59 ORDINANCE NO. 59
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF GRAND TERRACE, CALIFORNIA, GRANTING
A NON-EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE TO GROUP W CABLE,
INC. , TO CONSTRUCT, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN A
CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEM IN THE CITY OF
GRAND TERRACE AND SETTING FORTH CONDITIONS
ACCOMPANYING THE GRANTING OF THE FRANCHISE.
WHEREAS, the City of Grand Terrace, pursuant to Ordinance No. 49,
adopted June 11, 1981, did declare its intention to award one or more
non-exclusive revocable franchises to construct, operate, and maintain a Cable
Television System within the City of Grand Terrace; and
WHEREAS, the City of Grand Terrace has solicited applications for a
Cable Television franchise on a competitive basis and, after due evaluation of
the applications received and after public hearings, the City Council , by
Resolution 82-03 adopted on January 25, 1982, found and determined that
Telepromter of Southern California, Inc. , the best qualified applicant and was
entitled to be awarded said franchise.
WHEREAS, Teleprompter of Southern California, Inc., has undergone a
merger and is now known as Group W Cable, Inc. ; and
WHEREAS, Group W Cable, Inc. , agrees to abide by all commitments made
to the City of Grand Terrace by Teleprompter of Southern California, Inc. ;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND TERRACE,
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN the following terms and conditions of franchise
in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance No. 49, and this Ordinance:
Section 1. Index
Section 2. Award of Franchise - Pg 2
Section 3. Definitions - pg. 3
Section 4. General Provisions - Pg. 7
Section 5. Rights Reserved to the City - Pg. 10
Section 6. Construction - Pg. 11
Section 7. Use of Streets - Pg. 14
Section 8. Rearrangement of Facilities - Pg. 16
Section 9. Service Requirements - Pg. 17
Section 10. Program Origination Facilities - Pg. 17
Section 11. Rates to Customers - Pg. 18
Section 12. Service, Operation, and Maintenance - Pg. 18
Section 13. Inspection and Reports - Pg. 21
Section 14. Evaluation Sessions - Pg. 21
Section 15. Remedies for Franchise Violations - Pg. 22
Section 16. Prohibited Activities - Pg. 23
Section 17. Rights of Individuals Protected - Pg. 23
Section 18. Termination - Pg. 24
Section 19. Right to Purchase System - Pg. 25
Section 20 Separability - Pg. 26
Section 21. Force Majeure; Grantee' s Inability to Perform - Pg. 26
Section 22 Effective Date - Pg. 26
Section 23 Posting - Pg. 26
Section 24 Adoption - Pg. 27
Approval of the City shall not be unreasonably withheld, provided that
the proposed transferee passes the requisite financial and professional
qualifications, is capable of performing all of the obligations hereof, and
agrees, in writing, to comply with all provisions of this franchise agreement.
i. The Grantee shall not cause or permit to become operative
for any purpose any agreement, undertaking, lease, instrument, or other
contractual arrangement between the Grantee and any person (other than as an
employee) , firm, or corporation for the use by the Grantee of any property or
facility or service of such person, firm, or corporation as part of a system
of the Grantee, whether such property or facility be within or without the
City or between the Grantee and any subscriber in the City unless and until
the same shall have been first submitted in writing to the City and approved
in writing by the City Attorney.
j. The franchise may be renewed by the City upon application
of the Grantee pursuant to the procedure established in this Ordinance and in
accordance with the then applicable law.
The Grantee shall submit its application for renewal , to include a
proposal for services, at least fifteen (15) months prior to the date of
expiration.
The City shall schedule a public hearing on the question of renewal .
After giving public notice, the City Council shall proceed to determine
whether the Grantee has satisfactorily performed its obligations under the
franchise. At such hearing, the Grantee shall have full due process of law
including the opportunity to appear and be heard.
If, based upon Grantee's performance during this franchise term, the
Grantee's input and the public hearings the City Council finds a renewal of
the franchise with the Grantee to be in the best public interest, the City
Council may enter into a renewal of the franchise with the Grantee under such
terms and conditions as it deems advisable to protect the public and the
subscribers to the service.
k. The franchise is for the present territorial limits of the
City of Grand Terrace and for any area annexed thereto during the term of this
franchise.
