2668                                County Local Laws

14.704    Authority Not Exclusive.

The right to use and occupy said streets and roads for the purposes
herein set forth shall not be exclusive and Howard County reserves the
right to grant a similar use of said street and roads to any persons,
company, corporation, or any other entity, at any time during the period
of the franchise issued pursuant to this Act.

14.705    Construction and Installation of System.

(a)    The Grantee shall immediately after the grant of a franchise
make arrangements so that its Community Antenna Television System has
the capability of transmitting at least thirty (30) standard channels and
all those non-standard channels available in a thirty (30) standard chan-
nel system, for delivery to subscribers as soon as possible not later than
one year from the effective date of franchise.

(b)    The Grantee shall provide all subscribers to Basic Service with a
converter for each outlet having a capacity of at least thirty (30) chan-
nels If the Grantee should fail to comply with this Subsection, the Grantee
shall have the burden of establishing that non-compliance resulted from
factors beyond its control, (c) The Grantee shall provide all subscribers
to Basic Service with two way capability for audio/data, message and sig-
nalling, and one way video capability and shall provide all public agen-
cies, public and private schools, police and fire stations, hospitals, prisons,
reformatories, detention centers, day care centers, and such other loca-
tions as the Executive may from time to time direct, with a full range of
two way capability for audio/data message and signalling and two way
video capability. The costs of any such installation outside of the District
shall be paid equally by Howard County and the Grantee provided how-
ever, additional services shall be provided to public agencies, including
but not limited to public and private schools, police and fire stations, hos-
pitals, prisons, reformatories, detention centers, day care centers, free of
charge, (d) The Grantee shall extend the installation of cables, amplifiers,
two way capability and related equipment throughout the District on a
non-discriminatory basis on a time schedule to be set forth in detail in the
franchise. Within six (6) years from the effective date of a franchise
granted pursuant to this Act, the Grantee's trunk line installations of
cable, two way capability, amplifiers and related equipment shall be cap-
able of providing Basic Service to every subscriber within the District,
(e) For the purpose of permitting the transmission of signals throughout
Howard County the Community Antenna Television System if the Grantee
shall be capable of interconnection with any other broadband communica-
tions facility authorized by the Council to operate in an adjacent District.
Within four (4) years the Grantee's Community Antenna Television Sys-
tem shall be capable of interconnection with any adjacent community
television system (as defined by the F.C.C.) outside Howard County. Any
actual interconnection may be ordered by the Executive upon reasonable
terms and conditions. Costs of interconnection when so ordered shall be
borne by the Grantees, (f) Without charge to Howard County, the Grantee
shall provide all transmission facilities necessary to pick up the signals
of Howard County Channels and transmit them throughout the Com-
munity Antenna Television System from a studio whose location in the
County shall be designated by the Executive after consultation with the
Grantee, (g) The Grantee shall immediately undertake any construction
and installation as may be necessary now and in the future to keep pace
with the latest developments in the state of the art, whether with respect
to increasing channel capacity, furnishing improved converters, installing