Rancho Cordova Municipal Code Art. III System Capability And Standards

Each licensee shall construct, install and maintain its cable television system in a manner consistent and in compliance with all applicable laws, ordinances, construction standards, governmental requirements, and technical standards. In any event, the cable television system shall not endanger or interfere with the safety of persons or property within the Sacramento community.

(SCC 690 § 1, 1987; SCC 786 § 1, 1989; Ord. 20-2003 §§ 2, 4; Ord. 21-2003 §§ 2, 4)

Every cable television system licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall provide not less than the following for public, educational and governmental access pursuant to the provisions of Section 611 of the CCPA (47 USC 531) to subscribers whose electromagnetic signal, from inception through delivery, passes through any equipment or device which is located within the streets:

A. Three downstream video channels for public and community access;

B. Two downstream video channels for educational access;

C. One downstream video channel for governmental access; and

D. An additional 30 megahertz of band width capacity (activated at all times for both upstream and downstream use) for educational access for video and/or data transmission.

(SCC 690 § 1, 1987; SCC 786 § 1, 1989; Ord. 20-2003 §§ 2, 4; Ord. 21-2003 §§ 2, 4)

The licensee shall provide interconnection of its cable system to other franchised, licensed or authorized cable systems within the county for the purpose of transporting and distributing PEG programming. The licensee shall make all reasonable efforts to coordinate the cablecasting of PEG access programming upon its cable system at the same time and upon the same channel designations as such programming is cablecast upon other cable systems. However, the licensee shall not be bound by these interconnection requirements if interconnection is impractical or infeasible due to the refusal of the other cable operators to share equitably in the cost of interconnection. Any denial of interconnection by a licensee shall be subject to the reasonable review and reversal of the commission.

(SCC 1225 § 4, 2002; Ord. 20-2003 §§ 2, 4; Ord. 21-2003 §§ 2, 4)

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to limit the authority of the licensee to make payments in support of the use of public, educational and/or governmental access. However, such payments are expressly not a requirement of any license granted hereunder and shall in no event be considered in the calculation of license fees pursuant to RCMC § 5.75.500 et seq.

(SCC 690 § 1, 1987; SCC 786 § 1, 1989; Ord. 20-2003 §§ 2, 4; Ord. 21-2003 §§ 2, 4)

Use of facilities for public, educational and governmental access upon the cable television system pursuant to RCMC § 5.75.202 shall be made available, without rental, deposits, or any other charge whatsoever, for use 24 hours per day, seven days a week in connection with the production of public, educational and/or governmental access programming cablecast upon the cable television system. A licensee shall (A) allow all persons and entities desiring to cablecast public, educational and/or governmental access programming to produce programming upon and electronically interface directly with the cable television system of the licensee so as to effectively cablecast the public, educational and/or governmental access programming, or, in the alternative, (B) establish such reasonable rules and procedures designed to promote the utilization of such public, educational and/or governmental access programming and subject to the approval of the cable television commission, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, whereby the licensee shall accept and cablecast such public, educational and/or governmental access programming upon the cable television system as shall be provided to the licensee by such persons and entities. A licensee shall make all reasonable efforts to coordinate the cablecasting of public, educational and/or governmental access programming upon the cable television system at the same time and upon the same channel designations as such programming is cablecast upon other cable television systems within the Sacramento community.

(SCC 690 § 1, 1987; SCC 786 § 1, 1989; Ord. 20-2003 §§ 2, 4; Ord. 21-2003 §§ 2, 4)