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(e) An open video system that is certified by the FCC. Communications facility. Refers to a telecommunications facility, cable system, or open video system. License. Refers to the authorization granted by the city to an operator of a communications facility, giving the operator the non-exclusive right to provide, through facilities maintained or operated upon, across, beneath, or over any public right-of--way in the city, a specified service within a license area. Any such authorization, in whatever form granted, shall not exempt the licensee from the need to obtain any other permit, registration or authorization required by this code, including but not limited to: (a) The registration required by section 3.405 of this code; (b) Any permit, agreement or authorization required in connection with operations in the public right-of--way or on other public property including, without limitation, permits and agreements for placing devices on or in poles, conduits or other structures, whether owned by the city or a private entity, or for excavating or performing other work in or along public rights-of-way. FCC. The Federal Communications Commission or its designee. Gross Revenues. Any and all revenue, of any kind, nature or form, without deduction for expense. Open Video System. or "OVS". A facility consisting of a set of transmission paths and associated signal generation, reception, and control equipment that is designed to provide cable service, which includes video programming, which is provided to multiple subscribers within a community, and which the Federal Communications Commission or its successor has certified as compliant with Part 76 of the Rules of the Federal Communications Commission, 47 C.F.R., Part 76, as amended from time-to- time. Operator. A person who provides telecommunications services. When used with reference to a system; refers to a person: (a) Who provides, or intends to provide, service over a communications facility and directly or through one or more affiliates owns a significant interest in such facility; or (b) Who otherwise controls or is responsible for, through any arrangement, the management and operation of such a facility. A person that leases a telecommunications facility or a specific portion of a telecommunications facility to provide telecommunications services shall be treated as an operator for purposes of this code. Person. Includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, joint stock company, trust, limited liability company, or any other legal entity. Private communications system. A facility placed in whole or in part in the public right of way for the provision of communications solely in connection with a private communications system owner's business, but not Ordinance - 2