Section 3. Definitions - For the purposes of this Ordinance, the
following words, terms, phrases, and their derivations shall have the meanings
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.
The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.
a. "City" means the City of Grand Terrace, California, and
all the territory witNin its present and future corporate boundaries.
b. "City Council " means the Council of the City of Grand
Terrace or such representative person or entity as may be designated initially
or at some future date to act on cable television matters.
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m. "Leased Channel " or "Leased Access Channel " means any
channel available for lease and programming y persons or entities other than
the Grantee, including those portion of the other access channels not in use
by their designated programmers.
n. "Open Channel " means any channel that can be received
by all subscribers without the necessity for special equipment.
o. "Private Channel "or "Closed-Circuit Channel " means any
channel which is available only to subscribers who are provided with special
converter or terminal equipment to send or receive signals on that channel .
p. "Converter" means an electronic device which converts
signal carriers from one form to another.
q. "Broadcast Signal" means a television or radio signal
that is transmitted over-the-air to a wide geographic audience and is received
by a Cable Television System, off-the-air, by microwave link, by satellite
receiver, or by other means.
r. "Non-Broadcast Signal " means a signal that is transmitted
by a Cable Television System and that is not involved in an over-the-air
broadcast transmission path.
S. "Cablecast Signal" means a non-broadcast signal that
originates within the facilities of the Cable Television System.
t. "Basic Subscriber Television," "Basic Subscriber
Services," or "Basic Service means the simu taneous elivery by the Grantee
to all subscribers within the confines of the City of Grand Terrace.
(1) All signals of over-the-air television broadcast
required by the FCC to be carried by a community
antenna television system as defined by the FCC or all
those over-the-air signals which are received by the
community without the aid of a Cable Television System
or similar apparatus; and
(2) Channels designated for special purposes by the
Council or its designate; and
(3) Public, educational , local government, local
origination, and lease access channels signals; and
(4) Additional service as proposed by the grantee in its
application or as it may hereafter provide, provided,
however, that pay or subscription television, as
defined by the FCC and radio services supplied by the
Grantee shall not be considered part of the basic
Lservice.
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(1) Subscribers or users in payment for television or FM
radio signals, reception or service received within
the City, whether said signals, reception, or service
is included within the term "basic subscriber service"
or if an additional or premium charge is collected for
said signals, reception, or services including
installation and line extension charges;
(2) Any fees or income received by Grantee for carrying
advertising or commercial messages over the CATV
facilities; and
(3) From any other person or utilization of or connection
to the property of Grantee to the extent that he may
from time to time legally impose a franchise payment
on account thereof. Notwithstanding the above, gross
annual receipts or gross revenue shall not include any
taxes on services furnished by the Grantee and imposed
directly on any subscriber or user by any city, state,
or other governmental unit and collected by the
Grantee for such governmental unit.
ff. "Person" means any corporation, partnership,
proprietorship, individual , or organization authorized to do business in the
State of California, or any natural person.
Section 4. General Provisions
a. Grantee shall comply with the provisions of this
Ordinance, Ordinance No. 49, and all offerings contained in Grantee's
franchise proposal . In the event of any conflict, that provision which
provides the greatest benefit to the City, in the opinion of the City Council ,
shall prevail .
b. Following the issuance and acceptance of the franchise,
the Grantee shall pay to the Grantor a franchise fee of three percent of all
gross revenues derived from the operation of the Cable Television System. The
Grantee shall pay an additional two (2) percent franchise fee assisting and
supporting the City in its application for waiver of Federal Communications
Commission Regulations Section 76.31. If at any time in the future Federal or
State limitations on franchise fees are no longer in force, the City shall
have the right to negotiate for such higher franchise fees as City deems
necessary.
Payments shall be completed and paid on a quarterly basis and due no
later than thirty (30) days following the end of each calendar quarter.
The Grantee shall file with the City, within thirty (30) days after
the expiration of any calendar year or portion thereof during which such
franchise is in force, a financial statement prepared by a certified public
accountant, or person otherwise satisfactory to the City Council , showing in
detail the gross annual receipts of Grantee during the preceding calendar year
or portion thereof.
