<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 20-72. - Construction and technical standards.</div>
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               (a)
               
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               <span class="ital">Compliance with construction and technical standards.</span> Grantee shall construct, install, operate and maintain its system in a manner consistent
               with all laws, ordinances, construction standards, governmental requirements, the
               franchise, and FCC technical standards, which standards are incorporated by reference
               herein. The grantee, through the system, shall provide uniform, strong signals which
               are free from any significant distortion and interference. The system shall be designed,
               constructed, operated and maintained for 24-hours-a-day continuous operation. The
               system shall produce, for reception on subscribers' receivers which are in good working
               order, either monochrome or color pictures (providing the receiver is color capable)
               which are free from any significant interference or distortion which would cause any
               material degradation of video or audio quality.
               
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               (b)
               
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               <span class="ital">State of the art.</span> Grantee will deploy advanced technology which enables grantee to add new services
               (does not include particular programming services) as they are developed and which
               are considered the current state-of-the-art, defined as that level of technical performance
               and technical capability, which has been implemented in a majority of the cable television
               systems of similar size in the State of North Carolina. Provided, however, that any
               improvement needed to meet such level can be instituted through technology which has
               been demonstrated to be feasible for its intended purpose, in an operationally workable
               manner, and in an economically viable manner.
               
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               (c)
               
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               <span class="ital">County review of construction plans.</span> Prior to the erection of any towers, poles, conduits or facilities under this chapter,
               the grantee shall first submit to the county and other designated parties for review
               a concise description of the facilities proposed to be erected or installed, including
               engineering drawings, if required, together with a map and plans indicating the proposed
               location of all such facilities. Prior to rebuilding or upgrading of the cable television
               system, the grantee shall first submit to the county for their review, the design
               plans and maps, including engineering drawings, as they become available.
               
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               (d)
               
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               <span class="ital">Contractor qualifications.</span> Any contractor proposed for work of construction, installation, operation, maintenance,
               and repair of system equipment must be properly licensed under laws of the state,
               and all local ordinances.
               
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               (e)
               
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               <span class="ital">Minimum interference.</span> The grantee's system and associated equipment erected by the grantee within the county
               shall be so located as to cause minimum interference with the proper use of streets,
               alleys, and other public ways and places, and to cause minimum interference with the
               rights and reasonable convenience of property owners who adjoin any of the said streets,
               alleys or other public ways and places. No pole or other fixtures placed in any public
               ways by the grantee shall be placed in such a manner as to interfere with normal travel
               on such public way.
               
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               (f)
               
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               <span class="ital">County maps.</span> The county does not guarantee the accuracy of any maps showing the horizontal or
               vertical location of existing substructures. In public rights-of-way, where necessary,
               the location shall be verified by excavation.
               
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               (g)
               
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               <span class="ital">Quality of construction.</span> Construction, installation, operation, and maintenance of the cable television system
               shall be performed in an orderly and workmanlike manner, in accordance with then current
               technological standards. All cables and wires shall be installed, where possible,
               parallel with electric and telephone lines. Multiple cable configurations shall be
               arranged in parallel and bundled with due respect for engineering considerations.
               
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               (h)
               
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               <span class="ital">Construction standards.</span> Grantee shall at all times comply with:
               
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               (1)
               
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               National Electrical Safety Code (National Bureau of Standards);
               
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               (2)
               
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               National Electrical Code (National Bureau of Fire Underwriters);
               
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               (3)
               
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               Bell System Code of Pole Line Construction (where applicable);
               
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               (4)
               
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               Applicable FCC or other federal, state and local regulations; and standards as set
               forth in the franchise.
               
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               (i)
               
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               <span class="ital">Non-interference.</span> In any event, the system shall not endanger or interfere with the safety of persons
               or property in the franchise area or other areas where the grantee may have equipment
               located.
               
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               (j)
               
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               <span class="ital">Antennae.</span> Any structure used in the cable television system shall comply with construction,
               marking, and lighting of antennae structure standards as required by federal and state
               law or regulation.
               
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               (k)
               
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               <span class="ital">OSHA.</span> All worker facilities, conditions, and procedures that are used during construction,
               installation, operation, and maintenance of the cable system shall comply with the
               standards of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
               
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               (l)
               
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               <span class="ital">RF leakage.</span> RF leakage shall be checked at reception location for emergency radio services to
               prove measurable interference signal combinations are possible. Stray radiation shall
               be measured adjacent to any proposed aeronautical navigation radio sites to prove
               no measurable interference to airborne navigational reception in the normal flight
               pattern. FCC rules and regulations shall govern. The system shall cause no measurable
               interference in TV signal reception to any operating receiver not connected to and
               serviced by the system.
               
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               (Ord. No. 1998-05, art. VII, Â§ 7.2, 2-16-98)
               
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