4.20.102.37   Cable system.
   4.20102.37.1.   "Cable system" or "system" shall mean a facility consisting of a set of closed transmission paths and/or return paths and associated signal generation, reception, and control equipment that is designed to provide cable services and other communications services, which are provided to multiple subscribers within a community; any and all reception, distribution and amplification equipment including but not limited to a head end antenna complex and related equipment; a system of microwave retransmitters, coaxial and/or fiber optic cables (including trunk, distribution and drop cables) or other electrical conductors; signal amplifiers; program origination and cable casting facilities; and other equipment utilized by a private operator to receive, to transmit or to retransmit television satellite or radio signals to subscribers who shall receive such signals in a fashion other than off-the-air.
   4.20.102.37.2.   "Cable system" does not include:
   4.20.102.37.2.1.   A facility that serves only to retransmit the television signals of one or more television broadcast stations; or
   4.20.102.37.2.2.   A facility of a common carrier which is subject, in whole or in part, to the provisions of Title II of the Communications Act of 1934, except that such facility shall be considered a cable system to the extent such facility is used in the transmission of video programming directly to subscribers; or
   4.20.102.37.2.3.   Any facility of an electric utility used solely for operating its electric utility systems. (Ord. 205 § 3, 2001)