Amending Chapter 7 Entitled Cable Television Franchising

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(f) "FCC" shall mean the Federal Communications Commission. (g) "Franchise" shall mean and include any authorization granted hereunder in terms of a franchise, right, privilege, and non - exclusive authority to construct, erect, operate and maintain in, upon, along, across, above, over and under the streets, alleys, and other public ways and public places now laid out or dedicated, and all extensions thereof and additions thereto in the City, a system of poles, wires, cables, underground conduits, manholes, and other conductors and fixtures necessary to maintain and operate a CATV system in the City. (h) "Franchisee" shall mean the person to whom the Board grants a franchise to operate a CATV system under this Article. (i) Gross subscription revenue" shall mean all compensa- tion to the franchisee for all CATV services, includ- ing all forms of consideration, including but not necessarily limited to: monthly service charges; installation charges; initial lump sum payments; income from advertising, revenues derived from leased channels, pay TV programs charges, and pay TV service, less program expenses; but not including sales or excise tax. (j) "Person" shall mean any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation or organization of any kind. (k) "Subscriber" shall mean any person who purchases or receives CATV service from a franchisee. (1) "Two -way communications" shall mean the transmission of telecommunications signals from subscriber locations or other points throughout the CATV system back to the system control center as well as transmission of signals from the control center to subscriber locations. Section 7 -2. Operation of CATV Without Franchise Prohibited. No person slzal r use the streets or other public ways or public places of the City to install or operate a CATV system without first obtaining from the Board a non - exclusive franchise granted in accordance with the terms, standards, and conditions of this Article. Section 7 -3. Application for Franchise; Application Fee. Any person wishing to obtain a ranc Ise to operate a UAXV system within the City shall file a written application with the Board, together with a Two Hundred Dollar ($200.00) non - refundable application fee. The application shall contain the following information: (a) The name, address, and form of business of the organization. (b) A description of the CATV system proposed to be installed or operated; the proposed location of the components of each CATV system, the manner in which the applicant proposes to install or operate the same; the extent to which the existing or future poles or other facilities of the City and public utilities will be used for such system; the personnel and qualifications of the working organization proposed for the City; a map specifically showing and delineating the proposed service area within which the applicant proposes to provide CATV service. FA