§ 17.003. Definitions.

Sec. III. The following words and terms used in this Ordinance are defined as follows:

A.

Act , means the Federal 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.

B.

Associated equipment , means 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.

C.

Basic service , means 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.

D.

Existing rates , [means] the rates for basic service and associated equipment charged by a regulated cable operator on the initial date of regulation by the franchising authority.

E.

F.C.C. , means the United States Federal Communications Commission.

F.

F.C.C. rules and/or regulations , means any and all rules and/or regulations which the F.C.C. promulgates and/or adopts pursuant to the Act.

G.

Franchising authority , means the Township Board.

H.

Rate increase , means 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.

I.

Ordinance , means this Cable Television Basic Service Regulation Ordinance.

J.

Regulated cable operator , means any operator of a cable television system that is subject to regulation by a certified franchising authority.

K.

Township shall mean the Pavilion Township of Kalamazoo County.