(A) In the event that the use of any part of the CATV system is discontinued for any reason for a continuous period of 12 months, has been installed in any street or public place without complying with the requirements of grantee’s franchise or this chapter, or the franchise has been terminated, cancelled or has expired, the grantee shall promptly, upon being given ten days’ notice, remove from the streets or public places all such property and poles of the system other than any which the Road Commissioner may permit to be abandoned in place. In the event of the removal, the grantee shall promptly restore the street or other area from which the property has been removed to a condition satisfactory to the Road Commissioner.
(B) Any property of the grantee remaining in place 60 days after the termination or expiration of the franchise shall be considered permanently abandoned. The Road Commissioner may extend such time not to exceed an additional 30 days.
(C) Any property of the grantee to be abandoned in place shall be abandoned in such manner as the Road Commissioner shall prescribe. Subject to the provisions of any utility joint use attachment agreement, upon permanent abandonment of the property of the grantee in place, the property shall become that of the county and the grantee shall submit to the Board of Supervisors an instrument in writing to be approved by the District Attorney, transferring to the county the ownership of the property.
(1966 Code, § 6A-20) (Ord. 312, § 20; Ord. 967, §§ 3, 4, 2018; Ord. 968, §§ 3, 4, 2018)