Each franchisee shall comply with all federal, state and local laws and regulations heretofore and hereafter adopted or established during the entire term of its franchise.
Without limiting such immunities as the Town or other persons may have under applicable law, a franchisee shall have no recourse whatsoever against the Town or its officials, boards, commissions, agents or employees for any loss, costs, expense or damage arising out of any provision or requirement of this chapter or because of the enforcement of this chapter or the Town's exercise of its authority pursuant to this chapter, a franchise agreement or other applicable law, unless the same shall be caused by criminal acts or by willful or gross negligence.
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The rights and remedies reserved to the Town by this chapter are cumulative and shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other rights and remedies which the Town may have with respect to the subject matter of this chapter.
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The Town hereby reserves to itself the right to intervene in any suit, action or proceeding involving any provision of this chapter or a franchise agreement.
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Specific mention of the materiality of any of the provisions herein is not intended to be exclusive of any others for the purpose of determining whether any failure of compliance hereunder is material and substantial.
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No franchisee shall be relieved of its obligation to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter or a franchise agreement by reason of any failure of the Town to enforce prompt compliance, nor shall any inaction by the Town be deemed to waive or void any provision of this chapter or a franchise agreement.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter or a franchise agreement, nothing in this chapter or a franchise agreement shall preclude the Town from exercising its police powers to enact, amend or supplement any law or regulation governing cable communications within the Town.
In the event of a major public emergency or disaster as determined by the County Executive of Prince George's County, a franchisee shall immediately make the entire cable system, employees and property, as may be necessary, available for use by the Town or other civil defense or governmental agency designated by the Town to operate the system for the term of such emergency or disaster for the emergency purposes. In the event of such use, a franchisee shall waive any claim that such use by the Town constitutes a use of eminent domain, provided that the Town shall return use of the entire system, employees and property to the franchisee after the emergency or disaster has ended or has been dealt with.
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Subscribers shall have the right to attach devices to a franchisee's system and the right to use their own remote control devices and converters and other similar equipment, consistent with FCC equipment compatibility rules and other applicable law, and a franchisee shall provide information to consumers which will allow them to adjust such devices so that they may be used with the franchisee's system.
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A franchisee shall not, as a condition of providing service, require a subscriber or potential subscriber to remove any existing antenna or disconnect an antenna, or prohibit or discourage a subscriber from installing an antenna switch, provided that such equipment and installations are consistent with applicable codes and technically able to shield the cable system from any interference.
Unless otherwise indicated, when the performance or doing of any act, duty, matter or payment is required under this chapter or any franchise agreement, and a period of time or duration for the fulfillment of doing thereof is prescribed and is fixed herein, the time shall be computed so as to exclude the first and include the last day of the prescribed or fixed period of duration time.