Each franchisee shall comply with all federal and Pennsylvania laws, as well as municipal ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations, heretofore or hereafter adopted or established during the entire term of its franchise.
The captions to sections throughout this chapter are intended solely to facilitate reading and reference to the sections and provisions of this chapter. Such captions shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this chapter.
Without limiting such immunities as the municipality or other persons may have under applicable law, a franchisee shall have no recourse whatsoever against the municipality 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 municipality'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. Nothing contained herein, however, shall preclude, restrict or limit any right the franchisee may have to bring an action against the municipality seeking injunctive and/or equitable relief.
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The rights and remedies reserved to the municipality by this chapter are cumulative and shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other rights and remedies which the municipality may have with respect to the subject matter of this chapter.
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The municipality 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 municipality to enforce prompt compliance; nor shall any inaction by the municipality be deemed to waive a provision voiding any provision of this chapter.
In order to fulfill the public interest goals of this chapter, to provide additional communications service to the municipality through the use of cable systems and thereby to ensure the benefits which will result from such service, the municipality specifically reserves the right lawfully to amend this chapter to effectuate the public interest in the operation of a cable system; provided, however, that any such amendment which has the effect of directly or indirectly changing the provisions of any existing franchise agreement shall not be enforceable by the municipality, excluding general police powers, unless or until such changes have been effected by a subsequent amendment to such franchise agreement.
In the event of a major public emergency or disaster as determined by the municipality or declared by the Governor of Pennsylvania, a franchisee shall immediately cooperate with the municipality or other civil defense or governmental agency designated by the municipality for the term of such emergency or disaster for the emergency purposes.
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Subscribers shall have the right to attach devices to a franchisee's cable system to allow them to convey signals or services for which they have paid to VCR's, televisions, other receivers and other terminal equipment, so long as such devices do not interfere with the operation of the cable system or the reception of any cable subscriber, nor serve to circumvent the security procedures established by the franchisee, nor for any purpose to obtain services illegally. Subscribers also shall have the right to use their own remote control devices and converters and other similar equipment, where applicable and compatible, 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.
A franchisee granted a franchise under the provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed in default of this chapter where performance of the provisions and obligations herein are rendered impossible by causes, circumstances or other reasons beyond the control of the franchisee, and the franchise shall not be revoked nor the franchisee penalized for such noncompliance, provided that the franchisee takes immediate and diligent steps to restore its compliance as soon as possible under the circumstances of its franchise without unduly endangering the health, safety and integrity of the franchisee's employees or property, the public, the public rights-of-way or public or private property.