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legal documents. The first of these is the original <br />"Orange County Cable Television Ordinance," adopted <br />December 3, 1979, and amended November 24, 1980, and <br />February 23, 1981, (the "Enabling Ordinance "). The second <br />document forming a part of the contract is "An Ordinance <br />Granting A Franchise To Village Cable of Orange County, <br />Inc. To Construct And Maintain A Cable System Within The <br />Unincorporated Areas Of Orange County, North Carolina" <br />(the "Franchise Ordinance "). The Franchise Ordinance <br />incorporates both the Enabling Ordinance and the Village <br />Cable "proposal dated October 10, 1980" as part of the <br />franchise. On February 25, 1981, the franchise became a <br />binding contract when Village Cable signed the written <br />acceptance and delivered it to the County. <br />The terms of the contract between the County and <br />Village Cable were fixed on February 25, 1981. With the <br />consent and approval of the County, the franchise was <br />subsequently assigned by Village Cable to the current <br />grantee, Prime Cable Income Partners, L.P., doing business <br />as Carolina Cable. Carolina Cable and the County are now <br />mutually bound by that contract. The obligations of the <br />parties under that contract can only be modified by mutual <br />agreement. The adoption of an ordinance by the County, <br />unless accepted or otherwise agreed to by Carolina Cable, <br />cannot "amend" the contract between the parties. For that <br />reason, any changes enacted by the Board in either the <br />Enabling Ordinance or the Franchise Ordinance would not be <br />4 <br />