District of Columbia Code Division V. Local Business Affairs § 34-1254.05. Minimum contents of franchise agreement.

(1) The applicant shall construct, operate, and maintain a state-of-the-art cable system.

(2) The capacity of the cable system shall be at least 750 MHz, with both downstream and upstream capacity.

(3) The cable system shall be capable of providing Internet access services.

(4) The applicant shall pay a franchise fee of at least 5% of gross revenues.

(5) The applicant shall contribute at least 1% of gross revenues to the operations of the Public Access Corporation;

(6) The applicant shall provide at least 8 PEG channels on the analog portion of the cable system and at least 10 PEG channels on the digital portion of the cable system.

(7) The applicant shall provide at least 1% of gross revenues each year as continuing capital support for the public, educational, and government access channels.

(8) The applicant shall enter into an agreement regarding contracting with, and procuring from, local, small, and disadvantaged business enterprises.

(9) The applicant shall enter into a First Source agreement.

(10) The applicant shall provide significant financial resources or capacity or equipment to an institutional network.

(11) The construction schedule required by § 34-1257.03.