§ 5.36.330. Availability of access facilities.

Use of facilities of the licensee for public, educational and governmental access on the CATV system pursuant to Section 5.36.310 of this chapter shall be made available, without rental, deposits, or any other charge whatsoever, for use 24 hours per day, seven days a week in connection with the production of public, educational and/or governmental access programming cablecast upon the CATV system. A licensee shall:

(1)

Allow all persons and entities desiring to cablecast public, educational and/or governmental access programming to produce programming upon and electronically interface directly with the CATV system of licensee so as to effectively cablecast the public, educational and/or governmental access programming, or, in the alternative;

(2)

Establish such reasonable rules and procedures, designed to promote the utilization of such public, educational and/or governmental access programming and subject to the approval of the city council, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, whereby the licensee shall accept and cablecast such public, educational and/or governmental access programming upon the cable television system as shall be provided to the licensee by such persons and entities.

(3)

Make all reasonable efforts to coordinate the cablecasting of public, educational and/or governmental access programming upon the cable television system at the same time and upon the same channel designations as such programming is cablecast upon other cable television systems with the city.

(Ord. 747B §3(part), 2003)