Amending Chapter 7 Entitled Cable Television Franchising

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(2) All structures and all lines, equipment and connections in, over, under and upon streets, sidewalks, alleys and other public ways and public places in the City, whereever situated or located, shall at all times be kept and maintained in a safe, suitable, substantial condition and in good order and repair. (3) The signal of any television or radio station carried on the franchisee's CATV system shall be carried without material degradation in quality or color within the limits imposed by the technical state of the art and as set forth by the FCC. (4) The franchisee shall maintain an office in the City or within four miles of the limits thereof, staffed with one or more agents or employees at all times, and shall have sufficient employees to provide safe, adequate and proper service for its facilities. The franchisee's office shall be open during normal business hours five days a week and shall have adequate local telephone service and staffing so that complaints and requests for repairs or adjustments may be received by said office 24 hours per day. (5) The franchisee shall grant to the City, free of expense, joint use of any and all poles owned by it for any compatable and proper municipal pur- poses, insofar as it may be done without inter- fering with the free use and enjoyment of the franchisee's own wires and provided that all such joint use shall be in full compliance with all rules, regulations and requirements enacted upon the franchisee and provided that it shall be in accordance with the provisions of the National Electrical Safety Code prepared by the National Bureau of Standards and the National Electric Code of the National Board of Fire Underwriters affecting electrical installations which may be presently in effect or future changes thereto. (6) The franchisee shall undertake any and all con- struction and installation necessary to keep current with the latest development in the state of the art of CATV, whether with respect to increasing channel capacity, developing new services, instituting more extensive two -way service, or otherwise, whenever possible in the light of the franchisee's financial condition and the developmental status of new technology. (7) In areas of the City having telephone lines and electrical and utility lines underground, whether required by other sections of this Code or not, any or all CATV lines, cables, and wires shall be underground. Existing poles for electric and communication purposes shall be utilized whereever possible, and underground installation even when not required shall be preferable to the placing of additional poles. Poles shall not be installed for the sole purpose of supporting CATV installa- tions without written justification to and approval by the Board. The Board may require wires crossing streets to be placed underground if there are no overhead wires at the crossing. 2