The Borough of Trappe finds that the development of
cable television and communications systems has the potential of having
great benefit and impact upon the people of the Borough of Trappe.
Because of the complex and rapidly changing technology associated
with cable television, the Borough further finds that the public convenience,
safety and general welfare can best be served by establishing regulatory
powers which should be vested in the Borough or such persons as the
Borough shall designate. It is the intent of this chapter and subsequent
amendments to provide for and specify the means to attain the best
possible public interest and public purpose in these matters, and
any franchise issued pursuant to this chapter shall be deemed to include
this finding as an integral part thereof.
Further, it is recognized that cable communications
systems have the capacity to provide not only entertainment and information
services to the Borough's residents, but can provide a variety of
broadband, interactive communications services to institutions and
individuals.
The system should be capable of accommodating both
the present and reasonably foreseeable future communications needs
of the Borough and its residents and be upgraded to correspond to
present state of the art.
The system shall be constructed and maintained during
the franchise term so that new components may be integrated to the
maximum extent possible with existing facilities.