Big Bear Lake Municipal Code Art. XV Cable Service Provider Franchise Requirements

A nonexclusive franchise to construct, operate and maintain a cable system within all or any portion of the city is required of anyone desiring to provide cable service in the city. A franchise may be granted by the city to any person, whether operating under an existing franchise or not, who offers to furnish and provide a cable system under and pursuant to the terms and provisions of this chapter and an approved franchise agreement.

(Ord. 98-287 § 2, 1998)

A. Documents specified in Section 5.20.630;

B. IEEE Committee 802.3 standards (ethernet);

C. ANSI Committee X3T9.5 standards (fiber distributed data interface FDDI));

D. Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) RFC 1156 and 1157 Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP);

E. Federal: Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Rules and Regulations ("R & R") Parts 73, 76 and 78;

F. Industry, Electronic Industry Association (EIA) RS-170;

G. National Cable Television Association (NCTA) Standards.

(Ord. 98-287 § 2, 1998)