HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Relating to Cable TV Rate Structure, Deferral of Service to Certain Areas ORDINANCE NO. 2824
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF
THE CITY OF AMES, IOWA BY REPEALING SUB-
SECTIONS 25.4(6) and 25.22(3) THEREOF AND
ENACTING NEW SUBSECTIONS 25.4(6) and 25.22(3) FOR
THE PURPOSE OF ADOPTING CHANGES TO THE CABLE
TELEVISION RATE STRUCTURE AND A PROCESS TO
AUTHORIZE DEFERRAL OF SERVICE TO CERTAIN
AREAS; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH TO THE EXTENT
OF SUCH CONFLICT, IF ANY; AND ESTABLISHING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
BE IT ENACTED by the City Council the City of Ames, Iowa:
Section One. The Municipal Code of the City of Ames, Iowa, shall be and is
hereby amended by repealing subsection 25.4(6) thereof and enacting a new
subsection 25.4(6) as follows:
"(6) The following rates and charges are hereby authorized for
service under a franchise and shall not be increased by a
grantee without prior approval by the city council:
(a) Standard rates and charges:
(i) Installation charges:
a. Initial tap-in and connection charges (TV
and/or radio, residential or commercial)
$20.00
b. Additional installation up to a total of four at
same location, each $5.00
C. Additional installation, five or more at same
location: direct cost of necessary labor and
materials plus 10 0
d. Disconnecting service--no charge
e. Each repositioning at same location
('relocation'): direct cost of necessary labor
and materials plus 10 0
(ii) Monthly rates:
a. First TV and RV and radio outlet, residential
or commercial --$8.95 unless convertor pur-
chased by subscribed, then $7.45
b. Additional TV and TV radio outlets, each
$2.75, unless convertor purchased by sub-
scriber, then $1.25
C. Additional radio outlets, each $1.10
(b) Hotels, motels, rest homes and hospitals containing not
less than ten (10) rental units to which service is pro-
vided:
(i) Direct cost of labor and material necessary for
installation plust 10 0. No charge for disconnecting
service
(h) Monthly rates not to exceed: $2.75 per TV and TV
and radio outlet plus 50 0 of any future single user
rate increase under (ii) a. above.
(c) Multiple dwelling units billed to one customer:
(i) Direct cost of labor and materials necessary for
installation plus 10 0
(ii) Monthly rates:
Number of Dwelling Monthly Charge per
Units Served TV and TV and radio
Outlet
Up to 5 Each dwelling unit
shall
have same monthly
rates as provided in
Section 25.4(6)(a)
6 through 49 To be negotiated up
to 65 0 of the single
user rate
50 and over To be negotiated
up to 50 0 of the
single user rate"
Section Two. The Municipal Code shall be and the same is hereby amended
by repealing Subsection 25.22(3) thereof and enacting a new subsection
25.22(3) as follows:
11(3) A grantee shall extend its cable television system and service
to all areas of the City within eighteen (18) months after
receiving permission from the Federal Communications
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Commission and to newly annexed areas as rapidly as possible.
However, under procedures hereafter established the grantee
may defer service when service would otherwise be required
hereunder for those places, addresses, sites or locales of the
city where due to sparce population or unusually difficult
construction conditions, service would be economically non-
compensatory to the grantee. The procedure for obtaining
the right to so defer service shall be as follows:
(a) File with the Ames Cable Television commission and
publish once each week for two weeks in a newspaper of
general circulation in the City a map of the City of Ames
on which there shall be clearly and precisely shown
those places, addresses , sites or locales of the city to
which the grantee intends to defer service as aforesaid
and further stating:
(i) That the costs and computations showing that
service to the subject areas will be noncompensatory
to the grantee is on file at the Ames Public Library
and there available for study and copying by any
person on request.
(ii) That any person opposed to all or any part of or
place of such proposed deferral may file a written
protest in the office of the City Clerk for the City
of Ames.
(b) For those places, addresses, sites or locales for which
no written objection is filed by 5:00 p.m. on the tenth
business day following the last date of publication, the
deferral shall be final and in effect, unless or until
protested and denied by the Cable Television Commission
as hereafter provided.
(c) For those places, addresses, sites or locales for which a
protestor can provide written, documented evidence
showing that the grantees projected costs of service are
unreasonably high or that projected revenues are un-
reasonably low, the cable commission shall, after notice
and an opportunity for public hearing, approve or deny
the deferral of service.
(d) The standard for determining if service to the place or
locale proposed for deferment would be non-compensatory
shall be whether the grantee will realize a rate of return
of not less than 12 o after taxes as determined by divid-
ing projected gross receipts from customer services in
the locale or place, less expenses, by the cost of con-
struction to the place or in the locale for which service
is to be deferred."
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Section Three. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict, if any.
Section Four. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage and publication as required by law.
ADOPTED THIS 25th day of Ma
Gina Bicknese, City Clerk F. Paul Goodland, Mayor
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