As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated below. Words not defined herein shall have the
meaning set forth in the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984,
as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 521 et seq., or, if not defined
therein, their common and ordinary meanings:
BASIC SERVICE
Any tier of cable service which includes the retransmission
of local television broadcast signals or access channels.
BROADCAST SIGNAL
A television or radio signal that is transmitted over the
air and is received by a cable television system off the air, by satellite,
by microwave or by direct connection to a broadcasting station.
CABLE ACT
The Cable Communications Act of 1984, as amended, 47 U.S.C.
§ 521 et seq., and as may hereafter be amended.
CABLE SERVICE
Shall have the meaning given it under the Cable Act.
CABLE SYSTEM
Shall have the meaning given it under the Cable Act.
CHANNEL
Shall have the meaning given it under the Cable Act.
COMMERCIAL SUBSCRIBER
A subscriber who receives a service in a place of business,
where the service may be utilized in connection with a business, trade
or profession or institution.
FCC
The Federal Communications Commission.
FRANCHISEE
Any provider of a cable communications system that receives
a franchise pursuant to this chapter.
GROSS REVENUES
All revenues, without any deduction for cost or expense,
derived, directly or indirectly, by the franchisee, its affiliates,
subsidiaries, parents and any other person in which the franchisee
has a financial interest from the franchisee's operation of a
cable system in the City to provide cable service.
PROGRAMMER
Any person, firm, corporation, institution or entity who
or which produces or otherwise provides program material for transmission
by video, audio, digital or other signals, either live or from recorded
tapes or films or by other means, to the subscriber by means of the
cable system.
PUBLIC ACCESS CHANNEL
Any channel where any member of the general public may be
a programmer on a first-come-first-served nondiscriminatory basis.
PUBLIC STREET
The surface of the space above and below any public street,
avenue, highway, boulevard, concourse, driveway, bridge, tunnel, park,
parkway, waterway, dock, bulkhead, wharf, pier, alley, right-of-way,
public utility easement, public utility and any other public ground
or water subject to the jurisdiction and control of the City of Westminster.
RESIDENTIAL SUBSCRIBER
A subscriber who receives a service in an individual dwelling
unit, where the service is not to be utilized in connection with a
business, trade, profession or institution.
SERVICE AREA
The geographic area in which a franchisee provides cable
service.
SUBSCRIBER
Any person, firm, institution, corporation or other entity
who or which elects to receive, for any purpose, a service provided
by the franchisee by means of or in connection with the cable television
system.
SUBSCRIBER SERVICE DROP
Each extension wiring from the franchisee's distribution
lines to a subscriber point of use.
A franchisee shall not oppose intervention by the City in any
suit or proceeding to which the franchisee is a party.
Except where otherwise expressly stated herein, all costs incurred
by a franchisee in connection with any provision of this chapter shall
be borne by the franchisee.
Any violation of this chapter shall constitute a municipal infraction, subject to the penalties and procedures set forth in §
1-18 of the City Code.