HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 568A-87 06-22-1987
• ORDINANCE N0. 568-A
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE N0. 420 OF THE CITY OF
RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, SECTION 13. OPERATIONAL
STANDARDS. PARAGRAPH J. EDUCATIONAL ACCESS CHANNELS; AND
PARAGRAPH K. PUBLIC ACCESS CHANNELS, PROVIDING FOR ONE
(1) EDUCATIONAL ACCESS CHANNEL AND ONE (1) PUBLIC ACCESS
CHANNEL; ORDAINING OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Richland Hills,
Texas adopted ORDINANCE N0. 420, on May 7, 1979 and thereby
granted a franchise to Tarrant Cable Communications, Inc., which
franchise has been assigned to Sammons Communications, Inc. of
Fort Worth; and
WHEREAS, Sammons Communications, Inc. has requested the
City Council of the City of Richland Hills, Texas, to combine
programming currently contained on municipal access, public
• access, NASA (educational access) and local originating
programming onto Channel 5 received in the City of Richland
Hills, Texas; and
WHEREAS, Tarrant County Junior College uses Channel 11
for educational access and the other educational access channel
is not currently being used; and
WHEREAS, Sammons Communications, Inc. will provide
Channel 4 or such other channel as may be available if deemed
necessary by the City Council of the City of Richland Hills,
Texas for public education and city needs;
NOW, THEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, BE IT ORDAINED BY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS THAT:
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ORDINANCE N0. 420 of the City of Richland Hills, Texas,
Section 13. OPERATIONAL STANDARDS. Paragraphs J. Educational
Access Channels, and K. Public Access Channels, be and they are
hereby amended to read as follows:
."J. Educational Access Channel. At least one channel
shall be reserved for the use of the educational
authorities in City. Such channel shall be provided free
of charge."
.."K. Public Access Channel. At least one channel shall
be reserved for the use of the public, which shall have
nondiscriminatory access without charge on a first come,
first serve basis."
II.
The City Council of the City of Richland Hills, Texas
reserves the right to require franchisee to furnish at least one
other channel for public educational and city use if the City
Council deems necessary.
III.
SEVERABILITY
If any provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause
or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid
or unconstitutional, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall
not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
ordinance. It is the intent of City in adopting this ordinance
that no portion or provision thereof shall become inoperative or
fail by reason of any invalidity or unconstitutionality of any
other portion or provisions, and to this end all provisions of
this ordinance and of the franchise ordinance so amended are
declared to be severable.
IV.
PUBLICATION
The caption of this ordinance shall be published in the
official newspaper of the City of Richland Hills, Texas.
Further, copies of the ordinance shall be made available by the
City Secretary, City of Richland Hills, Texas, upon request, to
any person interested therein.
V.
EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance shall be effective from and after its
passage and publication, and it is so ORDERED.
PRESENTED AND PASSED by the City of Richland Hills,
Texas, by a vote of 4 "AYES" and 0 "NAYS" and 0
"ABSENTENTIONS", this the 22nd day of June , 1987.
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MAYOR OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS
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CITY SECRETARY