) "Grantee" means the person, firm or corporation to whom or which a franchise, as hereinabove defined, is granted by Council under this chapter, and the lawful successor, transferee or assignee of such person, firm or corporation.
(f) "Street" means the surface of and the space above and below any public street, road, highway, freeway, lane, path, alley, court, sidewalk, parkway or drive, now or hereafter existing as such within the City.
(g) "Property of grantee" means all property owned, installed or used by a grantee in the conduct of a CATV business in the City under the authority of a franchise granted pursuant to this chapter.
(h) "CATV" means a community antenna television system as hereinafter defined.
(i) "Community antenna system" means any system which receives and amplifies signals broadcast by one or more television and/or radio stations and which transmits signals originated by the system itself or by another party, and distributes such signals by wire, cable, microwave, satellite or other means, to persons who subscribe to such services.
(j) "Subscriber" means any person or entity receiving for any purpose the CATV service of a grantee.
(k) "Gross annual receipts" means any and all compensation and other consideration in any form whatever and any contributing grant or subsidy received directly or indirectly by a grantee from subscribers or users in payment for television or FM radio-signals or service received within the City. "Gross annual receipts" shall not include any taxes on services furnished by the grantee imposed directly on any subscriber or user by any city, state or other governmental unit and collected by the grantee for such governmental unit.
(Ord. 19-77. Passed 7-18-77; Ord. 31-78. Passed 8-21-78.)