eLaws | eCases | Counties & Cities of Arizona | Code of Federal Regulations | United States Code |
 Gilbert
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 18. CABLE COMMUNICATIONS

  § 18-50. Location of property of licensee.  

Latest version.

  • (a)

    Any poles, wires, cable lines, conduits or other properties of a licensee to be constructed or installed in streets shall be so constructed or installed only at such locations and in such manner as shall be approved by the public works director acting in the exercise of his reasonable discretion consistent with the town's regulations. The director's decision shall accommodate reasonable technical requirements of the facilities.

    (b)

    Except as provided by the town, a licensee shall not install or erect any facility or apparatus in or on any privately owned area within the town which is intended to become a public street, whether or not designated or delineated as a proposed public street on any preliminary subdivision approved by the town.

    (c)

    Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter or any license granted pursuant thereto, all cable system lines of a licensee in any public street, shall be located underground as per the town's regulations as may be amended from time to time and at such depths and locations as shall be approved by the public works director. This requirement shall not apply to existing above-ground facilities.

    (d)

    Except as provided in the license, upon the undergrounding of other utility lines or shared overhead facilities, licensee shall concurrently (or earlier) place its facilities underground, at its own expense, at depths and locations approved by the public works director.

    (e)

    All new underground wires or cable of licensee placed after the effective date of this chapter shall be placed in conduits except for service drop lines.

    (f)

    Unless otherwise provided in the license, the licensee or its authorized contractors will obtain permits, prior to any physical work being performed in the town's rights-of-way, or on town-owned property. All work will be done in accordance with the town's technical and permitting specifications and in accordance with section 10-5 of this Code, as it exists now or may be amended in the future.

(Ord. No. 1137, § I, 12-15-98; Ord. No. 2452, § I, 10-3-13)