(A) The grantee shall construct, reconstruct, install, operate, and maintain its system in a manner consistent with all applicable laws, ordinances, construction standards, governmental requirements, FCC technical standards, and detailed technical standards submitted by the grantee as part of its application, which standards are incorporated by reference herein. The system shall be designed, constructed, operated, and maintained for 24 hours a day continuous operation.
(B) The grantee shall construct, install, operate, and maintain its system in accordance with, but not limited to, the following.
(1) The system will be designed to permit a minimum of operation.
(2) Where economically feasible, the system will utilize home terminals which will make the system adaptable for the development of future services.
(3) The grantee shall maintain its system facilities in a manner which will continue to enable it to add new services and associated equipment as they are developed, available, and proved economically feasible and marketable to subscribers.
(C) Prior to the erection or installation by the grantee of any towers, poles, underground conduits, or fixtures for use in connection with the installation, construction, maintenance, or operation of the cable communications system under this chapter, the grantee shall first submit to the town and other appropriate parties for approval a concise description of the facilities proposed to be erected or installed, including engineering drawings, if required, together with a map and plans indicating the proposed location of all the facilities.
(D) Any contractor proposed for work of construction, reconstruction, installation, operation, maintenance, and repair of system equipment must be properly licensed under the laws of the state and all local ordinances.
(E) The town does not guarantee the accuracy of any maps showing the horizontal or vertical location of existing substructures. In public rights-of-way, where necessary, the location shall be verified by excavation.
(F) Construction, reconstruction, installation, operation, and maintenance of the cable communications system shall be performed in an orderly and workmanlike manner in accordance with then current technological standards. All cables and wires shall be installed, where possible, parallel with electric and telephone lines. Multiple cable configurations shall be arranged in parallel and bundled with due respect for engineering considerations.
(G) Grantee shall at all times comply with:
(1) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations;
(2) National Electric Code;
(3) National Electrical Safety Code (NESC);
(4) National Cable Television Standard Code;
(5) AT&T Manual of Construction Procedures (Blue Book);
(6) Bell Telephone Systems Code of Pole Line Construction;
(7) All federal, state, and municipal construction requirements including FCC rules and regulations utility construction and requirements; and
(8) All building and zoning codes, and all land use restrictions as the same exist or may be amended hereafter.
(H) Any antenna structure used in the cable communications system shall comply with construction, marking, and lighting of antenna structure standards as required by federal and state laws or regulations.
(I) All worker facilities, conditions, and procedures that are used during construction, installation, operation, and maintenance of the cable system shale comply with the standards of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
(J) RF leakage shall be checked at reception location for emergency radio services to prove measurable interference signal combinations are possible. Stray radiation shall be measured adjacent to any proposed aeronautical navigation radio sites to prove no measurable interference to airborne navigational reception in the normal flight pattern. FCC rules and regulations shall govern. The system shall cause no measurable interference in television signal reception to any operating receiver not connected to and serviced by the system.
(K) The grantee shall maintain equipment capable of providing standby power for a minimum of either four hours for the headend and two hours for transportation and truck amplifiers.
(Ord. passed 10-13-1998) Penalty, see § 111.999