(a) The grantee shall at all times employ ordinary care and shall install and maintain devices or systems for preventing failures and accidents which are likely to cause damage, injuries or nuisances to the public.
(b) The grantee shall install and maintain its wires, cables, fixtures, and other equipment so as not to interfere with the equipment of any utility serving the residents of the Village or any other entity lawfully and rightfully using any conduit, pole or other part of the right of way.
(c) The cable television system shall at all times conform to the construction and maintenance standards set forth in the grantee's application and to the standards set forth below.
(1) A. Methods of construction, installation, and maintenance of the Village's cable television system shall comply with the National Electrical Safety Code, 1975, (ANSI CI-1975) to the extent that such Code is consistent with local law affecting the construction, installation, and maintenance of the electrical supply and communication lines. To the extent that such Code is inconsistent with other provisions of the franchise or with local law, the latter shall govern.
B. Any tower, if any, constructed for use in the Village's cable television system shall comply with the standards contained in Structured Standards for Steel Antenna Towers and Antenna Supporting Structures, EIE Standards RS-222-A, as published by the Engineering Department of the Electronic Industries Association, 2001 I Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20006.
C. Installations and physical dimensions of any tower constructed for use in the Village's cable television system shall comply with all appropriate Federal Aviation Agency regulations, including, but not limited to, Objectives Affecting Navigable Airspace, 14 CFR 77.1 et seq., February, 1965.
D. Any antenna structure in the Village's cable television system shall comply with Construction, Marking and Lighting of Antenna Structures, 47 CFR 17.1 et seq., September, 1967.
E. All working facilities and conditions used during construction, installation and maintenance of the Village's cable television system shall comply with the standards of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
(2) Each cable distribution system of the public streets shall comply with all applicable laws and ordinances and governmental regulations regarding clearances above ground.
(3) The grantee shall at all times use ordinary care and shall install and maintain in use commonly accepted methods and devices for preventing failures and accidents which are likely to cause damage, injuries or nuisances to the public.
(4) The grantee shall construct and operate the system and related facilities in accordance with all generally accepted related industry codes, standards and recommendations that are applicable.
(d) All conductors, cables, towers, poles and other components of the system shall be located and constructed by the grantee in back of street curbs so as to provide minimum interference with access by adjoining property owners to the streets and public ways, and no pole or other fixture of the grantee shall be placed in the public way so as to interfere with the usual travel on such public way.
(Ord. 16-80. Passed 5-20-80.)