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f. The Grantee, by the acceptance or use of this franchise,
agrees to indemnify and save free and harmless the City, it officers, agents,
and employees from and against any and all liability arising out of any and
all claims, demands, causes of actions, or proceedings which may be asserted,
prosecuted or established against them, or any of them for damage to persons
or property of whatever nature arising out of the use by Grantee of the City
streets or other City owned right-of-way (or of any other operations or
activities of Grantee pursuant to this franchise) whether such damage shall be
caused by negligence or otherwise (including but not limited to any liability
for damages by reason of or arising out of any failure by Grantee to secure
consents from the owners, authorized distributors, or licensees of programs to
be delivered by Grantee's CATV system) and irrespective of the amount of the
comprehensive liability insurance policy required hereunder, but, excepting
therefrom, liability arising out of any claim, demand, cause of actions, or
proceeding resulting from the sole negligence of the City, its officers,
agents, or employees.
g. Grantee, by the acceptance or use of this franchise,
agrees to defend at its own cost and expense the City, its officers, agents,
and employees against any and all claims, demands, actions, or proceedings
brought against them, or any of them, in respect to the matters embraced by
indemnity set forth above.
h. Grantee shall have no recourse whatsoever against the
City, its officers, agents, or employees for any loss, cost, expense, or
damage arising out of any provision or requirement of this franchise or
because of its enforcement.
i . Upon the effective date of the franchise, Grantee shall
furnish proof that a satisfactory liability insurance policy is in force in
the minimum amounts of:
Worker' s Compensation -- in accordance with
California Law;
Combined Single Limit General
& Motor Vehicle Liability -- $1,000,000.
The Worker' s Compensation and Liability Insurance Policies shall be
maintained throughout the duration of the franchise, with the City named as
additional insured. A copy of the insurance certificates shall be filed with
the City, and the City shall be notified at least thirty (30) days prior to
any cancellation of insurance.
j. No privilege or exemption shall be granted or conferred by
any franchise granted under this article except those specifically prescribed
herein.
k. Any privilege claimed under any such franchise by the
Grantee in any street or other public property shall be subordinate to any
prior lawful occupancy of the streets of other public property.
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adjust, settle, or compromise and controversy or charge arising from the
operations of any grantee under this Section, either on behalf of the City,
the Grantee, or any subscriber, in the best interest of the public. This is
not to include the settlement of disputes arising from the non-payment of
fees. Either the Grantee or any member of the public who may be dissatisfied
with the descisions of the City Manager may appeal the matter to the Council
for hearing and determination. The Council may adjust, settle, or compromise
any controversy or cancel any charge arising from the operations of any
Grantee or from any provision of this Section.
f. At the time of the granting of any franchise, the City
Council shall establish or approve all basic rates and charges allowable to
Grantee, including but not limited to all such rates and charges for
installation of equipment and service charges including additional connections
at one location. No such rates or charges shall be changed at any time after
the granting of a franchise, except by authority of the Council and upon
written request of the Grantee.
g. Council will be kept informed of any changes in any and
all rates including special programming not included in the above paragraph.
h. One connection to the system shall be furnished free of
charge in each public school in the area covered by the CATV franchise. The
City Council may require similar free service to hospitals, fire stations, or
other similar facilities operated by public or quasi-public agency.
i . At all reasonable times, the Grantee shall permit any duly
authorized representative of the City to examine all property of the Grantee,
together with any appurtenant property of the Grantee situated within or
without the City and to examine and transcribe any and all maps and other
records kept or maintained by the Grantee or under its control which deal with
the operations, affairs, transactions, or property of the Grantee with respect
to its franchise. If any such maps or records are not kept in the City, or
upon reasonable request made available in the City, and if the Council
determines that an examination thereof is necessary or appropriate, then all
travel and maintenance expense necessarily incurred in making such examination
shall be paid by the Grantee.
The Grantee shall prepare and furnish to the City Engineer and the
Finance Officer, at the times and in the form prescribed by either of said
officers, such reports with respect to its operations, affairs, transactions,
or property as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to the performance
of any of the rights, functions, or duties of the City or any of its officers
in connection with the franchise.
