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10/21/80
ORDINANCE No,
A14 ORDINANCE PROVIDING roll THE CONSTRUCTION,
OPERATION, REGULATION AND CONTROL OF CABLE
TELEVISION SYSTEMS WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL
BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY O!- MIAMI.
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11tIER1.AS, the City Commission is aware of the development of
Cable Television in the United State and th ate of Florida
and in Dade County;
WHEREAS, the ity Comi, ssion wants provide or the order-
ly development of Cable Tole ision in Lh City of tflami for the
enjoyment, educat on and pr ction she citizens of •he .'
City of Miami;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAIN BY ' E COMMIS, ION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: t fd,
Section 1. SHORT TI LE. This Ordinano shall be }m own
and may be cited as the ity o Miami Ca e Television Regulation
Ordinance".
Section 2. DEFINITION For the urposes of this Ordinance,
the fol NA
ng terms, phrase words a d their derivations shall
have th me ling given he ei , unles the context clearly indi-
cates th ano er mea ng is inten ed. When not inconsistent
with the ontext, ords sed in th present tense include the
future, words i the )lu al number include the singular number,
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and words in a singu number it ludo the plural number. The
word "shall" is alw ys m datory and not merely directory.
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A. CABL TELE ISION SYSTEM - Any facility, the
primary function of w c is either to receive and amplify the
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broadcast signals of one or more television and radio stations
or to provide signals for additional closed circuit program-
ming, and to redistribute such signals, to members of the public t
who subscribe thereto or to whom .redistribution of such signals
is required by this Ordinance, by means of wires, cable, con-
1/. A Topical Index to this Ordinance is provided and dttached
hereto as "Schedule All