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ORDINANCE NO. 1431
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA PROHIBITING
THE RESALE OF CABLE TELEVISION SERVICES AT A RATE
MORE THAN OR DIFFERING FROM TE� RATE ESTABLISHED
BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA
PURSUANT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE
FRIINCHISE ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Chula Vista has
heretofore by Ordinance No. 882 , adopted on the 7th day of April,
1964 , established a rate schedule to be charged by Mission Cable
TV for subscribers of said service within the City of Chula Vista,
and
WHEREAS, it has been noted that in certain commercial
connections , the ultimate subscriber and/or user is being charged
at a rate greater than or differing from that prescribed by the
rate schedule adopted by the City of Chula Vista.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDAINED by the City Council of the
City of Chula Vista as follows:
SECTION Z : That regulations of the charge for cable tele-
vision service be, and the same are hereby established to read as
follows :
(A) Purpose and Intent.
It is the purpose of the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista in adopting this ordinance to insure that the ulti-
mate subscriber or consumer of cable television in the
City of Chula Vista shall not be charged at a higher rate
or a different rate from that rate established by the City
of Chula Vista in the franchise ordinance or ordinances
presently adopted or which may be adopted in the future
by the City of Chula Vista.
It is the intent of the Council to protect such ultimate
consumers from attemps by middleman purchasers of cable
television services to obtain a profit from allowing such
services to be installed in premises which they own or
manage.
(B) Prohibition Against Variation of Charges from. Fee
ScheduZe A_pproved by the City of Chula Vista.
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_ No person shall charge the ultimate consumer or subscriber
of the cable television service in the City of Chula Vista
at a rate higher than or differing from the rate established
by the City of Chula pursuant to the provisions of the
franchise ordinance or ordinances approved by the City
Council of the City of Chula Vista as such rates presently
exist or as they may be modified in the future.
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(C) Violation.
A violation of any provision or the failure to comply
with any of the requirements of this ordinance shall
constitute a misdemeanor. Any person convicted of
such violation or such failure shall be punishable
by a fine of not more than $500.00 or by imprisonment
in the County Jail for a period of not more than six
months, or by both such fine and/or imprisonment.
SECTION II : This ordinance shall take effect and be in
full force on the thirty-first day from and after its passage and
approval.
Presented �y Approved as to form by
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George D. Lindberg, City Attorney George D. Lindberg, City Atto ney
ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF CHULA
VISTA, CALIFORNIA, this 12th day of December , 14�� , by
the following vote, to-wit:
AYES : Councilmen Scott, Hobel, Hamilton,' Hyde, Egdahl
NAYES : Councilmen None
ABSENT: Councilmen None "
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Mayor o t e City of Chula VistB
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss.
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I , , City Clerk of the City of
Chula Vista, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above is a full,
true and correct copy of Ordinance No. , and that the same has not
been amended or repealed. DATED
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