§ 5.36.125. Location of facilities.

All telecommunications facilities shall be installed within existing underground ducts or conduits whenever excess capacity is available on reasonable terms. Overhead facilities may be installed only if space is available on existing utility poles. Whenever existing telecommunications facilities or electric utility facilities are located underground along a particular street or public way, new telecommunications facilities must be installed underground along that street or public way. Whenever any new or existing telecommunications facilities or electric utility lines are located or relocated underground along a particular street or public way, the Telecommunications Operator shall relocate its telecommunications facilities underground concurrently with the other lines at its sole expense to the full extent permitted by law. Whenever new telecommunications facilities will exhaust the capacity of a street or otherwise make the installation of future telecommunications facilities impractical, the Telecommunications Operator installing the new telecommunications facilities shall provide additional ducts, conduits, manholes and other facilities designated by the Planning Department for reasonable nondiscriminatory access by other Telecommunications Operators.

(Ord. No. 820, § 1, 3-19-02)