§ 8AA-38. General standards; signal standards.

(a) The cable systems shall pass standard color television and FM signals without abnormal degradation. The system must be capable of delivering all National Television Systems Committee (NTSC) color and monochrome standard signals and designed to provide picture quality of TASO grade 2 or better and superior reliability.

(b) Any cable system that commences construction, including, but not limited to, initial construction, rebuild, upgrade, or reconstruction after the effective date of this ordinance shall have a television system which is State of the Art and shall have a minimum capacity of at least seventy-eight (78) activated video channels or its digital equivalent, including two-way capability as defined. A license resolution may require a licensee to upgrade its cable system pursuant to a construction schedule in order to meet "State-of-the-Art" requirements. Failure to comply with this subsection or the upgrade or construction schedule outlined in a license resolution shall result in the imposition of fines to be paid by the licensee to the County in the amount of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) per day or part thereof that the violation continues.

(c) All television signals transmitted on a cable system must include any closed circuit captioning information for the hearing impaired that is available to the licensee.

(Ord. No. 90-73, § 1, 7-24-90; Ord. No. 01-44, § 1, 3-20-01; Ord. No. 03-122, § 1, 5-6-03)