"CATV" means a community antenna television system, as defined in this chapter.

"City" means the city of Wasco, a municipal corporation of the state of California, in its present incorporated form or in any later reorganized, consolidated, enlarged or reincorporated form.

"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 contemplated, in this chapter. 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."

"Council" means the present governing body of the city or any future board constituting the legislative body of the city.

"Franchise" means 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 transaction and carry on a business within the city in accordance with this chapter and Chapter 5.04.

"Grantee" means the person, firm of corporation to whom or which a franchise, as defined in this chapter, is granted by the council under this chapter, and the lawful successor, transferee or assignee of said person, firm or corporation.

"Gross annual receipts" means any and all compensation and other consideration in any form whatever, and any contributing grant or subsidy received directly or indirectly by a grantee from subscribers or users in payment for television or FM radio signals or service received within the city. Gross annual receipts shall not include any taxes on services furnished by the grantee imposed directly on any subscriber or user by any city, state or other governmental unit and collected by the grantee for such governmental unit.

"Property of grantee" means all property owned, installed or used by a grantee in the conduct of a CATV business 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 for any purpose the CATV service of a grantee. (Ord. 473 §1, 2002).