(a) Community use programming constitutes a form of access opportunity to members of the general public to produce programming in separate studio facilities with minimal instructional assistance, direction, and control by a grantee.
(b) Applicants desiring to propose community use programming shall include the following within their applications:
(1) The number of hours per week that one or more (specifying the number) channels on the subscriber network will be made available exclusively for the type of access use programming prescribed by this section;
(2) If two (2) or more channels are to be made available for such use, a specification of the tier or tiers of service in which all channels, except the one included in the basic services, will be placed;
(3) A description of the location, nature, and extent of the separate and independent studio facilities, production equipment, personnel resources, and other resources to be provided in connection with such access use and community use programming, designed in such a manner as to permit operation by members of the public with minimal training and supervision;
(4) A commitment to make the studio facilities, production equipment, personnel resources, other resources, and channels available for use, program production, and broadcasts a specified number of hours per day during the term of the franchise; the actual number of days per week and hours per day such resources will be available for use, program production and broadcasts being subject to regulation from time to time by the independent authority created pursuant to subsection (2) of subsection (b)of Section 11-1.902 of this article;
(5) A commitment to operate and provide the studio facilities, production equipment, personnel resources, other resources, channel broadcast time, and programming opportunity at the sole cost of the applicant without any charge whatsoever;
(6) A statement of the nature and extent of all training to be offered by the applicant respecting the equipment, operation, and training required as a condition of facility and equipment use and operation by members of the public; and
(7) A commitment to allow the use of the studio facilities, production equipment, personnel resources, other resources, and channels for the production and broadcast of community use programming by members of the general public, including individuals and local nonprofit community organizations, on a first-come first-served basis during the term of the franchise. (§ 1, Ord. 961, eff. October 27, 1983)