This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "City of Coatesville
Cable Television Ordinance Amendments of 1993."
Ordinance No. 339-65, known as the "Television Cable Franchise" (hereinafter
the "Cable Ordinance"), is amended as hereinafter provided. All other ordinances
of the City of Coatesville (hereinafter the "city") are repealed to the extent
inconsistent herewith. All franchise agreements between the city and cable
operators are abrogated to the extent and only to the extent inconsistent
herewith, except to the extent abrogation is not required by the Federal Cable
Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 or the regulations
promulgated thereunder.
The purpose of this chapter is to regulate cable television in the exercise
of the power of the city to:
A. Regulate telephone, telegraph and electric power poles
and other obstructions erected upon or in the streets and roads of the city,
and
B. Provide for the maintenance of peace, good government,
safety and welfare of the City of Coatesville and its trade, commerce and
manufacturers.
This chapter is enacted under the Federal Cable Television Consumer
Protection and Competition Act of 1992, which permits local franchising authorities
to regulate cable television, subject to certain substantive and procedural
limitations.
In interpreting and applying the provisions of this chapter, these provisions
shall be construed broadly as required for the maintenance of peace, good
government, safety and welfare of the city and its trade, commerce and manufactures.
It is the intent of the City Council of the City of Coatesville that
this chapter conform to the federal law. If a court of competent jurisdiction
declares any provision of this chapter to be in conflict with the federal
law, the federal law will control and this chapter, to the extent that any
provision is declared to be in conflict with the federal law, shall not apply.