The Grantee shall at all times make and keep in the City full and
complete plans and records showing the exact location of all CATV system
equipment installed or in use in streets and other public places in the City.
Section 6. Construction -
a. The Grantee shall meet or exceed all the material
construction and service requirements set out in this franchise and in
addition shall meet or exceed those material service requirements set out in
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or was not reasonably foreseeable. The imposition by the City of any such
penalties shall be in accordance with the procedures set forth in this
Ordinance.
(4) The City shall have the right to inspect all
construction or installation work performed subject to
the provisions of the franchise and to make such tests
as it shall find necessary to ensure compliance with
the terms of the franchise and other pertinent
provisions of law.
(5) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, the
Grantee shall provide all residential services to all
residents of the City at uniform installation charges
and monthly rates.
(6) Except as provided in Paragraph g and i herein, the
Grantee shall construct or install its cables and
other line facilities overhead utilizing the poles and
other facilities of the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph Company, the General Telephone Company, the
Southern California Edison Company. or any other
telephone or electric power company operated and
maintained pursuant to a State or City granted
franchise and regulated as a public utility by the
Public Utilities Commission of the State of
California. The Grantee shall have the duty and
burden of negotiating and obtaining pole lease
agreements (utility joint use attachment agreements)
from said companies. Copies of all such agreements
shall be filed with the City Engineer. The Grantee
shall not erect or cause to be erected any pole for
the use of its Cable Television System without the
written consent of the City Engineer.
h. The Grantee shall not commence construction of any
underground facilities under the provision of this franchise or add to such
existing underground system, if any there be, until it first shall have
obtained a construction-excavation permit therefor from the City Engineer.
The application of the Grantee shall show the following facts: The length,
depth, and proposed location of the underground facilities proposed to be laid
or constructed; the size and description of the conduit intended to be used;
and such other facts as the City Engineer may require. The Grantee shall pay
any and all inspection and permit fees of the City. Any work undertaken by
Grantee pursuant to this Ordinance and not completed in a timely manner or in
accordance with conditions specified within City permits, the City may cause
to be performed said works or projects at Grantee's expenses. (Reference
Section 4, Paragraph d. )
i . The cables and appurtenances and equipment constructed,
installed, or maintained under the provisions of this franchise shall be
constructed, installed, and maintained in a workmanlike manner to the highest
standard, within accepted engineering practice, of the cable television
industry and in conformity with all ordinances, rules, or regulations now or
hereafter adopted or prescribed by the City.
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The Grantee shall not install or erect any facilities or apparatus in
or on public property, places or rights-of-way, or within any privately owned
area within the City which has not yet become a public street, but is
designated or delineated as a proposed public street on any tentative
subdivision map or master plan approved by the City, except those installed or
erected upon public utility facilities now existing, without obtaining the
prior written approval of the City Engineer.
b. The Grantee shall be permitted to operate in the street to
install , construct, maintain, or repair its lines and facilities, provided it
first obtains a construction-excavation permit from the City Engineer setting
forth the following provisions:
(1) An agreed upon reasonable number of days within which
said work is to be completed. If the Grantee keeps
the street open for a period exceeding the time
specified in the permit, the Grantee shall pay to the
City the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) per day
as liquidated damages. The parties agree that this
provision for liquidated damages is not in the nature
of a penalty, but is assessed by the parties by reason
of the inability of a judge or jury to determine the
amount of compensation due the City in the event of
such default;
drk (2) In the case of construction, installation or repair of
facilities, the location and manner of construction
thereof as approved by the City Engineer acting in the
exercise of his reasonable discretion;
(3) That all street crossing (including roadway, parkway,
sidewalk, and driveways) will be bored and that all
pavements and concrete surfaces will be saw-cut,
unless expressly waived by the City Engineer;
(4) That as soon as such work is completed, all portions
of the streets which have been excavated or otherwise
damageded thereby shall be repaired and placed in as
good condition as they were before the commencement of
such work, to the satisfaction of the City Engineer.
c. If any portion of any street shall be damaged by reason of
the installation or existence of any facility constructed under this
franchise, the Grantee thereof shall , at its own expense immediately following
written or oral notification thereof, repair any such damage and put such
street in as good condition as it was in before such damage, to the
satisfaction of the City Engineer.
d. Effect on Traffic - The work of constructing, maintaining,
or repairing all cable conduits and other facilities and appurtenances of the
Grantee shall be conducted with the least possible hindrance to the use of the
streets for purposes of travel .
