Buena Park Municipal Code Art. VIII Construction Requirements

A. Grantee shall not construct any cable system facilities until grantee has secured the necessary permits from grantor, or other public agencies having jurisdiction over such construction.

B. In those areas of the city where transmission lines or distribution facilities of the public utilities providing telephone and electric power service are underground, the grantee likewise shall construct, operate and maintain its transmission and distribution facilities therein underground.

C. In those areas of the city where the grantee's cables are located on the aboveground transmission or distribution facilities of the public utility providing telephone or electric power service, and in the event that the facilities of both such public utilities subsequently are placed underground, then the grantee likewise shall reconstruct, operate and maintain its transmission and distribution facilities underground, at grantee's cost. Certain of grantee's equipment, such as pedestals, amplifiers and power supplies, which normally are placed aboveground, may continue to remain in aboveground enclosures, unless otherwise provided in the franchise agreement.

D. Any changes in or extensions of any poles, anchors, wires, cables, conduits, vaults, laterals or other fixtures and equipment (referred to in this section as structures), or the construction of any additional structures, in, upon, along, across, under or over the streets, alleys and public ways shall be made under the direction of grantor's city engineer or a designee, who shall, if the proposed change, extension or construction conforms to the provisions hereof, issue written permits therefor. The height above public thoroughfares of all aerial wires shall conform to the requirements of the California regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof.

1. All transmission and distribution structures, lines and equipment erected by the grantee shall be located so as not to interfere with the proper use of streets, alleys and other public ways and places, and to cause minimum interference with the rights or reasonable convenience of property owners who adjoin any of the streets, alleys or other public ways and places, and not to interfere with existing public utility installations.

2. In the event that any property or improvement of the grantor in the public rights-of-way is disturbed or damaged by the grantee or any of its contractors, agents or employees in connection with undertaking any and all work pursuant to the right granted to the grantee pursuant to this chapter, the grantee shall promptly, at the grantee's sole cost and expense, restore as nearly as practicable to their former condition such property or improvement which was so disturbed or damaged, and in the event that any such property or improvement shall at any later time become uneven, unsettled or otherwise require restoration, repair or replacement because of such disturbance or damage by the grantee, then the grantee, as soon as reasonably possible, shall, promptly upon receipt of notice from the grantor and at the grantee's sole cost and expense, restore as nearly as practicable to their former condition such property or improvement which was disturbed or damaged. Any such restoration by the grantee shall be made in accordance with such materials and specifications as may, from time to time, be then provided for by grantor ordinance.

3. Prior to commencing any work in the public rights-of-way, the grantee shall obtain any and all permits lawfully required by such grantor codes and ordinances of general application for such work. In the event that emergency work may be required by the grantee, however, the grantee shall use reasonable efforts to obtain any and all such permits within three working days after the beginning of such emergency work.

4. There shall be no unreasonable or unnecessary obstruction of the public rights-of-way by the grantee in connection with any of the work provided for in this chapter, and the grantee shall maintain such barriers, signs and warning signals during any such work performed on or about the public rights-of-way or adjacent thereto as may be necessary to reasonably avoid injury or damage to life and property.

5. If at any time during the period of the franchise the grantor shall lawfully elect to alter or change the grade or location of any street, alley or other public rights-of-way, the grantee shall, upon reasonable notice by the grantor, remove, relay and relocate its poles, wires, cables, underground conduits, manholes and other fixtures at its own expense, and in each instance comply with the requirements of the grantor.

6. The grantee shall not place poles, conduits or other fixtures above or below ground where the same will interfere with any gas, electric, telephone fixtures, water hydrants or other utility, and all such poles, conduits or other fixtures placed in any street shall be so placed as to comply with all ordinances of the grantor.

7. The grantee maybe required by the grantor to permit joint use of its property and appurtenances located in the streets, alleys or other public rights-of-way, by utilities insofar as such joint use may be reasonably practicable and does not unreasonably interfere with the grantee's use of the property, and upon payment of reasonable rental therefore; provided that in the absence of agreement regarding such joint use, the city council shall provide for arbitration of the terms and conditions of such joint use and the compensation to be paid therefrom, which award shall be final.

8. The grantee shall, on request of any person holding a moving permit issued by the grantor, temporarily move its wires or fixtures to permit the moving of buildings, the expense of such temporary removal to be paid by the person requesting the same, and the grantee shall be given not less than forty-eight hours advance notice to arrange for such temporary changes.

9. The grantee shall have the authority, except when in conflict with existing grantor ordinances, to trim any trees upon and overhanging the streets, alleys, sidewalks and public places so as to prevent the branches of such trees from coming in contact with the wires and cables of the grantee, except that at the option of the grantor, such trimming may be done by it, or under its supervision and direction, at the expense of the grantee.

(Ord. 1354 § 10.1, 1997)

A. In the event that more than one franchise is awarded, the grantor reserves the right to limit the number of drop cables per residence, or to require that the drop cable(s) be utilized only by the cable operator selected by the resident to provide service.

B. The grantor reserves the right to grant an encroachment permit to a cable franchise applicant to install conduit and/or cable in anticipation of the granting of a franchise. Such installations shall be at the applicant's risk, with no recourse against the grantor in the event the pending franchise application is not granted. The grantor may require an applicant to provide a separate trench for its conduit and/or cable, at the applicant's cost.

(Ord. 1354 § 10.2, 1997)