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••~;~TY OF N0~`~H OLMSTED °~"'° .•~?RDINANCE N0. 80-29 r PAGE 2 a SECTION 2: DEFINITIONS (a) Access Channels. "Access channels" means those channels ` set aside for specific access purposes, as described in Section 12 (c) (1)-(4). (b) Application. "Application" includes all written pro- posals, in whatever form, made by the Grantee to the City concern- ing construction, rendition of services, maintenance, or any other matter pertaining to the cable television system contemplated herein. (c) Basic Subscriber Service; Basic Service. "Basic sub- scriber service" or "basic service" means the simultaneous delivery by the Grantee to all subscribers within the confines of the City of North Olmsted of: (1) All signals of over-the-air television broadcasters required by the F.C.C. to be carried by a community antenna television system as defined by the F.C.C.: and (2) Channels designated for special purposes by the Council or its designate, and (3) Public, educational, local government, local origination, and leased access channel signals; and (4) Additional service as proposed by the Grantee in its application, or as it may hereafter provide; provided, however, that pay or subscription television, as defined by the F.C.C., and radio service supplied by the Grantee shall not be considered part of the basic service. (d) Cable Television Service. "Cable television service" means the delivery by the Grantee to television receivers, or any other suitable type of audio-video communication receivers, to all subscribers within the confines of the City of North Olmsted of all signals of over-the-air television broadcasters allowed by the F.C.C. to be carried by the cable television system as defined by the F.C.C.; all FM radio stations carried on the system; local origination channels; educational channels; public access channels; leased access channels; pay television channels; and other services provided for in this Ordinance and Grantee's application. (e) Cable television System; System; CTS. "Cable television system" or "system" or "CTS" shall mean a system of antennas, coaxial cables, wires, wave guides, or other conductors, electronic equipment or facilities designed, constructed or used for the production of television signals, interception and receipt of television or radio signals directly or indirectly off the air and the distribution or transmission of such signals and other communications services by means of cable or other similar devices to subscribers. (f) Channel. "Channel" shall mean a band of frequencies six (6) megahertz wide in the electro-magnetic spectrum which is capable of carrying either one audio-video television signal or a number of non-video signals. (g) City. "City" shall mean the City of North Olmsted, Ohio, a municipal corporation in and of the State of Ohio, in its present incorporated form or in any later reorganized, consolidated, en- larged or reincorporated form, and its duly authorized officials acting on its behalf. (h) City Council; Council. "City Council" or "Council" shall mean the present governing body of the City or any successor to the legislative powers of the present City Council. (i) Mayor. "Mayor" shall mean the existing or succeeding chief administrative officer of the City or his designate (Director of Public Safety, Health and Welfare).