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ORDINANCE: NO. 3 4 61
ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
AMENDING TITLE 2 OF THE PALO ALTO MUNICIPAL COD€ TO
ADU CHAPTBR 2. 1 0 RELATING 'rO THE AWARD BY ORDINANCE OF
CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEM FRANCHISES BY THE CITY COUNCIL
WHEREAS, the C.i. ty Council has placed on the November. 8,
1983 ballot a measure authorizing the Council to grant fran
chises for cable television, and
WHBREAS, the City Council desires to have a procedure in
place for the granting of one or more cable television system
franchises if said measure passes, which procedure would
specifically require that any cable television franchises will
be granted by ordinance;
NOW THBREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto does
ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. The Palo Alto Municipal Code
antended by addTng to 'l'i tle 2 thereof, Chapter ;! ~ 10
the award of cable television system franchises, to
and to read as follows~
Chapter 2 .. 10
is her.eby
relating to
be n.umbered
CABLE TBIJNISIOif SYS'J.'BJIS -AWAlW OF FRANCHISES
BY CITY COUHCIL
Sections:
2 .. 10.010
2.10.020
Def1nitions
Granting of Franchises by City Council.
2 ... Uh010 Definitions: For the purposes of this chapter,
~cable Television System• or ~systemM shall mean any facility
operating by means of coaxial cable, optical fiber, or other
transmission lines or forms of transmission, and associated
equipment. and devices, the primary function of which is to
receive and to distribute, through any means, including, ~ith
out limitation, coaxial cable 1 optical fiber, or satellite or
microwave transmission, the signals of one or more broadcast
television or radio stations or o£ other r:;c·,.lrces of video,
atldio, voice, or data signals. Said facility ma,y also be one
which distributes to, from, or among subscribers or other
persons such other video, audio, voice, or data signals as may
origin.3te within the City or elsewhere.
2.10 .. 020 Granting of Prancbiaes by City Council. Th~
City Council may grant one or more nonexclusive, revocable
franchises to c,~matruct, operate, and maintain a Cable T"ele
v is ion Syst~m in the City. Said grant shall be made by ·adop
tion of a separate ordinance by the City Council and shall be
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on such terms and conditions as may be specified in sai~ sepa~
rate ordinance and a franchise ag~eement enteted into between
the City and the franchisee. Except as provided in the City
Charter:, no person shall construct~, opet:ate, or maintain a
Cable Television System in the city without a franchise granted
by sepa[ate ordinance by the City Council~
Section 2.. 'l'he Counci 1 hereby finds that none of the
provisons-of-·this ordinance will have a significant envit:onmen
t a 1 iilipact.
Section 3. This O!dinance shall take effect on the
effect.ive<Yate of that certain Measun~ relating to amending the
City Charter to give the Council authority to grant franchises
for: Cable Tel>.wi.sion to be voted upon by the electors of Palo
Alto on Novembet 8, 1983. If such measure is not adopted~ this
ordinance will be of no force or effect.
IN'l'RODOCBD: August 15> 1983
PASSED:
AYES: Bechtel~ Cobb, Eyerly, Fazzino, Fletcher~ Klein, Levy, Renzel,
Witherspoon
NOES: None
ABSTENTIONS: None
ABSENT: None
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