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e. In conformity with written notice from the City Engineer,
the City shall have the right to require the Grantee to rearrange any part of
the Grantee' s facilities for the accommodation of the City or of any water,
electric, gas, or other utility system now or hereafter owned or operated by
the City. Except as provided in Paragraph A of this Section 8, such
rearrangement shall be at the City's expense.
Section 9. Service Requirements
a. The Grantee shall provide, as a minimum, the services
listed in its franchise proposal . Services shall not be reduced without prior
approval of the City Council .
b. The Grantee shall construct a technically "up-to-date"
Cable Television System with the capacity for 54 downstream channels and four
upstream channels; 35 of the downstream video channels will be programmed
initially.
c. Basic Subscriber service shall include the FCC-required
services, and all programming outlined in Section 3 of Grantee's proposal .
d. Grantee shall provide the system capability to transmit an
emergency alert signal to all participating subscribers. Grantee shall also
provide an emergency audio message on all channels simultaneously in the event
of disaster or public emergency.
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e. Grantee shall provide standby power generating capacity at
the cable communications system control center and at all hubs. Grantee shall
maintain standby power system supplies, rated at least at four (4) hours
duration, throughout the distribution networks.
f. Grantee at no charge shall provide subscribers, upon
request, with a parental control locking device or digital code that permits
inhibiting the viewing of premium channels.
g. Grantee shall provide an automatic status monitoring
system.
h. Frequency spectrum space shall be held in reserve for
additional services, such as burglar, fire alarm and medical alert services.
Section 10. Program Origination Facilities
a. The Grantee, at its expense, shall provide equipment,
staff, and technical service for video program origination in conformance to
Section IV - Q 16 of the Grantee' s Proposal .
b. The Grantee's obligations for video program origination
shall be in force for the entire term of this franchise.
c. The parties shall negotiate in good faith the timing of
delivery of services at the request of either party.
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c. In the event the Grantee fails to operate the system for
AWN four (4) consecutive days without prior approval of the City or without just
cause, the City may, at its option, operate the system or designate an
operator until such time as the Grantee restores service under conditions
acceptable to the City or a permanent operator is selected. If the City is
required to fulfill this obligation for the Grantee, the Grantee shall
reimburse the City for all reasonable costs or damages in excess of revenues
from the system received by the City that are the result of the Grantee' s
failure to perform.
d. The Grantee shall maintain the CATV system to the highest
practicable performance standards within the cable television industry.
Grantee shall provide a fully equipped service organization with adequate
staff and facilities for maintenance of its CATV system and for furnishing
service to its customers and prospective custormers.
e. The Grantee shall maintain a set of operating
instructions, circuit diagrams, technical manuals, and bulletins necessary for
the proper operation and maintenance of the CATV system. Copes thereof shall
be available to the City.
f. The Grantee shall not refuse service to any resident whose
property is adjacent to a public right-of-way in which a cable is laid or
strung, unless:
(1) Access thereto is unavailable; or
(2) The subscriber has not paid the applicable connection
fee or monthly service charge.
g. During the term of this franchise and any renewal thereof,
the Grantee shall maintain within the City a local business office or agent
for the purpose of receiving and resolving all complaints regarding the
quality of service, equipment, malfunctions, and similar matters. The local
office shall be open to receive inquiries or complaints from subscribers
during normal business hours, and in no event less than 9:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Grantee shall
provide the means to accept complaint calls twenty-four (24) hours a day,
seven (7) days a week. Inquiries and complaint calls shall be accepted in
person between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., seven (7) days a week.
h. Any service complaint from subscribers shall be
investigated and acted upon as soon as possible. Any service complaint shall
be resolved within three (3) calendar days. The Grantee shall credit a
subscriber' s account on a pro-rata basis for loss of service commencing
forty-eight (48) hours after notification.
i . The Grantee shall keep a maintenance service log which
will indicate the nature of each service complaint, its location, the date and
time it was received, the disposition of said complaint, and the time and date
thereof. This log shall be made available for periodic inspection by the
A City.
