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REL:ms 10/25/78 ORDINANCE NO. NS-1461 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING ARTICLE II OF CHAPTER 15 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE TO REVISE THE REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO FRANCHISES FOR COMMUNITY ANTENNA TELEVISION SYSTEMS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That Section 15-250 of the Santa Aha Municipal Code, is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 15-250 Definitions For purposes of this article, the following words, terms, phrases, abbreviations, and the derivatives of any thereof, shall have the meanings set forth herein: (a) "CATV" stands for Community Antenna Television System and shall mean a nonbroadcast facility consisting of a set of transmission paths and associated signal generation, reception, and control equipment, under common ownership and control, that distributes or is designed to distribute to subscribers the signals of one or more television broadcast signals, but such term shall not include (1) any such facility that serves fewer than 50 subscribers, or (2) any such facility that serves or will serve only subscribers in one or more multiple dwellings units under common ownership, control, or management. (b) "Grantee" shall mean the person or organization to whom or which a franchise is granted by the City Council pursuant to this Article, and the lawful successor or assignee thereof. (c) "Service area" shall mean the area in which the grantee is permitted to provide subscribers with CATV service pursuant to a franchise granted under the provisions of this article. (d) "Street" shall mean the surface of, and the space above and below, a public street, road, highway, lane, alley, court, sidewalk, easement, parkway or drive now or hereafter existing as such within the City. (e) "Subscriber" shall mean any person receiving for any purpose any CATV service provided by a grantee. SECTION 2: That Section 15-251 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 15-251 Purpose of Article It is hereby declared and determined that the business of establishing and/or operating a CATV system for the purpose of supplying any person in the City of Santa Aha with televisions signals or radio signals by means of such CATV system or inhabitants of the said City, is in the nature of a public utility and, as such, should be regulated by the City. Also, the use of any public street or public property, or of any area proposed to be a public street for any of the above purposes is of great concern to the City and should be regulated by the City. It is the purpose of this Article to provide such regulation.