A franchisee shall provide all the following services to subscribers:
(A) A basic subscriber television service tier which consists at minimum on any legally required “must carry” signals an information and weather channel, and at least one public educational and governmental access channel. This may be superseded by the forthcoming FCC definition of “basic service tier”, in conformance with the 1992 Cable Act;
(B) The franchisee shall provide leased access channels to the extent required by federal law; and
(C) A franchisee shall provide equipment directly or through grants for local program production by all cable users for live and video tape presentation over the cable television system in accordance with the provisions of the franchise agreement. The franchisee shall have no control over the content of access programs. Any public access channel shall be made available to any member of the public on a first come, first served, nondiscriminatory basis.
(Ord. 25(1994))