Title 10 Regulati on of Activities
Chapter 10.27A Cable Communicati ons Code
Article III. Franchise Conditions
Section 10.27A.510 Access and Local Programming
The City believes that local programming can play a distinctive, valuable and essential role as part of a cable system. A successful community programming operati on requires the cooperati on and support of a franchisee, the City and the public over an extended period of time. Applicati ons for a franchise may include proposals for the provision of public, educati on and local government access channels and local originati on programming, including facilities and support services sufficient to meet community needs. Applicants are encouraged to include proposals for local originati on programming by a franchisee. All local programming equipment, facilities and support services—whether supplied directly by a franchisee or through grant funds provided by the franchisee—shall be available for noncommercial use to all access users in the community including a franchisee. All proposals shall conform to the following requirements:
A franchisee shall provide equipment, directly or through grants, for local program production by all access users and live and video-taped presentati on over the cable system in addition to automated services.
A franchisee shall have no control over the content of access programs except as provided by applicable law. The City may require a franchisee or a non-profit corporati on or other entity selected to manage the access program to establish reasonable rules for the use of access channels consistent with the requirements of this chapter, a franchise, other applicable law and the intended purpose of such channels. Such rules shall be subject to review and approval by the City.
Any educati on access channel shall be made available free of charge for transmission of educati onal programming in the discretion of the City.
Any local government access channels shall be made available free of charge for the transmission of government-related programming.
Date Passed: Monday, June 4, 2007
Effective Date: Wednesday, July 11, 2007
ORD C34041 Section 1 (Recodificati on)