Article IV — LICENSE OBLIGATIONS AND SUBSCRIBER SERVICE

this chapter, file with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and at all times thereafter maintain in full force

and effect for the term of such license or any renewal thereof, at licensee's sole expense, a corporate surety bond in a company, and in a form approved by the District Attorney, in the amount of five thousand (5,000) dollars, renewable annually and conditioned upon the faithful performance of licensee, and upon the further condition that in the event licensee shall fail to comply with any one or more of the provisions of this chapter, or of any license issued to the licensee hereunder, there shall be recoverable jointly and severally from the principal and surety of such bond any damages or loss suffered by the County as a result thereof, including the full amount of any compensation, indemnification, or cost of removal or abandonment of any property of the licensee as prescribed hereby which may be in default plus a reasonable allowance for attorney's fees and costs, up to the full amount of the bonds; said condition to be a continuing obligation for the duration of such license and any renewal thereof and thereafter until the licensee has liquidated all of its obligations with the County that may have arisen from the acceptance of said license or renewal by the licensee, or from its exercise of any privilege therein granted. The bond shall provide that thirty (30) days' prior written notice of intention not to renew, cancellation, or material change be given to the County.

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damages recovered by the County thereunder, shall be construed to excuse faithful performance of the licensee or limit the liability of the licensee under any license issued hereunder or for damages, whether to the full amount of the bond or otherwise.

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this chapter, furnish to the County and file with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, and at all times during the existence of any license granted hereunder, maintain in full force and effect, at its own cost and expense, a liability insurance policy in the amount of five hundred thousand (500,000) dollars in a company approved by and in a form satisfactory to the District Attorney, indemnifying and saving harmless the County, its officers and employees from and against any and all claims, demands, actions, suits, and proceedings by others, against all liability to others, including but not limited to any liability for damages by reason of or arising out of any failure by the licensee to secure consents from the owners, authorized distributors or licensees of programs to be delivered by the licensee's CATV system and against any loss, cost, expense and damages resulting therefrom, including reasonable attorney's fees, arising out of the exercise or enjoyment of its license, irrespective of the amount of the comprehensive liability insurance policy required hereunder. This insurance provision may be satisfied by proper endorsement to the comprehensive liability insurance policy required by subsection 22.2 of this section.

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this chapter, furnish to the County and file with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, and at all times during the existence of any license granted hereunder, maintain in full force and effect at its own cost and expense, a general comprehensive liability insurance policy, in protection of the County, its officers, boards, commission, agents and employees, in a company approved by and in a form satisfactory to the District Attorney, protecting the County and all persons against liability for loss or damage for personal injury,

death, property damage, and inverse condemnation, or any combination of these, and regardless of whether or not such liability, claim or damage was unforeseeable at any time before the County approved plans for the installation of license property or after the installation of license property, occasioned by the operations of license under such license with minimum liability limits of three hundred thousand (300,000) dollars, for personal injury or death or two or more persons in any one occurrence, and fifty thousand (50,000) dollars, for damage to property resulting from any one occurrence.

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paragraph shall name the County, its officers, boards, commissions, agents and employees, as additional insured and shall contain a provision that a written notice of cancellation or reduction in coverage of said policy shall be delivered to the County ten (10) days in advance of the effective date thereof; if such instance is provided by a policy which also covers licensee or any other entity or person other than those named above, then such policy shall contain the standard cross-liability endorsement. The promise and agreement in this section is not conditioned or dependent on whether or not the County has approved any plan(s) or specification(s) in connection with this license, or has insurance or other indemnification covering any of these matters.

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County, its officers, boards, commissions, agents and employees from any and all claims, costs, demands, causes of action, suits, loss, expenses, or other detriment or liability arising from or out of the operations of the licensee from any cause whatsoever including inverse condemnation and in addition to and not in lieu of said surety bond and liability insurance.

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examine all property of the licensee, together with any appurtenant property of the licensee situated within or without the County, and to examine and transcribe any and all maps and other records kept or maintained by the licensee or under its control which deal with the operations, affairs, transactions or property of the licensee with respect to its license. If any such maps or records are not kept in the County, or upon reasonable request made available in the County, and if the Board shall determine that an examination thereof is necessary or appropriate, then all travel and maintenance expense necessarily incurred in making such examination shall be paid by the licensee.

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the times and in the form prescribed by either of said officers, such reports with respect to its operations, affairs, transactions or property, as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to the performance of any of the rights, functions or duties of the County or any of its officers in connection with license.

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showing the exact location of all CATV system equipment installed or in use in streets and other public places in the County.

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March of each year, a current map or set of maps drawn to scale showing all CATV system equipment installed and in place in streets and other public places of the County.

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copies of the agreements for such joint use of poles and facilities shall be filed with the Director of Communications.

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standards of the industry to the effect that subscribers shall receive the highest possible service. In determining the satisfactory extent of such standards the following among others shall be considered:

(a)

That the system be installed using all band equipment capable of passing the entire VHF and FM spectrum, and that it have the further capability of converting UHF for distribution to subscribers of the VHF band. Provided, however, that licensee shall not convert the UHF signal of any non-profit translator organization without its written agreement.

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(b)

That the system, as installed, be capable of passing standard color TV signals without the introduction of material degradation on color fidelity and intelligence.

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(c)

That the system and all equipment be designed and rated for 24-hour per day continuous operation.

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(d)

That the system provides a nominal signal level of 1,200 microvolts at 75 ohms at the input terminals of each TV receiver.

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(e)

That the system signal-to-noise ratio is not less than 44 decibels.

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(f)

That hum modulation of the picture signal is less than five (5) per cent.

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(g)

That the system use components having a VSWR of 1.4 or less.

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(h)

The operation standards set forth in this section shall be modified to the extent necessary to reflect the signal level available at the respective system antenna sites and normal signal loss experienced in the distribution system assuming that the distribution system is at the time of installation installed and maintained with the highest and best acceptable standards of the industry and is at all times properly maintained.

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without incurring added message or toll charges so that CATV maintenance service shall be promptly available to subscribers.

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service; provided, however, that the licensee shall not be required to provide service to any subscriber who does not pay the applicable connection fee or monthly service charge.

(Ord. No. 560, § 4, 1969)

required by licensee, obtain a signed contract from the subscriber containing a provision substantially as follows:

(a)

Subscriber understands that in providing antenna service (licensee) is making use of public rights of way within the County of Lake, and that the continued use of these rights of way is in no way guaranteed. In the event the continued use of such rights of way is denied to licensee for any reason, licensee will make every reasonable effort to provide service over alternate routes. Subscriber agrees he will make no claim nor undertake any action against the County of Lake, its officers, or its employees, if the service to be provided by licensee hereunder is interrupted or discontinued.

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respect to the inclusion of this provision.

(Ord. No. 560, § 4, 1969)