§ 2. Definitions.

For the purpose of this ordinance the following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein. Terms of art not otherwise defined herein, whether capitalized or not, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 (the "1992 cable act"). When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural number include the singular number, and words in the singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.

2-1. County is the County of Cumberland, Virginia.

2-2. Grantee is Tele-Media Company of the Mid-South, L.P. or any person or entity who succeeds Tele-Media Company of the Mid-South, L.P. as grantee hereunder in accordance with the provisions of this franchise.

2-3. County administrator is the county administrator of Cumberland County, Virginia.

2-4. Board of supervisors is the board of supervisors of Cumberland County, Virginia.

2-5. Person is any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.

2-6. Community Antenna Television System, hereinafter referred to as CATV system or system, means a system of coaxial cables or other electrical conductors and equipment used or to be used primarily to receive television or radio signals directly or indirectly off the air and transmit them to subscribers for a fee.

2-7. Annual gross operating revenues means any and all compensation and other consideration derived directly by grantee from subscribers in the county.

2-8. FCC shall mean the Federal Communications Commission.

2-9. Residential subscriber (subscriber) shall mean a purchaser in good standing of any service that a grantee delivers to any home provided that service is not utilized in connection with a business, trade or profession.

2-10. Home is any single- or multi-family dwelling unit whether a house, apartment, trailer or rented room.

2-11. Local government occupied buildings are those buildings owned in whole or in part by Cumberland County, Virginia, or occupied in whole or party [part] by county officials in furtherance of county government objectives and shall include without limiting the generality of the foregoing all volunteer fire and/or rescue companies located within the county.

2-12. Signals shall mean and refer to all frequencies provided by or permitted to be inserted by a grantee on the system operated by such grantee.

2-13. Streets shall mean all public streets, alleys, public rights-of-way now or hereafter laid out or dedicated within the county.

2-14. 1992 cable act is the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, amending the Communications Act of 1934 (the "1992 cable act").