§ 30-95. Location of facilities.

All facilities located within the public right-of-way shall be constructed, installed and located in accordance with the following terms and conditions:

(1)

Grantee or telecommunications carrier shall install its telecommunications facilities underground unless the city specifically permits attachments to utility poles or other aboveground facilities.

(2)

Grantee or telecommunications carrier shall install its telecommunications facilities within an existing underground duct or conduit whenever surplus capacity exists within such utility facility, unless grantee or telecommunications carrier demonstrates to the satisfaction of the city that such installation is not feasible.

(3)

Grantee or telecommunications carrier with permission to install overhead facilities shall install its telecommunications facilities on pole attachments to existing utility poles only, and then only if surplus space is available.

(4)

Whenever any existing electric utilities, cable facilities or telecommunications facilities are located underground within a public right-of-way of the city, a grantee or telecommunications carrier with permission to occupy the same public right-of-way must also locate its telecommunications facilities underground.

(5)

Whenever any new or existing electric utilities, cable facilities or telecommunications facilities are located or relocated underground within a public right-of-way of the city, a grantee or telecommunications carrier that currently occupies the same public right-of-way shall relocate its facilities underground concurrently with the other affected utilities to minimize disruption of the public right-of-way, absent extraordinary circumstances or undue hardship, which shall be determined solely by the city and consistent with state law.

(Code 2006, § 12.40.29; Ord. No. 1558 , § 1(Exh. A), 2-14-2017)