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Title 5 — BUSINESS LICENSES AND REGULATIONS›Chapter 5.20 — CABLE SYSTEMS AND OPEN VIDEO SYSTEMS

Campbell Municipal Code Art. 5 Miscellaneous

Campbell Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Campbell

Cite as: Campbell Municipal Code Article 5 · Text as of 2026-10-04

5.20.800 - Captions.

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.

(Ord. 2036 § 1(part), 2003).

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5.20.810 - Calculation of time.

Unless otherwise indicated, when the performance or doing of any act, duty, matter, or payment is required under this chapter or any franchise, 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 time.

(Ord. 2036 § 1(part), 2003).

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5.20.820 - Severability.

If any section, subsection, sentence, paragraph, term, condition, or provision of this chapter shall, to any extent, be illegal, held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a valid order of any court or regulatory agency or competent jurisdiction, the remainder hereof shall be valid in all other respects and continue to be effective. In the event of a subsequent change in applicable law so that the section, subsection, sentence, paragraph, term, condition or provision which had been held invalid is no longer invalid, said provision shall thereupon return to full force and effect without further action by city and shall thereafter be binding on the franchisee and city.

(Ord. 2036 § 1(part), 2003).

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5.20.830 - Connections to cable system—Use of antennae.

(a) To the extent consistent with federal law, subscribers shall have the right to attach VCR's, receivers, and other terminal equipment to a franchisee's cable communications system. Subscribers also shall have the right to use their own remote control devices and converters, and other similar equipment.

(b) A franchisee shall not, as a condition of providing service, require a subscriber or potential subscriber to remove any existing antenna or satellite dish, or disconnect an antenna or satellite dish except at the express direction of the subscriber or potential subscriber, or prohibit installation of a new antenna or connection to any other multi-channel video provider's system.

(Ord. 2036 § 1(part), 2003).

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5.20.840 - Discrimination prohibited.

(a) A cable communications system operator shall not discriminate among persons or city or take any retaliatory action against a person or city because of that person's exercise of any right it may have under applicable law relating to non-discrimination nor may operator require a person or city to waive such rights as a condition of taking service.

(b) A cable communications system operator shall not refuse to employ, discharge from employment, or discriminate against any person in compensation or in terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because of race, color, creed, national origin, sex, age, disability, religion, ethnic background, marital status or sexual orientation. A cable communications system operator shall comply with all applicable law governing employment non-discrimination and equal employment opportunities.

(Ord. 2036 § 1(part), 2003).

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5.20.850 - Transitional provisions.

Pending applications shall be subject to this chapter. A person with a pending application shall have thirty days from the effective date of this chapter to submit additional information to comply with the requirements of this chapter governing applications.

(Ord. 2036 § 1(part), 2003).

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