(A) A registrant must promptly and at its own expense, with due regard for seasonal working conditions, permanently remove and relocate its equipment and facilities in the right-of-way whenever the Director requests the removal and relocation, and shall restore the right-of-way to the same condition it was in prior to the removal or relocation.
(B) The Director may make the request to prevent interference by the company’s equipment or facilities with:
(1) A present or future city use of the right-of-way;
(2) A public improvement undertaken by the city;
(3) An economic development project in which the city has an interest or investment;
(4) When the public health, safety, and welfare require it; or
(5) When necessary to prevent interference with the safety and convenience of ordinary travel over the right-of-way.
(C) Notwithstanding the foregoing, a person shall not be required to remove or relocate its equipment from any right-of-way which has been vacated in favor of a nongovernmental entity unless and until the reasonable costs thereof are first paid to the person therefor.
(Ord. 152, passed 8-7-2000) Penalty, see § 10.99