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2.10.1. The provisions of this Franchise shall be liberally construed to effectuate their objectives. 2.11. Police Powers: Except as otherwise provided in this Section 2.9, Franchisee's rights under this Franchise shall be subject to the lawful police powers of the LFA to adopt and enforce ordinances of general applicability necessary to protect and preserve the health, safety and welfare of the public. Franchisee shall comply with all applicable general laws and ordinances lawfully enacted by LFA pursuant to such police powers. The LFA agrees that ordinances which it adopts that impact this Agreement must be enacted upon reasonable conditions and of a character appropriate to the public purpose justifying enactment. Nothing herein prohibits the Franchisee from challenging any future ordinances enacted by the LFA as may be permitted under applicable law. 2.12. Compliance with Federal and State Privacy Laws: Franchisee shall comply with the privacy provisions of Section 631 of the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. §551, and all other applicable federal and state privacy laws and regulations. The parties agree that, during the term hereof, Franchisee shall not be subject to any local laws or ordinances which conflict with such applicable federal and/or state privacy laws, or which would impose additional or distinct requirements upon Franchisee with respect to Subscriber privacy other than those which are expressly set forth in applicable federal and/or state privacy laws. 3. PROVISION OF CABLE SERVICE 3.1. Service Area: 3.1.1. Franchisee shall make Cable Service available to all of the occupied residential dwelling units in the Initial Service Area. Franchisee may make Cable Service available to businesses in the Service Area. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Franchisee shall not be required to make Cable Service available: (a) for periods of Force Majeure; (b) for periods of delay caused by the LFA; (c) for periods of delay resulting from the Franchisee's inability to obtain authority to access Public Rights -of -Way in the Service Area; (d) in areas where developments or buildings are subject to claimed exclusive arrangements; (e) in developments or buildings that the Franchisee cannot access under industry standard terms and conditions after good faith negotiation; (f) in developments or buildings that the Franchisee is unable to provide Cable Service for technical reasons or that require facilities that are not available or cannot be deployed on a commercially reasonable basis, including, but not limited to, circumstances where Franchisee cannot access such areas, developments, buildings or other residential dwelling units using Franchisee's existing network pathways and which would thus require construction of new trunk, feeder, or distribution lines; (g) in areas where it is not technically feasible to provide Cable Service due to the technology used by the Franchisee to provide Cable Service; (h) in areas where the average occupied residential household density is less than thirty (30) occupied residential dwelling units per mile as measured in strand footage from the nearest technically feasible point on the Franchisee's active FTTP Network trunk or feeder line; and (i) when the Franchisee's prior service, payment, or theft of Service history with a Subscriber or potential Subscriber has been unfavorable.