For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
“City”
means the City of Roseville, a municipal corporation.
“Gross revenues”
means gross revenues as that term is defined in subdivision (d) of Section 5860 of the Public Utilities Code, as amended from time to time.
“Holder”
means a video service provider that has been issued a state franchise from the California Public Utilities Commission to offer video service within the city.
“Incumbent cable operator”
means an incumbent cable operator as that term is defined in subdivision (j) of Section 5380 of the Public Utilities Code, as amended from time to time.
“Video service”
means video service as that term is defined in subdivision (s) of California Public Utilities Code Section 5830, as amended from time to time.
“Video service provider”
means a person, group of persons or entity providing video service.
(Ord. 4556 § 1, 2007)
A. 
This chapter is designed to regulate video service providers holding state video franchises and operating within the city.
B. 
As of January 1, 2007, the state of California, by and through the Public Utilities Commission, is the sole franchising authority for a state franchise to provide video service pursuant to the Digital Infrastructure and Video Competition Act (DIVCA) of 2006. Pursuant to DIVCA, a holder must calculate and remit a franchise fee to the city. The city shall also receive from all holders a fee for public, education, and government (PEG) purposes. While DIVCA grants sole authority to adopt customer service standards to the state of California, the city acquires the responsibility to establish and enforce penalties, consistent with state law, against all holders for violations of customer service standards. The city will require interconnections where feasible and require that holders comply with emergency alert system requirements.
(Ord. 4556 § 1, 2007; Ord. 6013 § 3, 2018)
For any holder, there shall be a fee paid to the city equal to five percent of the holder’s gross revenues.
(Ord. 4556 § 1, 2007)
For any holder, there shall be an additional fee paid to the city equal to one percent of the holder’s gross revenues, which fee shall be used by the city for PEG purposes consistent with state and federal law.
(Ord. 4556 § 1, 2007)
Not more than once annually, the city manager or his or her designee may examine and perform an audit of a holder’s business records to ensure compliance with all applicable statutes and regulations related to the computation and payment of franchise fees. Holders shall keep all business records reflecting any gross revenues, even if there is a change of ownership, for at least four years after those revenues are recognized by the holder on its books and records. If an examination discloses that a holder has underpaid franchise fees by more than five percent during the examination period, the holder shall pay all of the reasonable and actual costs of the examination. If an examination discloses that a holder has not underpaid franchise fees, the city shall pay all of the reasonable and actual costs of the examination. In every other instance, the city and the holder shall bear its own costs of an examination.
(Ord. 4556 § 1, 2007)
A. 
The holder shall comply with all applicable state and federal customer service and protection standards pertaining to the provision of video service.
B. 
The city shall monitor a holder’s compliance with state and federal customer service and protection standards. The city manager, or his or her designee, shall provide a holder with written notice of any material breaches of applicable customer service standards, and shall allow the holder 30 days from the receipt of such notice to remedy the specified material breach. A material breach for the purposes of assessing penalties shall be deemed to have occurred for each day within the city that any material breach has not been remedied by the holder following the expiration of such 30-day period, irrespective of the number of customers affected. For purposes of this section, “material breach” means a material breach as that term is defined in subdivision (j) of Section 5900 of the Public Utilities Code, as amended from time to time.
C. 
Material breaches not remedied within the 30-day time period will be subject to the following penalties to be imposed by the city in accordance with state law:
1. 
For the first occurrence of a violation, a fine of $500.00 shall be imposed for each day the violation remains in effect, not to exceed $1,500.00 for each violation.
2. 
For a second violation of the same nature within 12 months, a fine of $1,000.00 shall be imposed for each day the violation remains in effect, not to exceed $3,000.00 for each violation.
3. 
For a third or further violation of the same nature within 12 months, a fine of $2,500.00 shall be imposed for each day the violation remains in effect, not to exceed $7,500.00 for each violation.
D. 
A holder may appeal a penalty assessed by the city manager, or designee, to the Roseville public utility commission by filing a written request with the city manager, or his or her designee, within 10 days of the imposition of such penalty. The Roseville public utility commission shall hear all evidence and relevant testimony and may uphold, modify or vacate the penalty.
E. 
The decision of the Roseville public utility commission may be appealed to the city council by filing a written request with the city clerk within 10 days of the Roseville public utility commission’s decision. The city council shall hear all evidence and relevant testimony and may uphold, modify or vacate the penalty. The city council’s decision on the imposition of the penalty shall be final. Judicial review of a final decision of the city council shall be in accordance with state law.
(Ord. 4556 § 1, 2007)
A. 
Applicants for state video franchises within the boundaries of the City of Roseville must concurrently provide complete copies to the city of any application or amendments to applications filed with the California Public Utilities Commission. One complete copy must be provided to the city manager.
B. 
Within 30 days of receipt, the city manager or his or her designee will provide any appropriate comments to the California Public Utilities Commission regarding an application or an amendment to an application for a state video franchise.
(Ord. 4556 § 1, 2007)
A. 
A holder that uses the public right-of-way shall designate sufficient capacity on its network to enable the carriage of a least five public, educational or governmental (PEG) channels.
B. 
PEG access channels shall be for the exclusive use of the city or its designees to provide public, educational or governmental programming.
C. 
Advertising, underwriting or sponsorship recognition may be carried on PEG channels for the purpose of funding PEG-related activities.
D. 
The PEG access channels shall be carried on the basic service tier.
E. 
To the extent feasible, the PEG access channels shall not be separated numerically from other channels carried on the basic service tier.
F. 
After the initial designation of the PEG access channel numbers, the channel numbers shall not be changed without the prior written consent of the city, unless the change is required by federal law.
(Ord. 4556 § 1, 2007)
Where technically feasible, a holder and an incumbent cable operator shall negotiate in good faith to interconnect their networks for the purpose of providing PEG access channel programming. Interconnection may be accomplished by direct fiber or cable, microwave link, satellite, or other reasonable method of connection. Holders and incumbent cable operators shall provide interconnection of the PEG access channels on reasonable terms and conditions and may not withhold the interconnection. If a holder and an incumbent cable operator cannot reach a mutually acceptable interconnection agreement, the city may require the incumbent cable operator to allow the holder to interconnect its network with the incumbent’s network at a technically feasible point on the holder’s network as identified by the holder. If no technically feasible point for interconnection is available, the holder shall make interconnection available to the channel originator and shall provide the facilities necessary for interconnection. The cost of any interconnection shall be borne by the holder requesting interconnection unless otherwise agreed to by the parties.
(Ord. 4556 § 1, 2007)
A holder must comply with the Emergency Alert System requirements of the Federal Communications Commission in order that emergency messages may be distributed over the holder’s network. Provisions in city-issued franchises authorizing the city to provide local emergency notifications shall remain in effect, and shall apply to all holders in the city for the duration of the city-issued franchise or until the term of the franchise would have expired had it not been terminated pursuant to subdivision (m) of Section 5840 of the Public Utilities Code, or until January 1, 2009, whichever is later.
(Ord. 4556 § 1, 2007)
If any sentence, clause or phrase of this chapter is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this chapter. The city council declares that it would have passed this ordinance and adopted the ordinance codified in this chapter and each section, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
(Ord. 4556 § 1, 2007)