§ 4.04.516 UNDERGROUNDING. 
   (A)    At no time shall grantee place cable underground without appropriate conduit.
   (B)   The cable system shall be placed underground in all portions of the franchise area where either telephone or electric lines are underground. Whenever the poles on which the cable system is constructed are eliminated, grantee shall concurrently replace its aerial facilities with underground facilities. At no time shall the cable system be the only aerial facility in any given area.
   (C)   Where the cable system is installed underground, line extenders, amplifiers, taps, power supplies, traps and related electronic equipment and components may be placed in appropriate housings above the surface of the ground to the extent that the method employed is compliant with any and all applicable city, state, federal or other regulations, and consistent with any other generally applicable guidelines, policies or procedures which may from time to time be defined by the city or other applicable government agency. Grantee shall provide a procedure for undergrounding taps and pedestals at subscriber expense and relocating the taps and pedestals within the technical constraints of the cable system.
(Ord. 4315, passed 11-12-96)