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Supp. No. 9
ARTICLE II.
CABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Sec. 56-36. Definitions.
For the purposes of this article, the following terms, phrases, words, abbreviations and their derivations
shall have the meaning given herein, when not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense
include the future tense, words in the plural number include the singular number, words in the singular number
include each of the other genders. The words "shall" and "must" always are mandatory and not merely
directory.
Access
shall mean any programming or channel designated for use by any other person other than the
company.
Basic services
shall mean all subscriber services provided by the grantee in one or more service tiers,
including the delivery of broadcast signals, access channels and origination channels, covered by the regular
monthly charge paid by all subscribers to a particular service tier, excluding optional services for which a
separate charge is made.
Cable telecommunications
shall mean cable television and communications.
Cable telecommunications service
shall mean the provision of improved television or
telecommunications intelligence or entertainment services to the public for compensation or not and distributing
the same by wire or fiber cable or other means.
Cable telecommunications system
shall mean a system of antennas, cables, fiber optics, wires, lines,
towers, wave guides, or other conductors, converters, equipment or facilities, designed and constructed for the
purpose of producing, originating, amplifying, and distributing any type of signal including, but not limited to,
audio, video, and other forms of electronic, digital or electrical signals.
Channel
shall mean a 6 MHZ band of frequencies in the electromagnetic spectrum (or any other means
of transmission, including but not limited to optical fibers, which is capable of carrying the equivalent signal or
signals), and includes uses of all or any portion of such band of frequencies.
Construction completion date
shall mean the date, after receiving a request from franchisee, on which
the town or its designee issues a certificate of completion to a franchisee. That certificate shall not be
unreasonably withheld.
FCC
shall mean the Federal Communications Commission.
Franchise
shall mean and include any authorization granted by the town in terms of a franchise
privilege, permit license or otherwise to construct, or have constructed, operate and maintain a cable
telecommunications system. Any such authorization, in whatever term granted, and the fees charted thereunder
shall neither supersede nor take the place of any license, license fee or permit authorization which might
otherwise be required for the privilege of transacting and carrying on cable telecommunications service under