Chapter 5.50
CABLE TELEVISION ORDINANCE

Sections:

5.50.010    Cable television ordinance.

5.50.010 Cable television ordinance.

This chapter shall be known and cited as the “cable television ordinance” and is enacted by the City of Elk Grove (hereafter “City”) as a member agency of the Sacramento Metropolitan Cable Television Commission (hereafter “Cable Television Commission” or “Commission”), a separate and distinct public agency established pursuant to the provisions of the Joint Exercise of Powers Act (Title 1, Division 7, Chapter 5 of the Government Code, commencing with Section 6500). Enactment of this ordinance constitutes approval by the City Council of the City of Elk Grove of the terms of the Sacramento Metropolitan Cable Television Commission Amended and Restated Agreement of Formation (hereafter “agreement of formation” or “agreement”) as set forth in County of Sacramento Code, Title 5, Section 5.50.112, which is incorporated herein by reference and which may be amended from time to time. The agreement establishes, among other things, the Commission’s governance, and sets forth the powers of each member agency, limitations on those powers, requirement for an annual budget, and a formula for payments to be made to the member agencies from revenues received by the Commission.

Those certain documents, marked and designated as County of Sacramento Code, Title 5, Chapter 5.50, as now existing or hereafter amended, including, but not limited to, the identification and regulation of: cable television franchises, the cable television commission, the system capability and standards, the prevailing rates, the construction and extension of the system, use of streets, services, franchise fees and rates, security, indemnification, insurance, assignments, the Amended and Restated Agreement of Formation, the Video Customer Service Act, and the Digital Infrastructure and Video Competition Act of 2006, are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part of this chapter as though fully set forth herein. The Elk Grove City Council reserves the right, by amendment to this chapter, to exclude portions of the designated incorporated chapter and such exclusions, if any, are set forth in this chapter. [Ord. 27-2022 §2, eff. 10-28-2022; Ord. 7-2009 §3, eff. 5-1-2009]