Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout6495 - Community Antenna Television SystemsGDRemec 1/13/67 RESOLUTION NO. 6495 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH ADOPTING RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE OPERATION OF COMMUNITY ANTENNA TELEVISION SYSTEMS WITHIN THE CITY Y • 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, on December 27, 1966, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 6488 declaring its intention to hold a public hear- ing on January 9, 1967, for the purpose of considering the adoption of proposed rules and regulations concerning the operations of community antenna television systems within the City of Newport Beach set out therein; and WHEREAS, said resolution of intention was published and distributed and the public hearing was held as required by said Section 5.44.165; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the following are adopted as the rules and regulations governing the operation of community antenna television systems in the City: 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 brought to the attention of the grantee by sub- scriber 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 J 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 attributable to the subscriber's television receiver. 0 Rule 2. Interference with CATV Reception by Ambient 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 corrective measures to eliminate the interference or to disconnect 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 resultsa (1) Monthly Tests The following tests shall be performed at five separated geographical points within the franchise areae (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 car- rier 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. 2. (b) Visual degradation An appropriate test pattern from a test gen- erator shall be inserted at the antenna output and the picture on the television receiver shall be . checked 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 comprehensive test of whether the system is continu- ing 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 oscil- loscope, 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 0 a Field Strength Meter tuned to each mid - channel picture carrier in turn. Then, with no input signal, 3. 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 equal to the picture carrier shall be inserted. Then, by means of an RF detector and oscil- loscope used at the subscriber end of any trunk line, the average DC level shall be checked. The peak to peak variation of the displayed signal must be less than five percent (5 %) of the DC level. (d) Inter - channel distortion While all other channels are operating nor- mally, 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 picture must appear on the screen of any television receiver or monitor turned to said channel, with no visible interference 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, in- cluding 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 4. • measures within ten (10) days unless additional time is allowed by the City Manager pursuant to a written request from a grantee, ADOPTED this 9th day of January, 1967. �i 5. STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUN'T'Y 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. 6495 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 meeting place thereof, on the 9th day of January 19675 by the following vote, to wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Rogers, Parsons, Marshall, Gruber, Cook, Forgit, Shelton NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: None Dated this 23rd day of City Council, City of Newport Mach, State of California. • 19 67 .