All wires, conduits, cable (coaxial, fiber or functional equivalent) and other property and facilities of a cable operator shall be located, installed and maintained so as not to endanger or unnecessarily interfere with usual and customary use, traffic and travel upon the town streets, rights-of-way, easements and public ways.
(A) If a cable operator’s system creates a hazardous or unsafe condition or an unreasonable interference with property, then the cable operator shall at its own expense voluntarily, or upon request of the town, remove or move, as appropriate, that part of the system that creates the hazardous condition.
(B) A cable operator shall not place equipment where it will interfere with the rights of property owners or with other public utility services or any other service facility that benefits the town or its residents’ health, safety or welfare.
(C) A cable operator shall, at its expense, protect rights-of-way, easements and support or temporarily disconnect or relocate in the same street or other public way, any property of the cable operator when necessitated by reason of: traffic conditions, public safety, a street closing, street construction or resurfacing, change or establishment of a street grade, installations of other city utility services, or any improvement, construction or repair related to health, safety or welfare.
(D) A cable operator shall, at the request of any person holding a building moving permit, temporarily remove, raise or lower the cable wires to allow the moving of the building. The expense of temporary removal shall be paid by the person requesting it. The cable operator may require payment in advance. The affected cable operator shall be given not less than 15 days’ notice of a contemplated move to arrange for temporary wire changes.
(E) (1) A cable operator shall have the authority to trim trees overhanging any streets in the franchise area so as to prevent branches from coming in contact with the providers wires and cables.
(2) The cable operator shall allow town officials to supervise such tree trimming, if desired, to prevent disputes between home owners and the cable operator.
(F) In those areas of the town where transmission or distribution of both telephone and power companies are underground or are later placed underground, a cable operator’s feeder and drop cables shall also be placed underground. Any undergrounding of cable performed by the cable operator shall be at its sole expense.
(Prior Code, § 13.20.300) (Ord. 96-13.20, passed - -1996)