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 Amherst County
 Code of Ordinances
 Appendix B. FRANCHISES
 Article I. VACAR CABLEVISION, LTD.

  § 16. Liability indemnification and insurance.  

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  • [The] grantee shall save the county harmless from all loss sustained by the county on account of any suit, judgment, execution, claim, or demand whatsoever against the county resulting from negligence on the part of the cable operator in the construction, operation, or maintenance of its cable television system in the county. For this purpose, [the] cable operator shall carry property damage and personal injury insurance as follows:

    (a)

    Comprehensive general public liability insurance policy indemnifying, defending, and saving harmless the county, its officers, boards, supervisors, agents, or employees from any and all claims by any person whatsoever for injury to or death of a person or persons occasioned or alleged to have been occasioned by the operations of the cable operator under the franchise granted herein, in the amount of at least one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) per personal injury or death of any one person or three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) for personal injury or death of two or more persons in any occurrence;

    (b)

    Property damage insurance indemnifying, defending, and saving harmless the county, its officers, boards, supervisors, agents, or employees from or against all claims by any person whatsoever for property damage occasioned or alleged to have been occasioned by the operation of cable operator under the franchise granted herein, in the amount of at least one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) for property damage liability to any one person and three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) for property damage liability to two (2) or more persons in any one occurrence;

    (c)

    All of the foregoing insurance contracts shall be in force satisfactory, to the county, shall be issued and maintained by companies authorized to do business in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and acceptable to the county, and shall be kept in full force and effect by [the] grantee during the term of this franchise, including any required removal of equipment, structures, facilities, apparatus, and appurtenances. The contracts shall contain provisions requiring ninety (90) days written notice of any cancellation be given to both the county and cable operator. The county shall be provided with copies of the foregoing insurance contracts and receipts of paid premiums.