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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE USE OF CABLE
TELEVISION FOR DISTRIBUTION OF OBSCENE OR
INDECENT MATERIAL, DEFINING TERMS, PRO-
VIDING FOR SANCTIONS FOR VIOLATIONS OF
SAID PROHIBITION, PROVIDING FOR A PROCE-
DURE FOR IMPOSING SUCH SANCTIONS, AND
CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AN
EFFECTIVE DATE CONTINGENT UPON APPROVAL
BY THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI.
WHEREAS, on January 2, 1981, the City of Miami issued a
request for proposals, revised on March 20, 1981, to provide
cable television services to the citizens of Miami; and
WHEREAS, said request for proposals attached a copy of
Ordinance -No. 9223, adopted by the City Commission=on Decem-
ber 17, 1980; and
WHEREAS, said Ordinance No. 9223 provided in part that
any licensee accepting a license to be granted pursuant to
said Ordinance would thereby acknowledge that its rights
thereunder were subject to the police power of the City to
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adopt and enforce general resolutions and ordinances neces-
sary for the safety and welfare of the public, and would
thereby also agree to comply With all applicable general
laws and ordinances then in force or subsequently enacted by
the City pursuant to such power; and
WHEREAS, on October 19, 1981, the Commission of the
City of Miami passed and adopted Ordinance No. 9332, effec-
tive on Novpmber.19, 1981; and
WHEREAS, said Ordinance No. 9332 granted to Miami
Tele-Communications, Inc. and to Americable of Greater
Miami, Ltd., jointly and severally, a non-exclusive, revoc-
able license for the privilege, among others, to operate and
maintain a cable television system in the City of Miami; and
WHEREAS, the granting of said license for said privi-
lege was expressly and specifical
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