Earlier editions: 2026-09
Title 5 — PUBLIC WELFARE, MORALS, AND CONDUCT›Chapter 14 — CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEMS
Yuba City Municipal Code Art. III State and Local Franchise
Yuba City Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Yuba City
Cite as: Yuba City Municipal Code Article III · Text as of 2026-10-04
Sec. 5-14.301. - State and local franchises; customer service and protection; penalties.¶
Local franchisees and holders of State franchises under the Act shall comply with the provisions of Penal Code § 637.5 and the privacy standards contained in Section 631 of the Federal Cable Act. (47 U.S.C. section 551 et seq.). Locals franchises and the holders of State franchises shall comply with the provisions of Government Code §§ 53055, 53055.1, 53055.2, and 53088.2, and any other customer service standards pertaining to the provision of video service established by Federal law or regulation or adopted by subsequent enactment of the Act. Local franchises shall comply within any customer services standards included in their franchise agreements. The City, will enforce, in the manner set forth in section 5900 of the Act, all customer service and protection standards contained in section 5900 of the Act, including without limitation those standards set forth in section 5900(c).
The maximum monetary penalties set forth in Public Utilities Code § 5900 are hereby adopted and enacted as the applicable schedule of penalties for the material breach of DIVAC, including but not limited to section 5900 of the Act, by a holder of a State franchise, as follows:
(a) $500 per day for each material breach, not to exceed $1,500 for occurrence of a material breach.
(b) If a material breach has occurred and the City has provided notice and a fine or penalty has been assessed, for any subsequent breach of the same nature within 12 months, shall be subject to a penalty of up to $1,000 for each day of each material breach, not to exceed $3,000 for each occurrence of the material breach.
(c) If a third or further material breach of the same nature occurs within those same 12 months, and the City has provided notice and a fine or penalty has been assessed; the penalties shall be increased to a maximum of $2,500 for each occurrence of the material breach, not to exceed $7,500 for each occurrence of the material breach.
As used herein, "material breach" is defined as set forth in the Act, Public Utilities Code § 5900.
(§ 2, Ord. 010-07, eff. September 20, 2007)
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