(a) The company shall have the right and privilege to construct, erect, operate and maintain, in, upon, along, above, across, over and under the streets, such poles, wires, cables, conductors, ducts, conduits, vaults, manholes, amplifiers, appliances, attachments and other property as may be necessary and appurtenant to its system, provided that individual permits are issued for the location of such poles, subject to the approval of the affected homeowner and the Advisory Council in conjunction with the Board of Township Commissioners. In addition, the company shall have the right and privilege to use, operate and provide similar properties rented or leased from other persons, firms or corporations, for such purposes.
(b) The company’s rights and privileges shall be subordinated to any prior lawful use of occupancy of the streets or other public property and shall not be so used as to interfere with existing improvements or with new improvements that the township may deem proper to make, or as to hinder or obstruct the free use of the streets, alleys, bridges or other public property. In the event that any equipment or facilities of the company interfere with any such improvement existing or intended to be made by the township, the company shall, upon notice from the township, forthwith relocate such equipment and facilities, at company’s expense, so as to eliminate such interference.
(c) Construction and maintenance of the transmission distribution system shall be in compliance with any applicable rule, regulation or order now in effect or hereafter issued by a federal or state commission or any other public authority having jurisdiction.
(d) All installations of equipment shall be durable or of a permanent nature and installed in accordance with good engineering practice as outlined by the American National Standards Institute, the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The company shall comply with all township regulations, ordinances and state and federal laws now existing or hereafter enacted so as not to interfere with the right of the public or individual property owner and so as not to unduly interfere with the travel and use of public places by the public during the construction, repair or removal of equipment.
(e) In the construction, conduct, maintenance and operation of its business, the company shall comply with all requirements of township ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations and specifications heretofore or hereafter enacted or established, including, but not limited to, those concerning street work, street excavation and use, removal and relocation of property within a street.
(Ord. 474, passed 9-20-1978)