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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIR- GINIA, 1973, BY AMENDING SECTION 6 1/2 - 28 THEREOF; PERTAINING TO THE ALLOCATION OF CABLE TELEVISION CHANNEL USES. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Ports- mouth, Virginia, that: 1. Section 6 1/2 - 28 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1973, be amended and reordained to read as follows: Section 6 1/2 - 28. Allocation of Channel Uses. (a) ~he allocation of channels distributed over the franchisee's cable system shall be as follows: Local VHF channels (in operation) required to be Carried by FCC ......................................... 3 Local UHF channels (in operation) required to be carried by FCC ......................................... 2 Imported VHF channels (WITG-TV) and (WDCA-TV) of Washington, D. C. with WBFF-TV of Baltimore as alternate or such other stations as the council may hereafter approve or require ............................................. 2 Public access channel as defined by FCC ...... 1 Municipal access channel as defined by FCC ... 1 Educational access channel as defined by FCC.. 1 Local origination (automated or otherwise as defined and required in the franchise aqreement ........ Channels to be leased by franchisee subject to displacement, access expansion and/or other requirements of the FCC ..........................................rema i~~--inA1t (b) The allocation of Class IV channels shall be directed by Council by amendment to this Chapter. (C) If for any reason further allocation or reallocation is necessary, the Council may do so either upon request of the franchisee or upon its own motion by amendment to this Chapter.