“CATV” means a community antenna television system as hereinafter defined.

“City” means the City of Larkspur.

“Community antenna television system” means a system of antenna, coaxial cables, wires, wave guides, or other conductors, equipment or facilities designed, constructed or used for the purpose of providing television or FM radio service by cable or through its facilities as herein contemplated. (To the extent that the Federal Communications Commission has preempted the same, CATV shall not mean or include the transmission of any special program or event for which a separate and distinct charge is made to the subscriber in the manner commonly known and referred to as “pay television.”)

“Franchise” means and includes any authorization granted under this chapter in terms of a franchise, privilege, permit, license or otherwise to construct, operate and maintain a CATV system in the City. Any such authorization, in whatever term granted, shall not mean and include any license or permit required for the privilege of transacting and carrying on a business within the City in accordance with the business license ordinances of the City.

“Grantee” means the person, firm or corporation to whom or which a franchise is granted by the Council under this chapter, and the lawful successor, transferee or assignee of said person, firm or corporation.

“Gross subscriber receipts” is the basis for computing the franchise fee and is meant to include gross revenues from all cable services, including revenues derived from the supplying of regular subscriber service, installation, disconnect, reconnect and relocation charges, as well as revenues derived from per-program or per-channel charges, leased channel revenues, advertising revenues, and any other income derived from the system.

“Property of grantee” means all property owned, installed or used by a grantee in the City under the authority of a franchise granted pursuant to this chapter.

“Street” means the surface of and the space above and below any public street, road, highway, freeway, lane, path, alley, court, sidewalk, parkway, or drive, now or hereafter existing as such within the City.

“Subscriber” means any person or entity receiving or entitled to receive the CATV service of a grantee. (Ord. 1030 § 2(4), 2018; Ord. 590 § 1, 1978; Ord. 549 § 1 (part), 1976)