Morrisville Code of Ordinances - publishing_20231101

Sec. 56-47. Access funding.

(1) The town shall have the right to establish an authority or commission to administer for the town all community media (access) activities.

(2) The town shall have the right to direct the grantee to collect fees from customers to support the annual operating requirements of a community media (access) operation. The fee shall be collected and remitted to the town for deposit in a special revenue fund, designated for this purpose each month. (3) Each month, the grantee shall contribute a sum equivalent of one-half of one percent of gross revenues to a special revenue fund designated for the acquisition of capital assets, to fulfill the capital requirements of the community media (access) operation. (Ord. No. 95-64, § XII, 8-14-95)

Sec. 56-48. Channels, new developments and access utilization.

(1) The town shall have the authority to order a public hearing from time to time on the provision of channel capacity for public bandwidth on the network. If after such a hearing, the town determines:

(a) That there exists a reasonable demand for additional bandwidth; and

(b) That provisions have been made or will be made to allow the company a fair rate of return on its investment, the town shall order the company to provide such additional capacity within a reasonable amount of time.

(2) If the town finds that additional public bandwidth is desirable, the company shall within three months from receipt of written notice from the town, make additional bandwidth available. (Ord. No. 95-64, § XIII, 8-14-95)

Sec. 56-49. Rights of individuals.

(1) Company shall not deny service, deny access, or otherwise discriminate against subscribers, channel users, or other users, or any citizen on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex or sexual orientation. Company shall comply at all times with all other applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, and all executive and administrative orders relative to nondiscrimination which are hereby incorporated and made part of the article by reference. (2) No signals shall be transmitted from a subscriber terminal for purposes of monitoring individual viewing patterns or practices without the express written permission of the subscriber. No person shall be required to grant such permission. The request for such permission shall be contained in a separate document with a prominent statement that the subscriber is authorizing the permission in full knowledge of its provision. The authorization shall be revocable at any time by the subscriber without penalty of any kind whatsoever.

(3) Except in respect to an approved transfer of all or part of the company, the company, or any of

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