A. Any poles, wires, cable lines, conduits or other properties of the grantee to be constructed or installed in streets shall be so constructed or installed only at such locations and in such manner as shall be approved by the City Engineer acting in the exercise of their reasonable discretion. The Council may, in its discretion, require that all community antenna television lines and amplifiers be placed beneath the surface of the ground, provided the cost thereof is reflected in subscriber rates to the end that the grantee shall not be deprived of its right to a reasonable profit.

B. The grantee shall not, without first obtaining the written approval of the City Manager, install or erect any facilities or apparatus in or on other public property, places or rights-of-way, or within any privately owned area within the City which has not yet become a public street but is designated or delineated as a proposed public street on any tentative subdivision map approved by the City, except those installed or erected upon public utility facilities now existing.

C. In those areas and portions of the City where the transmission or distribution facilities of the public utilities providing telephone and electric service are underground or hereafter may be placed underground, the grantee shall immediately construct or reconstruct, operate, relocate and maintain all of its transmission and distribution facilities underground, except that for new structures, the builder or developer will provide and install at their sole cost and expense, to the grantee’s current specifications, trenches for underground distribution, service laterals, service drop trenches to the buildings’ points of entry, and backfill and restoration of trench area; conduit, vaults and pedestals, and internal wiring. Grantee’s amplifiers and essential connections thereto may be in appropriate housing above the surface of the ground as approved by the City Engineer. The City shall not in any manner be responsible for any costs incurred by the grantee in placing this property underground.

To ensure that cable television service is available under these provisions, the builder or developer will provide the City with plans for inclusion of cable television service with their plans for utilities including telephone, electrical and gas service prior to obtaining a City building permit. The builder or developer will also include proof that a contractual agreement exists between the builder or developer and the grantee, which is consistent with the provisions of this chapter.

Provided the contractor or developer has fulfilled their contractual commitments to the grantee, the grantee shall make cable television service available to such new structure or structures when ready for occupancy, unless otherwise extended by the City Manager. (Ord. 1062 § 14, 2022; Ord. 1030 § 2(4), 2018; Ord. 549 § 1 (part), 1976)