Title, Purposes, and Legislative Authority.

15.041. 

Title. This ordinance shall be known as the "City of West Allis Cable Ordinance."

15.042. 

Purposes. The purposes of this Ordinance are:

A. 

To enable the City of West Allis to franchise and regulate cable television systems and Video Communications Systems operating within its corporate boundaries.

B. 

To enable and implement municipal policies and procedures regarding cable television services and operations.

C. 

To establish standards and procedures which support the immediate and future development of cable television, Video Communications System and cable-based telecommunications systems within the City of West Allis.

D. 

To ensure that franchise grantees operating cable television, Video Communications System and cable-based telecommunications systems are understanding of community needs and interests, and that the community is served by a cable system embodying the highest quality of cable television signal transmission possible.

E. 

To protect the public welfare and public interest through the establishment of consumer protection provisions as they concern cable system construction, maintenance and general operation.

F. 

To establish cable television as a means of encouraging communications by and between the citizens of West Allis, their institutions, businesses, organizations and neighboring communities.

G. 

To allow for the payment of fees and other consideration of value to the City for the use of municipal property, right-of-ways, easements and other public lands by the cable system operator in his construction, operation and maintenance of the cable system, and to compensate the City of West Allis for costs directly attributable and incidental to the award, implementation and enforcement of any and all cable television franchises.

H. 

To provide for remedies and ordain penalties for violations of this Ordinance and for the cable television and cable-based telecommunications systems granted hereunder.

I. 

To enable the regulation of rates and fees charged by a cable system franchise grantee operating under the provisions of this Ordinance and in accordance with FCC rules and regulations.

15.043. 

Legislative Authority. This Ordinance shall be governed by the Communications Act of 1934, as amended; the Cable Communication Policy Act of 1984; and, the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, as now or hereinafter amended. This Ordinance shall also be governed by the provisions of secs. 66.082, et seq., of the Wisconsin Statutes, as now or hereinafter may be amended.

Ord. 6400, (amending S. 15.042(A)(C)(D)), 10/6/1998