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COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

SECTION 6.2. DEFINITIONS.

(A)          EXCEPT WHERE, BY THE CONTEXT, IT IS CLEAR THAT

A DIFFERENT MEANING IS INTENDED THE FOLLOWING WORDS AND
EXPRESSIONS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:

(1)           "COUNCIL" SHALL MEAN THE COUNTY COUNCIL
OF HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND.

(2)         "COUNTY" SHALL MEAN HARFORD COUNTY,
MARYLAND, A BODY CORPORATE AND POLITIC, OR THE
GEOGRAPHICAL AREA COMPRISING HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND, OR
BOTH, AS THE CONTEXT REQUIRES.

(3)           "COMMUNITY ANTENNA TELEVISION (CATV)
SYSTEM" SHALL MEAN ANY FACILITY WHICH, IN WHOLE OR IN
PART, (1) RECEIVES DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY OVER-THE-AIR
TELEVISION SIGNALS AND DISTRIBUTES SUCH SIGNALS BY WIRE
OR CABLE TO SUBSCRIBING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OR TO
PUBLIC OR QUASI-PUBLIC FACILITIES OR BUILDINGS WITHOUT
CHARGE AND/OR (2) ORIGINATES AND/OR CARRIES NON-BROADCAST
PROGRAMMING AND/OR (3) PROVIDES A VARIETY OF OTHER
COMMUNICATION SERVICES, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BY WIRE,
TO SUBSCRIBING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OR TO PUBLIC OR
QUASI-PUBLIC FACILITIES OR BUILDINGS WITHOUT CHARGE.

(4)         "STREET" SHALL MEAN THE STREETS,

AVENUES, HIGHWAYS, PARKWAYS, CONCOURSES, BOULEVARDS,

BRIDGES, VIADUCTS, TUNNELS, OR ANY OTHER PROPERTY TO
WHICH THE COUNTY HAS TITLE AND CAN GRANT A FRANCHISE FOR
THE USE THEREOF UNDER STATE OR COUNTY LAW.

(5)         "PERSONS" SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON, FIRM,
PARTNERSHIP, CORPORATION, ASSOCIATION, AND/ OR ANY OTHER
LEGAL ENTITY.

(6)         "FRANCHISEE" OR "COMPANY" SHALL MEAN THE
PERSON THAT IS AWARDED A FRANCHISE, BY THE COUNCIL, TO
CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE A CATV SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE PROVISIONS OF APPLICABLE LAW, WITHIN HARFORD COUNTY,
MARYLAND.

(7)          "FCC" SHALL MEAN THE FEDERAL
COMMUNICATION COMMISSION AS PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED BY THE
UNITED STATES CONGRESS, OR ANY SUCCESSOR AGENCY.

(8)         "GRANTING AUTHORITY" SHALL MEAN THE
COUNTY COUNCIL OF HARFORD COUNTY. [[FINAL APPROVAL OF
THE APPLICATION(S), HOWEVER, SHALL BE MADE BY THE COUNTY
EXECUTIVE OF HARFORD COUNTY.]]

(9)         "SYSTEM" SHALL MEAN THE SPECIFIC CATV
SYSTEM, AS REFERRED TO ABOVE, THAT IS PROPOSED TO BE OR
IS ULTIMATELY CONSTRUCTED, OPERATED, AND MAINTAINED, BY