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Home My WebLink About6488 - Community Antenna Television SystemsHS:aem 12/20/66 RESOLUTION NO. 6488 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING THE ADOPTION OF CERTAIN RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE OPERATION OF COMMUNITY ANTENNA TELEVISION SYSTEMS WITHIN THE CITY WHEREAS, Section 5.44.165 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code relating to.community antenna television systems provides that the City Council may adopt rules and regulations consistent with the provisions of Chapter 5.44 of the Municipal Code and that such rules and regulations shall apply to and shall govern the operations of the grantee of any community antenna television franchise; and WHEREAS, the City Council has considered a report dated November 8, 1966 prepared by Lebell Consulting Engineers & Scientists concerning community antenna television service in the City of New- port Beach; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adopt certain recom- mendations contained in said report and to incorporate the same as a part of the rules and regulations applicable to the operations of community antenna television systems in the City; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED as follows: I. A public hearing shall be held on the 9th day of ,7anLasy , 1967, in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 3300 West Newport Boulevard, Newport Beach, California, for the purpose of consider- ing the adoption by the City Council of the following proposed rules and regulations concerning the operations of community antenna television systems within the City of Newport Beach: Rule 1. Customer Complaint Procedure The grantee of any CATV franchise that provides service to subscribers within the City shall establish procedures which _ insure prompt determination of the cause of reception problems f brought to the attention of the grantee by subscriber complaints. Any such grantee shall have primary responsibility for taking appropriate corrective action whenever faulty or defective performance is detected in any part of the system between the antenna to a subscriber's television receiver. A grantee shall not refer a subscriber to his local television repair service upon first receiving a complaint unless it clearly appears that the cause of the reception problem is attrib- utable to the subscriber's television receiver. Rule 2. WWI [3 If a subscriber experiences interference caused by ambient signals after connection of his television receiver with a CATV system operating under a City franchise, the grantee of such franchise shall be obligated either to provide technical cor- rective measures to eliminate the interference or to discon- nect the television receiver and refund the installation costs to the subscriber. Rule 3. CATV System Performance Monitoring In order to insure maintenance of required operating standards each grantee of a CATV franchise shall perform or cause to be performed the following tests and shall furnish the City Manager with certified written reports of the results: (1) Monthly Tests The following tests shall be performed at five sep- arated geographical points within the franchise area: (a) Signal strength At the input to the matching transformer of the television receiver (75 ohm impedance), the signal level shall be measured at the picture carrier mid - frequency of each television channel with a field strength meter (Jerrold Model 704 -B or equal). The signal level for each channel shall be a minimum of 1000 microvolts. Ah (b) Visual Degradation An appropriate test pattern from a test gener- ator shall be inserted at the antenna output and the picture on the television receiver shall be checked 2. 3. visually for ringing, smear, streaking, hum, reflections, loss of resolution or contrast and beats from spurious or adjacent channel signals. (2) Semi - Annual Tests The following tests shall be conducted at the sub- scriber end of all system trunk lines to provide a compre- hensive test of whether the system is continuing to meet original standards-. (a) Distribution system frequency response By means of a wide band sweep generator (Jerrold Model 900 -B or equal), a broad band signal covering the VHF television band shall be inserted at the input to the first system trunk amplifier with a signal amplitude level equal to the average levels introduced when fed from the antenna through the head end signal processing equipment. With a broad band detector (Jerrold Model D Series or equal) and oscilloscope, the frequency response at the subscriber end of any trunk line shall be checked. The frequency response shall be within + 3db. (b) Signal to noise ratio At the input to each television channel head end signal processor, a continuous wave signal shall be inserted with one (1) millivolt RMS amplitude at each channel picture frequency. The signal level at the end of any trunk line shall then be checked with a Field Strength Meter tuned to each mid - channel picture carrier in turn. Then, with no input signal, the field strength test shall be repeated. During the test no channel must produce a difference in readings between signal and no signal conditions of less than 46 decibels. (c) AC (hum) modulation At the input to each television channel head end signal processor, a CW signal with an amplitude equal to the average antenna output operating level and a frequency 3. equal to the picture carrier shall be inserted. Then, by means of an RF detector and oscilloscope used at the subscriber end of any trunk line, the average DC level shall be checked. The peak to peak variation of the dis- played signal must be less than five percent (5 %) of the It DC level. (d) Inter - channel distortion While all other channels are operating normally, the antenna output from one channel shall be disconnected and an unmodulated RF signal at the carrier frequency shall be substituted in that channel input. A blank white pic- ture must appear on the screen of any television receiver or monitor turned to said channel, with no visible inter- ference components. This test shall be repeated for each channel in turn. The full costs of the foregoing tests shall be borne by the franchise grantees for their respective systems, including reimbursement to the City for the cost of providing an inspector of the City's choice to witness the conducting of the tests. If deviations from the required standards are disclosed by the tests, the grantee shall take immediate action to correct any such deviations and complete the corrective measures within ten (10) days unless additional time is allowed by the City Manager pur- suant to a written request from a grantee. II. The City Clerk is directed to publish this resolution once in the official newspaper of the City within fifteen (15) days following its adoption and to cause a copy hereof to be mailed to all franchise grantees and applicants for franchises at least ten (10) _ days prior to the time fixed for hearing thereon. III. At the time fixed for hearing the City Council shall 4. proceed to hear and pass upon such evidence, comments and objec- tions as may be presented. Thereafter, the City Council, by resolu- tion, may proceed to adopt said rules and regulations in the form proposed herein or in such modified form as the Council may deem desirable. ADOPTED this 77th day of Tlanaml ap 196 6 � (,� 00 k� �11C71� j ("Q� Vice Mayor ATTEST: City rc 5. a I e STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH) I, LAURA LAGIOS, Acting City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that according to the records of the City of Newport Beach filed and maintained in my office, the foregoing Resolution No. 6488 was duly and regularly adopted, passed, and approved by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California, at a regular meeting of said City Council held at the regular meting place thereof, on the 27th day of December , 1966, by the following vote, to wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Rogers, Parsons, Marshall, Forgit, Shelton NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: Gruber and Cook Dated this 28th day of December , 1966 City Council, City of Newport Beach, State of California. i