(A) (1) All installations shall be underground in those areas of the county where public utilities providing telephone and electric service are underground at the time of installation.
(2) In areas of the county where either telephone or electric utility facilities are above ground at the time of installation, the grantee may install its service above ground, provided that at the time as those facilities are required to be placed underground by the county or are placed underground, the grantee shall likewise place its services underground without direct additional cost to the county or to the individual subscribers so served within the county.
(B) Where not otherwise required to be placed underground by this chapter or the franchise, the grantee's system shall be located underground at the request of the adjacent property owner; provided that the excess cost over the aerial location shall be borne by the property owner making the request.
(Ord. passed 10-19-98)