Discussion and Review of Tiffin Municipal Code Revisions – Preparation for Setting the Public Hearing — Tiffin City Code - DRAFT

CHAPTER 114 CABLE TELEVISION REGULATIONS 114.27 SERVICE AGREEMENTS. The Grantee shall have the right to prescribe a reasonable form of service agreement for use between the Grantee and its subscribers. Such service agreement shall be consistent with the terms and conditions of the franchise. 114.28 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS. The Grantee shall produce a picture in black and white or in color that is of high quality accompanied by proper sound on typical standard television sets in good repair. The Grantee shall also transmit signals of adequate strength to produce good pictures with good sound at all subscriber terminals throughout the City without causing cross modulation in the cables or interfering with other electrical or electronic systems. 114.29 CHANNEL CAPACITY AND PERFORMANCE. During the term of the franchise, the cable television system of the Grantee shall conform to the channel capacity and performance requirements contained in the regulations of the FCC, as updated. 114.30 INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF SUBSCRIBER TERMINALS IN CITY BUILDINGS AND SCHOOLS. During the franchise, the Grantee shall at its sole cost, install and maintain a subscriber terminal in such buildings owned or used by the City, and in such buildings owned or used by recognized educational authorities within the City, both public and private, as may be designated by the governing body having jurisdiction thereof. Such subscriber terminals shall be placed in such location within such buildings as may be designated by the governing body having jurisdiction thereof. This provision is meant to apply only to those buildings accessible to Grantee’s system. 114.31 TELECAST OF EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. The Grantee shall not cablecast, tape, reproduce, or otherwise convey to its subscribers the activities of any recognized educational authority, public or private, without the written consent of the governing body of such authority. 114.32 PROGRAM ALTERATION. Any signal received by the Grantee from a television broadcast station shall be cablecast by the Grantee in its entirety, as received, without alteration. 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 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. CODE OF ORDINANCES, TIFFIN, IOWA - 934 -