Laguna Beach Municipal Code Art. XV Interconnection

Upon direction of grantor, grantee shall interconnect the PEG channels of its cable television system with those other cable television systems under grantor's jurisdiction within no more than six months from the date of order. If grantee has not negotiated a mutually agreeable cost allocation formula with those systems with which it is ordered to interconnect within three months of grantor's interconnection order, grantor may establish said cost allocation formula and require all grantees under its jurisdiction to so comply.

(Ord. 1176 § 16.1, 1989)

The grantee shall interconnect access, local origination, and such other channels as designated by grantor of the cable system with any or all other CATV systems in contiguous areas as may be reasonably directed by the grantor and agreed to by the other cable television systems and applicable jurisdiction(s). Interconnection of systems may be done by direct cable connection, microwave link, satellite, or other appropriate method subject to the grantor's approval and generally accepted industry standards.

(Ord. 1176 § 16.2, 1989)

(a) All cable systems receiving franchises to operate within the grantor's jurisdiction shall use the standard frequency allocations for television signals.

(b) All cable systems are required to use signal processors at the headend for each television signal.

(c) Grantee shall provide local origination equipment that is compatible throughout the area so that video-cassettes or videotapes can be shared by various systems.

(Ord. 1176 § 16.3, 1989)