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COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

SECTION 2-15.4 CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF THE
SYSTEM

(A)   UPON COMMENCEMENT OF THE OPERATION OF THE
SYSTEM, IT SHALL BE CAPABLE OF TRANSMITTING AT LEAST
TWENTY-FOUR (24) CHANNELS FOR DELIVERY TO RESIDENTIAL
SUBSCRIBERS. SAID SERVICES ARE TO BE RENDERED TO
PUBLIC OR QUASI PUBLIC FACILITIES OR BUILDINGS WITHOUT
CHARGE. IN ADDITION, THE SYSTEM WILL BE CONSTRUCTED
WITH THE CAPABILITY OF PROVIDING TWO-WAY OR "RETURN"
COMMUNICATIONS.

(B)   THE COMPANY SHALL PROVIDE ALL RESIDENTIAL
SUBSCRIBERS TO BASIC SERVICE AND ALL PUBLIC OR QUASI
PUBLIC FACILITIES WITH A CONVERTER, WITH NO LESS THAN
24-CHANNEL CAPACITY AS HEREINABOVE REFERRED, FOR EACH
TELEVISION RECEIVER THAT IS CONNECTED TO THE SYSTEM.
THE COMPANY SHALL SUPPLY SUCH CONVERTERS FOR A CHARGE
OR DEPOSIT THAT SHALL NOT EXCEED THE COMPANY'S COST
FOR SAME.

(C)  THE COMPANY SHALL CONSTRUCT AND/OR EXTEND THE
INSTALLATION OF ITS SYSTEM, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, IN
THE MANNER AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TIMETABLE SET
FORTH IN THE FRANCHISE. IT SHALL COMMENCE
CONSTRUCTION NO LATER THAN ONE YEAR FROM THE EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THE FRANCHISE, OR WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER FINAL,
LEGAL RESOLUTION OF ANY APPROVALS OR ACTIONS THAT MAY
BE REQUIRED BY THE FCC, WHICHEVER IS LATER, AND SHALL
HAVE COMPLETED OR SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION
WITHIN FIVE (5) YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH
CONSTRUCTION IS COMMENCED.

"SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION" SHALL MEAN
HEREIN THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE BASIC SERVICE TO ALL
AREAS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE DENSITY OF
RESIDENTIAL SUBSCRIBERS IS 100 OR MORE PER SQUARE
MILE.

(D)  THE COMPANY MAY BE REQUIRED TO INTERCONNECT,
DIRECTLY OR BY USE OF MICROWAVE, ITS SYSTEM WITH ANY
OTHER BROADBAND COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY OPERATING IN
AN ADJACENT AREA. SUCH INTERCONNECTIONS SHALL BE MADE
WITHIN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY (120) DAYS OF A REQUEST MADE
BY THE COUNCIL. FOR GOOD CAUSE, THE COMPANY MAY
REQUEST AND RECEIVE REASONABLE EXTENSIONS OF TIME TO
COMPLY WITH THIS REQUIREMENT. IF A PERMIT FROM
ANOTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE
SUCH INTERCONNECTION, THE COMPANY WILL EXERT ITS BEST
EFFORTS TO OBTAIN, OR WHERE APPROPRIATE TO ASSIST