A.
No person, individual,
party, partnership, corporation, joint venture, joint stock company, consortium,
trust, individual, or other entity functioning as an operator of a cable system
("cable operator") shall violate any of the mandatory provisions of this chapter;
B.
Violation of a mandatory provision of this chapter shall
be a civil infraction punishable by a judgment of up to, but not exceeding,
$100; and
C.
The judgment for each such event involving any one consumer
on any one day in regards to any particular section or subsection of this
chapter shall not exceed $100.
A.
The violation of this chapter by a cable operator, an
operator's agents, employees and/or independent contractors employed or retained
by the cable operator shall be grounds for evaluating:
(1)
A cable operator's compliance with an existing consent
agreement and with applicable law; and
(2)
The quality of a cable operator's service and whether
it has been reasonable in light of community needs; and
(3)
The technical ability of a cable operator to provide
the services, facilities, and equipment as set forth in an operator's proposal
for future or renewed cable services; and
(4)
The reasonableness of an operator's proposal to meet
the future cable-related community needs and interests of the residents and
cable television consumers of Kalamazoo.
B.
These evaluations are proper and germane for the City
to consider formally when reviewing proposal(s) for renewal of any consent
agreement to provide cable services within the City of Kalamazoo.
