Grantee shall not arbitrarily refuse to provide cable services
to any person within its franchise area. Subject to Section 12.2,
all dwelling units, multiple dwelling units and commercial establishments
in the franchise area shall have the same availability of cable services
from grantee’s cable system under nondiscriminatory rates subject
to Section 4.3, and reasonable terms and conditions. The City acknowledges
that the grantee cannot control the dissemination of particular cable
services beyond the demarcation point at a multiple dwelling unit.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, grantee may introduce new or expanded
cable services on a geographically phased basis, where such services
require an upgrade of the cable system. Grantee may also charge for
line extensions and nonstandard installations pursuant to Section
12.2.
Grantee shall, at no cost to the City, continue to provide one
outlet of basic service and expanded basic service to all City-owned
and occupied buildings, schools and public libraries where such service
is provided as of the effective date of this franchise. For purposes
of this subsection, “school” means all State-accredited
K – 12 public and private schools. In addition, grantee
shall provide, as directed or approved by the Director of Cable Services,
at no cost to the City or other entity, one outlet of basic and expanded
basic service to additional City-owned or leased and City-occupied
buildings, additional schools and libraries upon request if the drop
line from the feeder cable to such building does not exceed 125 feet
or if the City or other entity agrees to pay the incremental cost
of such drop line in excess of 125 feet, including the cost of such
excess labor and materials. Such obligation to provide free cable
service shall not extend to areas of City buildings where the grantee
would normally enter into a commercial contract to provide such cable
service. Outlets of basic and expanded basic service provided in accordance
with this subsection may be used to distribute cable services throughout
such buildings; provided such distribution can be accomplished without
causing cable system disruption and general technical standards are
maintained. Such outlets may only be used for lawful purposes and
shall not be used to entertain public groups or be used for commercial
purposes.