§ 114.33 Rates And Charges

1. Except as otherwise provided, the Grantee shall have the right, privilege, and authority to charge rates and charges to its subscribers for its service.

2. Multi-user rates and charges may be negotiated between the Grantee and the subscriber, but in no event shall the multi-user rates and charges for any subscriber exceed the aggregate of rates and charges which would be charged to the multi-user if completed on the basis of the single-user rates and charges.

3. In addition to the monthly service rate, the Grantee may add to that rate taxes or City fees imposed upon the Grantee’s gross subscriber revenues by City, County, State or Federal governmental or legislative bodies and fees or charges imposed upon the Grantee for the use and distribution of copyrighted program material.

4. Grantee may, at its own discretion, waive, reduce, or suspend connection fees for specific or indeterminate periods and/or monthly service fees for promotional purposes.

5. There will be no installation charge during the time of construction for the first 30 days after the local feeder cable in available for connection.

6. A current schedule of rates shall be kept on file with the City Clerk.

7. For the purposes of this section, “basic monthly cable television service” is the provision of television broadcast signals and access and origination channels, if any, and does not include advertising services, rental of studios or equipment, provision of program production services, per-channel or per-program charges to subscribers (“pay cable”), rental of channels, sale of channel time, provision of commercial services such as security systems, or any other services of the system, the rates and charges for which shall not require approval of the City.

8. Grantee shall have the right to change the rates for basic monthly cable television service, provided that rate increases shall not occur less than one year apart from one to the next.

1. Except as otherwise provided, the Grantee shall have the right, privilege, and authority to charge rates and charges to its subscribers for its service.

2. Multi-user rates and charges may be negotiated between the Grantee and the subscriber, but in no event shall the multi-user rates and charges for any subscriber exceed the aggregate of rates and charges which would be charged to the multi-user if completed on the basis of the single-user rates and charges.

3. In addition to the monthly service rate, the Grantee may add to that rate taxes or City fees imposed upon the Grantee’s gross subscriber revenues by City, County, State, or federal governmental or legislative bodies and fees or charges imposed upon the Grantee for the use and distribution of copyrighted program material.

4. Grantee may, at its own discretion, waive, reduce, or suspend connection fees for specific or indeterminate periods or monthly service fees for promotional purposes.

5. There will be no installation charge during the time of construction for the first 30 days after the local feeder cable is available for connection.

6. A current schedule of rates shall be kept on file with the Clerk.

7. For the purposes of this section, “basic monthly cable television service” is the provision of television broadcast signals and access and origination channels, if any, and does not include advertising services, rental of studios or equipment, provision of program production services, per-channel or per-program charges to subscribers (“pay cable”), rental of channels, sale of channel time, provision of commercial services such as security systems, or any other services of the system, the rates and charges for which shall not require approval of the City.

8. Grantee shall have the right to change the rates for basic monthly cable television service, provided that rate increases shall not occur less than one year apart from one to the next.