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ORDINANCE NO. 502
AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF ROYAL PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, REPEALING
ARTICLE I. CABLE TELEVISION. OF APPENDIX A. FRANCHISES. OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
OF THE VILLAGE OF ROYAL PALM BEACH AND RE-ENACTING A NEW ARTICLE I. TO BE TITLED "CABLE
TELEVISION." TO BE CODIFIED AT APPENDIX A OF THE VILLAGE CODE OF ORDINANCES; PROVIDING
FOR APPLICATION PROCEDURES AND FEES; PROVIDING FOR STANDARDS; PROVIDING FOR A PUBLIC
HEARING PRIOR TO GRANTING FRANCHISES IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 166, FLORIDA STATUTES;
PROVIDING FOR RATE REGULATION; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE,
AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the Village of Royal Palm Beach is bound by a myriad of both state and federal
laws with regard to the granting of franchises for cable television; and
WHEREAS, the applicable state and federal statutes along with the accompanying rules
and regulations are extremely lengthy and complex; and
WHEREAS, since the Village of Royal Palm Beach must adhere to all these complex statutes,
rules and regulations, there is no need to codify these regulations into an ordinance
of the Village of Royal Palm Beach which could not possibly be comprehensive and which
may in fact, be in conflict with certain state and federal laws; and
WHEREAS, the Village Council of the Village of Royal Palm Beach desires to repeal
its lengthy cable television ordinance previously adopted and to enact one which simply
provides the application procedures necessary to obtain a franchise within the Village
of Royal Palm Beach.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF ROYAL PALM
BEACH, FLORIDA, THAT:
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