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 Winter Garden
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 71. CABLE COMMUNICATIONS
 Article IV. OPERATIONAL RULES

  § 71-116. System description, service and standards.  

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  • (a)

    Each cable communications franchise grantee shall construct, install and maintain the grantee's cable communications system in a manner consistent and in compliance with all applicable laws, ordinances, construction standards, governmental requirements and technical standards equivalent to those established by the FCC. If the FCC should delete such requirements, the city reserves the right to exercise such regulatory authority as it may have under applicable law. Each grantee shall provide to the city, upon request, written reports of the grantee's annual proof of performance tests conducted pursuant to FCC standards and requirements, if any.

    (b)

    Each grantee shall at all times comply with the National Electrical Safety Code (National Bureau of Standards); National Electrical Code (National Fire Protection Association); applicable FCC and other federal, state and local regulations; and codes and other ordinances of the city.

    (c)

    A cable communications system shall not endanger or interfere with the safety of persons or property within the city or other areas where the grantee may have equipment located.

    (d)

    All working facilities, conditions and procedures used or occurring during construction of a cable communication system shall comply with the standards of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

    (e)

    Construction, installation and maintenance of a cable communications system shall be performed in an orderly and workmanlike manner and in close coordination with public and private utilities serving the city following accepted construction procedures and practices and working through existing committees and organizations.

    (f)

    All cables and wires shall be installed, where possible, parallel with electric and telephone lines, and multiple cable configurations shall be arranged in parallel and bundled with due respect for engineering consideration.

    (g)

    Any antenna structure used in a cable communications system shall comply with construction, marking and lighting of antennae structures required by federal, state, and local law, including but not limited to any requirements of the United States Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration.

    (h)

    A grantee shall comply with FCC technical standards.

(Ord. No. 02-03, Art. IV(16), 2-28-02)