Chapter 5.16 CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE
Section 5.16.080 System construction and extension.
A. The city shall not unreasonably
withhold permission to the company to extend the system
within the franchise area to the extent that such extension is or may become economically
feasible.
B. The company will make cable service
available to all residents within the existing city
limits at no cost to subscribers who are within two-hundred fifty feet of existing service, other
than the usual connection and service fees.
C. No person, firm, or corporation
in the company's franchise area shall be arbitrarily refused
service. However, in recognition of the capital costs involved for unusual circumstances, such as
requirement for more than one hundred feet of underground cable, or more than two-hundred
fifty feet of distance from distribution cable to connection of overhead service to subscribers, or
a subscriber density less than ten units per one thousand three hundred twenty feet, in order to
prevent inequitable burdens on potential cable subscribers in more densely populated areas,
service may be made available on the fair share proportionate basis of cost of materials, labor
and easements.
D. In the event additional adjacent
territory is lawfully incorporated within the city's limits,
by annexation or otherwise, company's rights and duties under this agreement shall be deemed to
include such additional territory. (Ord. 496 § 2 (part), 1993)