§ 5.36.420. Line extensions.  


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  • (1)

    The Cable Operator must extend and make cable television service available to every business location (other than home occupations) unless, due to the low density of businesses in a particular area, the City waives this requirement. The Cable Operator must extend and make cable television service available to every dwelling unit within three months in any un-served area reaching the average density of ten occupied residential dwelling units per one-quarter mile, as measured from the nearest active coaxial feeder line. Extension of cable television service to any un-served area satisfying the foregoing requirements will be subject to the following:

    (a)

    Each occupied residential dwelling unit must be located within a distance of no more than 150 feet from the anticipated location of such extension, provided that an occupied residential dwelling unit located more than this distance from the anticipated location of such extension shall be counted if the owner or occupant agrees to pay the Cable Operator an additional amount not to exceed the actual time and materials cost of the portion of the drop to such residential dwelling unit exceeding 150 feet; and

    (b)

    The Cable Operator is able to secure all necessary easements or rights-of-way for purposes of locating its cable system in the area of such extension.

    (2)

    In areas not meeting the requirements for mandatory extension of service, the Cable Operator shall provide, upon the request of a potential subscriber desiring service, an estimate of the reasonable costs required to extend service to said subscriber, including materials, labor, overhead and private easements, if necessary. The Cable Operator shall then extend service within four months upon request of said potential subscriber, who shall be responsible for all reasonable costs associated with the extension. The Cable Operator may require advance payment or assurance of payment satisfactory to the Cable Operator.

(Ord. No. 820, § 1, 3-19-02)