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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 9332, THE
CITY OF MIAMI CABLE TELEVISION LICENSE
ORDINANCE; AMENDING THE APPENDIX TO SAID
ORDINANCE RELATING TO TECHNICAL SPECIFICA-
TIONS AND SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS BY DEFERRING
THE REQUIREMENT FOR IMPLEMENTING TWO-WAY
INTERACTIVE SERVICES UNTIL A DETERMINATION
NOT LATER THAN DECEMBER 31, 1984, AS TO
WHETHER THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE INDUSTRY HAS
MADE SUCH SERVICES TO RESIDENTIAL SUBSCRIBERS
FEASIBLE; PROVIDING FOR ANNUAL REVIEWS
THEREAFTER, AND AMENDING ALL PROVISIONS OF
THE ORDINANCE TO CONFORM TO THIS AMENDMENT.
WHEREAS, in accordance with Article III, Section 301 of
Ordinance No. 9332, the Cable Television License Ordinance
(herein the "License Ordinance"), the Cable Television Licensee
(herein the "Licensee"), within 30 days after the effective date
of said License Ordinance, filed a plan with the City Manager
setting forth the technical specifications and standards for the
cable television system (the "Technical Plan"); and
WHEREAS, the Technical Plan included the requirement to
offer on the cable television system two-way interactive services
to residential subscribers; and
WHEREAS, the Commission has expressed its unanimous opposi-
tion to the capability in the subscriber system of preference or
opinion polling by customers of the subscriber system, and has
heretofore mandated that such capability not be incorporated in
the cable television system; and
WHEREAS, at the request of the Commission, the Cable
Television Licensee has heretofore executed a written agreement
with the Commission not to offer opinion or preference polling in
the system; and
WHEREAS, the Commission has determined to defer the require-
ment for such two-way interactive services to residential
subscribers until a date not later than December 31, 1984 as *ho
Commission, after notice and publi
and determination as to whether
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