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12 U A 5 6 7 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2.0 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 ORDINANCE NO. 1570 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COLTONt CALIFORNIA, AMENDING COLTON CITY CODE CONCERNING THE REGULATION OF CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEM. The City Council of the City of Colton, California, does ordain as follows: I. That Section I(H) of Ordinance No. 1405 is hereby amended to read as follows: H. "Community antenna television system" shall mean a system of antenna, coaxial cables, wires, wave guides, microwave lengths, signal repeaters or other conductors, equipment or facil- ities, designed, constructed or used for the purpose of providing television or FM radio or other signal service by cable or through it facilities as herein comtemplated. 2. Section 4 of Ordinance No. 1405 is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 4. Uses Permitted by Grantee. Any franchisegranted pursuant to the provisions of this Ordinance shall authorize and permit the grantee to engage , in the business of operating and providing a CATV system in the City, and for that purpose to install, construct, repair, replace, reconstruc maintain and retain in, on, over, under, upon, across and along any pd-blic street, such wires, cables, conductors, ducts, conduit, vaults, manholes, amplifiers, attachments, and other property as may be necessary and appurtenant to the CATV system.- No new poles may be installed where unusual circumstances exist:and where express written permission is provided by the Public Works Director, The grantee may make a charge to subscribers for instal- lation or connection to its CATV system and a fixed monthly charge as filed and approved as herein provided. No increase in the rates and charges to subscribers, as set forth in the schedule file.d.and approved with grantee's application, may be made without the prior approval of the Council express by resolution. 3. Section 6 of Ordinance No. 1405 is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 6. Franchise Payments. A. Annual Franchise Fee. The grantee of any franchise shall pay annually to the City during the life of the franchise;a sum equal equal to three percent (3%) of the gross annual receipts of the grantee derived from subscriptions and users within the City. Such payments will be made to the City Treasurer. The grantee shall file with the City, within thirty (30) days after the expiration of any fiscal year or portion thereof during which such franchise is in force, a financial statement prepared.py a certified public accountant, showing in detail the gross annual receipts, as defined herein, of grantee during the preceding fiscal year or portion thereof. It shall be the duty of the grantee to pay to the City within ten (10) days after the time for filing said statements, the sum hereinabove prescribed or any unpaid balance thereof for the calendar year or portions thereof covered by such statements. -1-