5.20.030: DEFINITIONS:
For the purposes of this chapter the following terms, phrases, words, abbreviations and derivations shall have the following meanings. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense shall include the future tense, words in the plural number include the singular number and words in the singular number include the plural number.
CABLE ACT: The cable communications policy act of 1984, as amended and modified by the telecommunications act of 1996, and any subsequent amendment.
CITY: The city of Salt Lake, or the lawful successor, transferee or assignee thereof.
FCC: Federal communications commission, or its successor.
FRANCHISE: Means and includes any authorization granted hereunder in terms of franchise, privilege, permit, license, or otherwise to construct, operate and maintain a video services system within all or a specified area of the city for the purpose of offering video services or other services to subscribers. Any such authorization, in whatever form granted, shall not supersede the requirement to obtain any other license or permit required for the privilege of transacting and carrying on a business within the city as required by other ordinances and laws of this city, the state, or federal law.
GRANTEE: Any person, firm, or corporation granted a franchise by the city.
PUBLIC WAY: The surface of, and the space above and below, any public street, highway, freeway, bridge, land path, alley, court, boulevard, sidewalk, parkway, way, lane, public way, drive, circle or other public right of way including public utility easements, dedicated utility strips or rights of way dedicated for compatible uses, and any temporary or permanent fixtures or improvements located thereon now or hereafter held by the city. Public way also means any easement now or hereafter held by the city within the service area for the purpose of public travel, or for utility or public services use dedicated for compatible uses. Public way shall include other easements or rights of way as shall within their proper use and meaning entitle the city and the grantee with the city's approval use for the purposes of installing or transmitting grantee's cable services or other service over poles, wires, cables, conductors, ducts, conduits, vaults, manholes, amplifiers, appliances, attachments and other property as may be ordinarily necessary and pertinent to the system.
SERVICE AREA: The present municipal boundaries of the city, and shall include any additions thereto by annexation or other legal means.
SUBSCRIBER OR CUSTOMER: Any person or entity lawfully receiving for consideration, direct or indirect, any service of the grantee's video services system.
VIDEO SERVICES SYSTEM OR SYSTEM: A system employing antennas, microwave, wires, waveguides, coaxial cables, fiber optic, or other conductors, equipment, or facilities designed, constructed, or used for the purpose of:
A. Collecting and amplifying local and distant broadcast, television, or radio signals and distributing and transmitting such signals;
B. Transmitting original cablecast or television programming not received through television broadcast signals;
C. Transmitting television pictures, film and videotape programs not received through broadcast television signals, whether or not encoded or processed to permit reception by only selected receivers; and
D. Transmitting and receiving all other signals - digital, voice, or audiovisual.
A video services system shall include any system using the public rights of way to deliver one-way video services to customers whether classified as a "cable system" under the cable act or otherwise (such as internet protocol television (IPTV)). (Ord. 68-16, 2016)
