(A)
No Discrimination. A franchisee shall not deny service, deny access, or otherwise discriminate against subscribers, programmers, or residents of the City on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, or age.
(B)
Exercise of Rights. A franchisee shall not discriminate among persons or take any retaliatory action against a person because of that person’s exercise of any right it may have under federal, state, or local law, nor may the franchisee require a person to waive such rights as a condition of taking service.
(C)
Uniform Access and Rates. A franchisee shall not deny access or levy different rates and charges on any group of potential residential cable subscribers because of the income of the residents of the local area in which such group resides.
(D)
Permissible Discounts. Except to the extent the City may not enforce such a requirement, a franchisee is prohibited from discriminating in its rates or charges or from granting undue preferences to any subscriber, potential subscriber, or group of subscribers or potential subscribers; provided, however, that a franchisee may offer temporary, bona fide promotional discounts in order to attract or maintain subscribers, so long as such discounts are offered on a nondiscriminatory basis to similar classes of subscribers throughout the City; and a franchisee may offer discounts for the elderly, the handicapped, or the economically disadvantaged, and such other discounts as it is expressly entitled to provide under federal law, if such discounts are applied in a uniform and consistent manner. A franchisee shall comply at all times with all applicable federal, state, and City laws, and all executive and administrative orders relating to non-discrimination.
(E)
Review of Initial Rates. All materials pertaining to the review of initial rates or any proposed rate increase, subject to the City’s regulatory authority, shall be submitted to the City for review and approval. Final determinations will be made by the City Council and will take into consideration public comment as required by the Cable Act.