[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Rome as
Sec. 5.01 of the prior Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall be effective upon its adoption and publication
in the Code and shall apply to all video service providers whose video
franchise area includes any area within the Town of Rome.
Pursuant to the authority granted in § 66.0420(7)(b)1.,
Wis. Stats., a video service provider fee is hereby imposed in an
amount equal to 5% of the provider's gross receipts as that term
is defined in § 66.0420(2)(j), Wis. Stats.
Pursuant to the authority granted in § 66.0420(5),
Wis. Stats., a video service provider that provides video service
in the Town shall provide channel capacity for one public, educational
or governmental (PEG) channel. The Town shall ensure that the requirements
of § 66.0420(5)(c)3 are satisfied.
Upon service of a copy of an application for a video service
franchise that has been submitted to the Wisconsin Department of Financial
Institutions pursuant to § 66.0420(3)(d), Wis. Stats., the
Town Clerk/Treasurer shall, within 10 days, notify the applicant of
the fee and the PEG channel requirements imposed in this chapter.
Pursuant to § 66.0420(9), Wis. Stats., a video service
provider shall comply with the customer service standards specified
in 47 CFR 76.309(c) in its provision of video service.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms, phrases,
words, and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein.
If not defined herein, the word, term or phrase shall have the definition
commonly accepted including a relevant definition contained in the
Wisconsin Statutes. When not inconsistent with the context, the words
used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural
number include the singular number and words in the singular number
include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and
not merely directory:
A natural or artificial watercourse of perceptible extent,
with definite bed and banks to confine and conduct continuously or
periodically flowing water. Channel flow is that which is flowing
within the limits of the defined channel.
The Town of Rome, Adams County, Wisconsin, or any duly appointed
designate thereof, including, but not limited to, the Town Board and
Town committees.
The present governing body of the Town or any successors
to the legislative power of said body, or any duly appointed designate
thereof.
