West Sacramento Municipal Code Art. I Generally

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "West Sacramento cable communications law."

(County code § 11-1.101)

A. The purposes of this chapter include, but are not limited to, the promotion of the general welfare of the citizens of the city by:

1. Establishing a master plan for the franchising of cable communication services within the city;

2. Establishing a regulatory framework for the administration of franchises in order to ensure that the potential recreational, educational, social, economic and other advantages of cable communications will in fact inure to the benefit of the community and the citizens thereof;

3. Regulating the operations of grantees for the purpose of protecting and promoting the public health, peace, safety and welfare; and

4. Encouraging the adoption of goals for systems of cable communications within the city which recognize the advantages of cable services and the benefits of resources of the University of California, the California State University and neighboring cable communications systems which may be made available to inhabitants of the city.

B. The provisions of this section shall not confer any right upon a grantee which is not otherwise conferred by another express provision of this chapter.

(County code § 11-1.201)

Territory in the city shall not fall within the operation of this title unless the city council by ordinance declares this title operative within the territory. Such territory shall be known as the "franchise area." Any such ordinance shall describe the territory in which this title shall become operative. The ordinance may specify any modifications to the provisions of this title which shall apply only to the territory described in the ordinance.

(County code § 11-1.202)