Required services and facilities.
Springfield, Ill., City Code § 103.43
in effect§ 103.43. - Required services and facilities.
(a) A grantee shall, as part of an initial franchise, provide the franchising authority with a written description of the cable system within the franchise area, including technical characteristics, channel capacity, channel carriage, and a strand map.
(b) The capability to deliver 90 channels of television programming over a 750 megahertz (MHZ), two-way operational system without regard to method of delivery or capacity, stereo sound reproduction capacity, where a stereo signal is provided by the programmer, and platform expansion capability, without regard to technological format, that enables the grantee to respond to marketplace conditions for enhanced cable services or other services.
(c) Install electronic status monitoring equipment at locations consistent with the grantee's engineering practices.
(d) Design said cable system with the capability to provide upstream and downstream channel capacity. A grantee shall also operate and maintain said cable system in a manner which will enable continuous 24-hour operation of all services as required herein.
(e) Standby power generating capacity at the cable system's headend capable of providing 48 hours of emergency power supply, and equipment capable of providing standby power at critical system locations for node sites, and transportation amplifiers for a minimum of two hours.
(f) Upon request of the subscriber, the grantee shall make available a "parental control" mechanism, device, or digital code that permits the subscriber to "lock out" audible and visual reception of programming of the subscriber's choice. For purposes of this article, a converter box which contains a micro processing chip that enables blocking or scrambling of cablecast signals shall meet the requirements of this section.
(Ord. No. 613-11-02, § 1, 11-19-02)
Source: City of Springfield, Illinois, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/il/springfield/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIXGERE_CH103CATE_ARTIICACOSY_S103.43RESEFAFetched: 11/8/2026