In addition to location requirements applicable to specific types of utility facilities, all utility facilities, regardless of type, shall be subject to the general location requirements of this section.
(A) No interference with city facilities. No utility facilities shall be placed in any location if the Superintendent determines that the proposed location will require the relocation or displacement of any of the city’s utility facilities or will otherwise interfere with the operation or maintenance of any of the city’s utility facilities.
(B) Minimum interference and impact. The proposed location shall cause only the minimum possible interference with the use of the right-of-way and shall cause only the minimum possible impact upon, and interference with the rights and reasonable convenience of property owners who adjoin said right-of-way.
(C) No interference with travel. No utility facility shall be placed in any location that interferes with the usual travel on such right-of-way.
(D) No limitations on visibility. No utility facility shall be placed in any location so as to limit visibility of or by users of the right-of-way.
(E) Size of utility facilities. The proposed installation shall use the smallest suitable vaults, boxes, equipment enclosures, power pedestals, and/or cabinets then in use by the facility owner, regardless of location, for the particular application.
(Prior Code, § 33-4-15)