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Section 13. Inspection and Reports
a. At all reasonable time, the Grantee shall permit any duly
authorized representative of the City to examine all property of the Grantee,
together with any appurtenant property of the Grantee situated within or
without the City, and to examine and transcribe any and all maps and other
records kept or maintained by the Grantee or under its control which deal with
the operations, affairs, transactions, or property of the Grantee with respect
to its franchise. If any such maps or records are not kept in the City, or
upon reasonable request made available in the City, and if the Council shall
determine that an examination thereof is necessary or appropriate, then all
travel and maintenance expenses necessarily incurred in making such
examination shall be paid by the Grantee.
b. The Grantee shall file annually with the City Clerk, not
later than sixty (60) days after the end of Grantee's fiscal year, a copy of
its report to its stockholders (if it prepares such a report) , an income
statement applicable to its operations during the preceding twelve (12) month
period, a balance sheet, and a statement of its properties devoted to CATV
operations, by categories, giving its investment in such properties on the
basis of original cost less applicable depreciation. These reports shall be
prepared or approved by a certified public accountant or certified as to
correctness by an officer of the Grantee. There shall be submitted along with
them such other reasonable information as the City Manager shall request with
respect to Grantee' s properties and expenses related to its CATV operation
within the City.
c. The Grantee shall file with the City Clerk a copy of every
report involving its Grand Terrace Cable Television System made to the FCC as
well , as a copy of every such report made to any State agency which in the
future may regulate such system.
d. The Grantee shall prepare and furnish to the City Manager,
at the times and in the form that he prescribes, such reports with respect to
its operation, affairs, transactions, or property as he determines may be
reasonable necessary or appropriate for the protection of the rights of the
City hereunder.
Section 14. Evaluation Sessions
a. The City and the Grantee shall hold scheduled evaluation
sessions with thirty (30) days of the third, sixth, ninth, and twelfth
anniversary dates of the granting of this franchise. All such evaluation
sessions shall be open to the public and advertised in a newspaper of local
circulation at least five (5) days before each session. The sessions shall be
held at such place, date, and time and before such body or officer as the City
shall determine. The purpose of the sessions shall be to evaluate the
performance of the Grantee in fulfilling its obligation under this franchise
and the quality of its service to the public. Subject for discussion may
include, but shall not be limited to, service rate structure, free or
discounted service, application of new technologies, system performance,
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Section 16. Prohibited Activities
a. Whenever, pursuant to the franchise, Grantee shall make
available for inspection by the City or submit to City reports containing
information considered proprietary by the Grantee, City shall not disclose or
release such reports or information to the public without Grantee's prior
written consent.
Section 17. Rights of Individuals Protected
a. The Grantee shall not deny service, deny access, or
otherwise discriminate against subscribers, programmers, or general citizens
on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, or age. The
Grantee shall adhere to the equal employment opportunity requirements of the
Federal Government, as expressed in Section 76.13(a) (8) and 76.311 of Chapter
1 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The Grantee shall comply at
all times with all other applicable Federal , State, and City laws, and all
executive and administrative orders relating to non-discrimination.
b. Neither the Grantee nor any person, agency, or entity
shall , without the subscriber' s consent, tap, or arrange for the tapping, of
any cable, line, signal input device, or subscriber outlet or receiver for any
purpose except routine maintenance of the system, polling with audience
participation, or audience viewing surveys to support advertising research
regarding viewers where individual viewer behavior cannot be identified.
c. In the conduct of providing its services or pursuit of
any collateral commercial enterprise resulting therefrom, Grantee shall take
any and all necessary action to prevent an invasion of a subscriber' s or
general citizen's right to privacy or other personal rights as such rights are
delimited and defined by applicable law. Grantee shall not without lawful
court order or other applicable valid legal authority utilize the system's
interactive two-way equipment or capability for unauthorized personal
surveillance of any subscriber or general citizen.
