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ORDINANCE NO. 2000- PAGE 17 (i) Payment of the franchise fee under this chapter or the franchise agreement shall not exempt Grantee from the payment of any other license fee, tax, levy, assessment or charge on the business, occupation, services, property or income of the Grantee which is or may hereafter be lawfully imposed on all entities engaged in the same or similar business as Grantee. §945.19 TECHNICAL STANDARDS; TESTS. (a) The Grantee shall construct, install, operate and maintain its system in a manner consistent with all applicable laws, ordinances, construction standards, Federal Communications Commission technical standards, and any standards set forth in this chapter and any franchise agreement. (b) Repeated and verified failure to maintain specified technical standards shall constitute a material violation of the chapter and the franchise agreement. (c) All construction practices shall be in accordance with all applicable sections of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended, as well as all other applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations. (d) All of Grantee's plant and equipment located within the franchise area, including, but not limited to, the antenna site, headend and distribution system, towers, house connections, structures, poles, wire, coaxial cable, fixtures and appurtenances shall be installed, located, erected, constructed, reconstructed, replaced, removed, repaired, maintained and operated in accordance with good engineering practices, performed by experienced maintenance and construction personnel so as not to endanger or interfere with improvements that the Village may deem appropriate to make or to interfere in any manner with the rights of any property owner, or to unnecessarily hinder or obstruct pedestrian or vehicular traffic. (e)Grantee shall at all times employ ordinary care and shall install and maintain in use commonly accepted methods and devices preventing failures and accidents which are likely to cause damage, injury or nuisance to the public. (f) Grantee shall, at Grantee's expense, perform the following tests on its cable system: (1) All tests required by the FCC; (2) All other tests as otherwise specified in this chapter or the franchise agreement; and (3) All other tests reasonably necessary to determine compliance with technical standards adopted by the FCC at any time during the term of the franchise agreement.