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City of Coatesville, PA
Chester County
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "City of Coatesville Cable Television Ordinance Amendments of 1993."
Ordinance No. 339-65, known as the "Television Cable Franchise" (hereinafter the "Cable Ordinance"), is amended as hereinafter provided. All other ordinances of the City of Coatesville (hereinafter the "city") are repealed to the extent inconsistent herewith. All franchise agreements between the city and cable operators are abrogated to the extent and only to the extent inconsistent herewith, except to the extent abrogation is not required by the Federal Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 or the regulations promulgated thereunder.
The purpose of this chapter is to regulate cable television in the exercise of the power of the city to:
A. 
Regulate telephone, telegraph and electric power poles and other obstructions erected upon or in the streets and roads of the city, and
B. 
Provide for the maintenance of peace, good government, safety and welfare of the City of Coatesville and its trade, commerce and manufacturers.
This chapter is enacted under the Federal Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, which permits local franchising authorities to regulate cable television, subject to certain substantive and procedural limitations.
In interpreting and applying the provisions of this chapter, these provisions shall be construed broadly as required for the maintenance of peace, good government, safety and welfare of the city and its trade, commerce and manufactures.
It is the intent of the City Council of the City of Coatesville that this chapter conform to the federal law. If a court of competent jurisdiction declares any provision of this chapter to be in conflict with the federal law, the federal law will control and this chapter, to the extent that any provision is declared to be in conflict with the federal law, shall not apply.