HomeMy WebLinkAbout85-22 - Amending Section 5.44.035 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code Deregulating Rates and Charges for Community Antenna TelevisionORDINANCE NO. 85 -22
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AN ORD I NANCE OF THE C I TY COUNC I L OF THE C I TY
OF NEWPORT BEACH AMENDING SECTION 5.44.035 OF
THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE DEREGULATING
RATES AND CHARGES FOR COMMUNITY ANTENNA
TELEVISION
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Newport
Beach finds and declares as follows:
The City Council of the City grants franchises within
the City for the operation of Community Antenna Television (CATV)
services.
The City Council has determined that the public good
shall be served by the exercise of the police power to amend the
Municipal Code to include sections regarding the Regulation of
Rates and Service relating to CATV.
SECTION 2. The City Council DOES ORDAIN as follows:
The City Council is enabled
by the Terms
of the
.
Franchises and by Section 5.44.060 of the
Municipal Code
to amend
the ordinances governing such franchises.
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The Federal Cable Communications Policy Act
of 1984
prohibits any franchising authority from
regulating the
rates for
CATV service after December 29, 1986.
The City Council has determined that the public good
shall be served by the exercise of the police power to amend the
Municipal Code to include sections regarding the Regulation of
Rates and Service relating to CATV.
SECTION 2. The City Council DOES ORDAIN as follows:
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Section
5.44.035
of the Newport Beach Municipal Code is
.
hereby amended to
read as
follows:
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• 5.44.035 REGULATION OF RATES AND SERVICE
(a) The City Council shall, at all times and
from time to time during the term of any
franchise granted hereunder, have the power to
and shall adopt and enforce and Grantee shall
conform to rules and regulations of the
Council governing and establishing reasonable
rules, regulations and standards of
performance pertaining to the system of
Grantee.
(b) The rates and charges for those services
included under the definition "Non Basic
Services" and "Basic Subscriber Services" as
defined herein shall not require City Council
review and approval. The Grantee shall,
however, provide the City with sixty (60)
days' prior written notification of any new
rates or charges associated with "Non Basic
Services" or "Basic Subscriber Services" to be
provided within its franchise area.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall be published once in
the official newspaper of the City, and the same shall be
• effective thirty (30) days after the date of its adoption.
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This Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of
the City Council of the City of Newport Beach held on the 12th day
of August , 1985, and was adopted on the 26th day of
1985 by the following vote:
AT EAT
August 9
AYES, COUNCILMEMBERS Agee, Cox, Hart,
Heather, Maurer, Plummer, Strauss
NOES, COUNCILMEMBERS
ABSENT COUNCILMEMBERS
City Clerk
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