§ 30-351. 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 cable provider shall install its cable facilities underground unless the city specifically permits attachments to utility poles or other aboveground facilities.

(2)

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

(3)

A grantee or cable provider with permission to install overhead facilities shall install its cable facilities on pole attachments to existing utility poles only, and then only if surplus space is available.

(4)

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

(5)

Whenever any new or existing electric utilities, cable facilities or cable facilities are located or relocated underground within a public right-of-way of the city, a grantee or cable provider 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 as determined by the city and consistent with state law.

(Code 2006, § 12.44.29; Ord. No. 1558 , § 1(Exh. A), 2-14-2017)