§ 43-2. Definitions.
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A.The following words and terms used in this chapter are defined as follows:
- ACT
- The Communications Act of 1934, as amended, specifically including the amendments contained in the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, Public Law 102-385.
- ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
- Equipment used by a subscriber to receive basic service cable programming regardless of whether such equipment is also used to receive other tiers of regulated programming service and/or unregulated tiers of programming service(s). Associated equipment includes, but is not limited to:
- (1) Converter boxes;
- (2) Remote control units;
- (3) Connections for additional television receivers; and
- (4) Other cable home wiring.
- BASIC SERVICE
- The level or tier of cable television programming which includes, at a minimum, all signals of domestic television broadcast stations provided to any subscriber (except a signal secondarily transmitted by satellite carrier beyond the local service area of such station, regardless of how such signal is ultimately received by the cable system), a public, educational and/or governmental programming required by the franchise authority to be carried as a basic service, and any additional video programming signals added to the basic service by the regulated cable operator.
- CITY
- The City of Kalamazoo.
- EXISTING RATES
- The rates for basic service and associated equipment charged by a regulated cable operator on the initial date of regulation by the franchising authority.
- FCC
- The United States Federal Communications Commission.
- FCC RULES AND/OR REGULATIONS
- Any and all rules and/or regulations which the FCC promulgates and/or adopts pursuant to the Act.
- FRANCHISING AUTHORITY
- The City.
- ORDINANCE, or THIS CHAPTER
- This Cable Television Basic Service Regulation Ordinance.
- RATE INCREASE
- An increase in rates for basic service and/or associated equipment including among others increases in rates that are the result of reductions in programming provided under the basic service.
- REGULATED CABLE OPERATOR
- Any operator of a cable television system that is subject to regulation by the City.