System Design.
North Las Vegas Municipal Code § 12.24.080
in effect12.24.080 - System Design.
A. System Construction Schedule. If applicable, every agreement shall specify the construction schedule that shall apply to any required construction, upgrade, or rebuild of the cable system.
B. Design Requirements. A cable company's cable system or other system which it uses shall, at all times during the cable franchise term, meet or exceed the following requirements:
1. Continuous Twenty-Four-Hour Operation. A cable system shall be capable of continuous twenty-four (24) hour daily operation without severe material degradation of signal except during extremely inclement weather or immediately following extraordinary storms that adversely affect utility services or damage major system components or due to other force majeure.
2. Temperature Specifications. A system shall be capable of operating over an outdoor temperature range of minus-forty (40) degrees F to plus-one-hundred-thirty (130) degrees F and over variation in supply voltages from one hundred five (105) to one hundred thirty (130) volts AC without catastrophic failure or irreversible performance changes. A system shall meet all applicable specifications over an outdoor temperature range of minus-forty (40) degrees F to plus-one-hundred-thirty (130) degrees F and over variation in supply voltages from one hundred five (105) to one hundred thirty (130) volts AC.
3. No Deterioration to Access Signals. A system shall be so constructed and operated that there is no significant deterioration in the quality of access channel signals or leased access signals, either upstream or downstream, as compared with any other channel on that system. Deterioration refers to any signal problem, including but not limited to ghost images and other interference and distortions.
4. Industry-accepted Equipment. A system shall use equipment generally used in high-quality, reliable, modem systems of similar design, including but not limited to backup power supplies capable of providing power to the system for not less than three hours according to manufacturer's reasonable specifications, in view of local conditions, in the event of an electrical outage. The obligation to provide such backup power supplies shall apply to a cable company's headend, each fiber optic node, and any other location(s) within the system necessary to maintain service to subscribers for not less than three hours in the event of an electrical outage, as described above.
5. Program Security. A system shall include equipment so that any pay-per-view programming can only be activated by the positive action of a subscriber using, for example, a private identification number or other individual selection procedure.
6. Handicapped Service. All closed-caption programming retransmitted by a system shall include the closed-caption signal. For hearing impaired subscribers, a cable company shall provide information concerning the cost and availability of equipment to facilitate the reception of all basic services for the hearing impaired. In addition, a cable company must have TDD/TTY (or equivalent) equipment at the company office and a publicly listed telephone number for such equipment, allowing hearing impaired customers to contact the company. Upon request, a cable company shall provide, for purchase or lease, a remote control device to those subscribers who are mobility limited or where a member of the subscriber's household is mobility limited.
C. Emergency Alert System.
1. A cable company shall install and maintain an emergency alert system ("EAS") that meets all requirements of federal law, which shall be available for use by the City.
2. The EAS shall be remotely activated by telephone and shall allow a representative of the City to override the audio and video on all channels on the cable company's system that may lawfully be overridden, without the assistance of the cable company, at least to the extent necessary to insert audio and video warnings (such as a "crawl" at the bottom of a picture) to tune to a governmental access channel or other source for emergency broadcasts.
3. The City shall provide reasonable notice to a cable company prior to any test use of the EAS. A cable company shall cooperate with the City in any such test.
D. Uses of System. A cable company must agree to advise the City of all active uses of the system, for both entertainment and other purposes, and the City shall have the right to conduct audits of such usage upon reasonable notice. A cable system and all its parts shall be subject to inspection by the City.
E. System Tests and Inspections.
1. A cable company shall perform all tests necessary to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of the cable franchise or cable service permit and other performance standards established by law or regulation, and to ensure that the system components are operating as expected. All tests shall be conducted in accordance with federal rules.
2. A cable company shall conduct tests as follows:
a. Acceptance tests on each newly constructed or rebuilt segment prior to subscriber connection or activation;
b. Proof of performance tests on the system as required by FCC rules, except as federal law otherwise limits the cable company's obligation;
3. Tests shall be supervised by a cable company's registered professional engineer, who shall sign all records of tests provided to the City.
4. A written summary, report of test results shall be filed with the City within seven days of each test. In addition, a cable company shall retain written reports of the results of any tests required by the FCC, and such reports shall be submitted to the City upon the City's request.
5. The City reserves the right to conduct its own tests upon reasonable notice to a cable company. If substantial noncompliance is found, the expense thereof shall be borne by the cable company. The City shall endeavor to arrange any request for such tests so as to minimize hardship or inconvenience to the cable company or to subscribers.
F. System Maintenance. A cable company shall schedule maintenance on its system so that activities likely to result in an interruption of service are performed during periods of minimum subscriber use of the system according to FCC rules and regulations.
(Ord. 1312 § 1 (part), 1999)
Source: City of North Las Vegas, Nevada, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nv/north_las_vegas/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT12STSIPUPL_CH12.24CACORECO_12.24.080SYDEFetched: 11/1/2026