d. No cable line, wire, amplifier, converter, or other piece
of equipment owned by Grantee shall be installed by Grantee without first
securing the written permission of the owner of any property involved or
subscriber occupying said property; provided, however, that where the property
owner has granted an easement or a servitude to another and the servitude by
its terms contemplates uses such as the Grantee intended use, Grantee shall
not be required to secure the written permission of the owner or subscriber
occupying said property for the installation of cable television equipment or
facilities unless Grantee elects to do so. If permission is later revoked,
whether by the original or a subsequent owner, the Grantee shall remove
forthwith any of its equipment which is visible and movable and promptly
restore the property to its original condition.
e. The Grantee shall not sell or otherwise make available
lists of the names and addresses of subscribers, or any list which identifies,
by name, subscriber viewing habits, or personalized data pertaining to a
subscriber's use of any of Grantee's services without the consent, express or
implied, of the subscriber to which the personalized data pertains. For
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Grantee of such noncompliance from the City, the City may hold a public
hearing to consider the option of revocation of the franchise. The City shall
give the Grantee at least ten (10) days advance written notice of such hearing
and shall also publish such notice in advance in a newpaper with local
circulation. If, after such hearing, at which Gratee shall be afforded all
due process of law including the right to appear and be heard, the City shall
determine that the franchise should be revoked, City must advise the Grantee
of its decision in writing and may by ordinance declare a forfeiture,
whereupon all rights of the holders of the franchise shall immediately be
divested without a further act upon the part of the City, and the Grantee
shall forthwith remove its structure or property from the streets and restore
the streets to such condition as the City may reasonably require, and, upon
failure to do so, the City may perform the work and collect the cost thereof
from the Grantee. The cost thereof shall be a lien upon all plant and
property of the Grantee. Such lien shall not attach to property of Grantee
located on the poles or other utilities until removal of such property from
pole.
b. The City shall have the right to revoke the franchise one
hundred and twenty (120) days after the appointment of a receiver, or trustee,
to take over and conduct the business of the Grantee, whether in receivership,
reorganization, bankruptcy, or other action or proceeding, unless such
receivership or trusteeship shall have been vacated prior to the expiration of
said one hundred and twenty (120) days, or unless:
(1) Within one hundred and twenty (120) days after his
election or appointment, such receiver or trustee
shall have fully complied with all the provisions of
the franchise and remedied all defaults thereunder;
and
(2) Such receiver or trustee, within said one hundred and
twenty (120) days, shall have executed an agreement,
duly approved by the court having jurisdiction in the
premises, whereby such receiver or trustee assumes and
agrees to be bound by each and every provision of the
franchise.
c. Upon expiration of the initial term of the franchise and
consistent with Section 2, Paragraph j, herein, the City shall have the right,
at its election, to:
(1) Renew or extend the franchise;
(2) Invite additional franchise applications or proposals;
or
(3) Terminate the franchise without further action.
Section 19. Right to Purchase System - The City may in any lawful
manner and upon the payment of a fair valuation lawfully ascertain, purchase,
condemn, acquire, take over, and hold the the property and plant of the
Grantee whole or in part; if such purchase or taking over be upon revocation
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Section 24 First introduced and read at a regular meeting of the City
Council of said City held on the 22nd day of April , 1982, and finally adopted
and ordered posted at a regular meeting of said City Council on the 13th day
of May, 1982.
ATTEST:
City C rk of the City of and Mayor +O.'u Gran err
Terrec and of the City uncil and of th it thereof.
thereof.
Approved as to form:
Ci Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss.
CITY OF GRAND TERRACE )
I, MYRNA ERWAY, City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace, DO HEREBY
CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted by the City Council of
said City at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 13th day of
May, 1982, and that it was so adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Rigley, Petta, Nix;
Mayor Grant.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Councilwoman Pfennighausen.
City C er of the City of Gra Terrace
and of th City Council therelLff.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss.
CITY OF GRAND TERRACE )
I, MYRNA ERWAY, City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace, DO HEREBY
CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full , true, and correct copy of
Ordinance No. 59 of said City, and that the same has not been amended or
repealed.
DATED: May 13th, 1982.
City OOrk of the City of and Terrace
and o the City Council Wereof.