§ 30-47. Overlapping franchises.

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The county council shall not grant an overlapping franchise for cable service within the jurisdiction of the unincorporated portions of the county on terms or conditions, with respect to such areas, that are more favorable or less burdensome to the applicant than those in any existing franchise within the unincorporated portions of the county. The provisions of this section shall not apply when the area in which the overlapping franchise is being sought is not actually being served by any existing cable operator holding a franchise for such area. As used in this section, the term "actually being served" means that cable service is actually available to subscribers to such extent that the only act remaining in order to provide cable service is the physical connection to the individual subscriber location as of 15 days prior to the filing of an application for a franchise.

(Ord. No. 88-10, § 10, 5-19-88)

                    
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