<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 40-137. - Construction and technical standards.</div>
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               (a)
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               Compliance with construction and technical standards. Under this article the grantee
               shall construct, install, operate and maintain its system in a manner consistent with
               all laws, ordinances, construction standards, governmental requirements, Federal Communications
               Commission technical standards, and detailed technical standards submitted by the
               grantee as part of its application, which standards are incorporated by reference
               in this article. 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 continuous operation 24 hours
               a day. 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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               State of the art. The grantee shall construct, install, operate and maintain its system
               in accordance with the generally accepted standards in cable communications, such
               standards to include but not be limited to the following:
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               (1)
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               The system will be spaced to permit a minimum of 450 MHz operation and will be capable
               of utilizing state-of-the-art converters and be compatible with cable-ready television
               sets.
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               (2)
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               The system will utilize converters which will make the system adaptable for the development
               of future services.
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               (3)
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               The grantee shall maintain its system facilities in a manner which will continue to
               enable it to add new services and associated equipment as they are developed, available,
               and proved marketable to subscribers. The new services and associated equipment will
               be added to the system facilities when they are determined to be technically reliable
               and adaptable to the system at a cost to the subscriber that is acceptable in the
               marketplace.
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               (c)
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               Contractor qualifications. 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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               (d)
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               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 such 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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               (e)
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               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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               (f)
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               Construction, installation, operation, and maintenance of the cable communications
               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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               (g)
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               The grantee shall at all times comply with the following:
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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 for fiber optics.
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               (4)
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               Applicable Federal Communications Commission or other federal, state and local regulations;
               and standards as set forth in the franchise.
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               (h)
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               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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               (i)
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               Any antenna structure used in the cable communications system shall comply with construction,
               marking, and lighting of antenna structure standards as required by federal and state
               law or regulation.
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               (j)
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               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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               (k)
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               Federal Communications Commission rules and regulations shall govern RF leakage. 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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               (l)
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               The grantee shall maintain equipment capable of providing standby power for a minimum
               of eight hours for the head-end and two hours for transportation and trunk amplifiers.
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               (Code 1995, Â§ 517.061)
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