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AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A FRANCHISE TO TCA CABLE PARTNERS, A DELAWARE GENERAL PARTNERSHIP (d/b/a COX COMMUNICATIONS), ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN A CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEM IN THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS AND SETTING FOR THE CONDITIONS ACCOMPANYING THE GRANTING OF THIS FRANCHISE (NOTE: THIS FRANCHISE WAS TAKEN OVER BY CEBRIDGE BY RES-06:356 ON FEBRUARY 7, 2006)
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BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
SECTION 1 - TITLE
This Ordinance shall be known and may be cited as Jonesboro Cable TV Ordinance.
SECTION 2 - PREAMBLE
This Ordinance was passed after the City Council, acting through its appointed committee, solicited and received comments from interested parties and upon careful consideration of Grantee’s qualifications, including its legal character, financial and technical qualifications, and the adequacy and feasibility of its undertakings.
SECTION 3 - DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of this Ordinance, and when not inconsistent with the context, words used herein in the present tense include the future; words in plural include the singular, and vice versa. The word “shall” is always mandatory. The captions supplied herein for each section are for convenience only. Said captions have no force of law, are not part of the section, and are not to be used in construing the language of the section. The following terms and phrases, as used herein, shall be given the meaning set forth below.
(A) “City” is the City of Jonesboro, a municipal corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Arkansas.
(B) “Grantee” is TCA Cable Partners, a general partnership organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware and authorized to conduct business in the State of Arkansas, and it is the grantee of rights under this franchise. Grantee does business as, and provides service under the name, “Cox Communications”.
(C) “City Council” is the City Council of the City of Jonesbor...
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