ยง 228. Landlord-tenant relationship. 1. No landlord shall (a) interfere with the installation of cable television facilities upon his property or premises, except that a landlord may require: (1) that the installation of cable television facilities conform to such reasonable conditions as are necessary to protect the safety, functioning and appearance of the premises, and the convenience and well being of other tenants; (2) that the cable television company or the tenant or a combination thereof bear the entire cost of the installation, operation or removal of such facilities; and (3) that the cable television company agree to indemnify the landlord for any damage caused by the installation, operation or removal of such facilities. (b) demand or accept payment from any tenant, in any form, in exchange for permitting cable television service on or within his property or premises, or from any cable television company in exchange therefor in excess of any amount which the commission shall, by regulation, determine to be reasonable; or (c) discriminate in rental charges or otherwise, between tenants who receive cable television service and those who do not. 2. Rental agreements and leases executed prior to January first, nineteen hundred seventy-three may be enforced notwithstanding this section. 3. No cable television company may enter into any agreement with the owners, lessees or persons controlling or managing buildings served by a cable television company, or do or permit any act, that would have the effect, directly or indirectly of diminishing or interfering with existing rights of any tenant or other occupant of such building to use or avail himself of master or individual antenna equipment. Prev | Next________________________________________________________________________
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