Yolo County Municipal Code Art. 2 Purpose and Operation of Chapter

The purposes of this chapter include, but are not limited to, the promotion of the general welfare of the citizens of the Yolo County community by:

(a) Establishing a master plan for the franchising of cable communication services within the Yolo County community;

(b) Establishing a regulatory framework for the administration of franchises in order to insure 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;

(c) Regulating the operations of grantees for the purpose of protecting and promoting the public health, peace, safety, and welfare; and

(d) Encouraging the adoption of goals for systems of cable communications within the County 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 Yolo County community.

The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to confer any right upon a grantee which is not otherwise conferred by another express provision of this chapter. (§ 1, Ord. 961, eff. October 27, 1983)

Territory in the County shall not fall within the operation of this chapter unless the Board by ordinance shall declare this chapter operative within said territory. Such territory shall be known as the “Franchise Area”. Any such ordinance shall describe the territory in which this chapter shall become operative. The ordinance may specify any modifications to the provisions of this chapter which shall apply only to the territory described in the ordinance. (§ 1, Ord. 961, eff. October 27, 1983)

(a) The East Yolo Area shall fall within the operation of this chapter, and the Board declares this chapter operative within said territory on and after October 27, 1983. The territory shall be known as the East Yolo Franchise Area.

(b) The East Yolo Area consists of all the unincorporated territory in the County more particularly described as follows:

East Yolo Area. Beginning at the intersection of the center line of the Sacramento River and at a point 45 feet northerly of the center line of County Road 126; thence westerly along a line parallel to the center line of County Road 126 and the extension thereof to the center line of the east levee of the East Yolo Bypass; thence southerly and westerly along the center line of the east levee of the East Yolo Bypass to the extension of the center line of Thorpe Road; thence easterly along the extension of the center line of Thorpe Road to the center line of the Sacramento River Deep Water Ship Channel; thence southerly along the center line of the Sacramento River Deep Water Ship Channel to the extension of the center line of the north levee of Lisbon Slough; thence easterly along the westerly extension of the center line of the north levee of Lisbon Slough and along the center line of the north levee of Lisbon Slough and the easterly extension of the center line of Lisbon Slough to the center line of the Sacramento River; thence along the center line of the Sacramento River to the point of beginning.

(c) The East Yolo Franchise Area includes an Imposed Service Area.

(d) The Imposed Service Area consists of all territory within the East Yolo Franchise Area so designated in any request for proposals issued pursuant to Article 4 of this chapter, Any grantee shall provide a system of such design and construction that service can be made available, and such service shall be made available to all residential units as provided in Section 11-1.801 of Article 8 of this chapter. (§ 1, Ord. 961, eff. October 27, 1983)