Ione Municipal Code Art. VIII Design and Construction Provisions

The cable system shall be constructed in accordance with the design requirements, if any, contained in the franchise agreement.

(Ord. 320 §9.1, 1991)

Grantee shall design and construct the cable system and any additions thereto in such a manner as to have the capability within a reasonably short period of time to pass by every single dwelling unit, multiple dwelling unit, business establishment, school and public agency within the franchise territory. Such service shall be provided to subscribers in accordance with the schedules in the franchise agreement and line extension policies specified in Section 5.04.380. Cable system construction and provision of service shall be nondiscriminatory, and shall not delay or defer service to any section of the franchise territory on the grounds of economic preference of the grantee.

(Ord. 320 §9.2, 1991)

A. Grantee shall comply with the requirements of the cable system construction schedule, if any, contained in the franchise agreement and amendments thereto.

B. Construction of the cable system and service need not be provided where power and telephone utility services are not available.

C. In the franchise agreement, grantee shall provide a detailed construction plan indicating progress schedule, area construction maps, test plan, and dates for offering service. In addition, grantee shall provide to grantor an update of this information for grantor on a monthly basis, showing specifically whether schedules are being met and the reasons for any delay.

D. Failure to begin construction within six months after award of the franchise shall be grounds for immediate franchise termination, at the option of grantor.

(Ord. 320 §9.3, 1991)

In cases of new construction or property development where utilities are to be placed underground, upon request by grantee, the developer or property owner shall give grantee reasonable notice of the particular date on which open trenching will be available for grantee's installation of conduit, pedestals, or vaults. Grantee shall also timely provide specifications to the developer and property owner as needed for trenching. Costs of trenching, conduit, and easements required to bring service to any development shall be borne by grantee and may be apportioned between grantee, utility service providers, and developers.

(Ord. 320 §9.4, 1991)

In cases of utility services delivered aerially to multiple dwelling units, grantee shall make every effort to minimize the number of individual aerial drop cables, giving preference to undergrounding of multiple drop cables between the pole and dwelling unit.

(Ord. 320 §9.5, 1991)

If a person residing within grantee's underground cable system area requests replacement of an existing equipment enclosure owned by grantee that is made of fiberglass or some other material with one of concrete and/or metal construction, then all labor, material, government or other agency permits and all other costs associated with grantee's replacement of the enclosure shall be paid by the person making the request and shall be paid in advance of grantee performing the replacement work.

(Ord. 320 §9.6, 1991)

In those areas and portions of the city where the transmission or distribution facilities of either the public utility providing telephone service or those of the utility providing electric service are already placed or to be placed underground, subject to Section 5.04.330, the grantee shall likewise construct, operate and maintain all of its transmission and distribution facilities underground. For the purposes of this subsection, "underground" shall include a partial underground system, e.g., streamlining. Amplifiers and other equipment in grantee's transmission and distribution lines may be in appropriate housings above and upon the surface of the ground if approved by the public works supervisor. The city shall not in any manner be responsible for any costs or liabilities incurred by grantee in placing grantee's facilities underground.

(Ord. 320 §9.7, 1991)

A. The grantee shall extend cable service to any premises located in the service area served by the grantee's energized distribution cable which requires only the connection of a standard drop or tap to make such service available, including those premises serviced by underground utilities, at a standard rate if the owner or occupant of the premises requests such service.

B. If the service connection requires no more than a two hundred fifty foot aerial drop line, the grantee shall provide connection to its service at no charge for the initial two hundred fifty feet, other than the grantee's standard installation fee. The grantee may charge any new subscriber for the grantee's actual cost of all labor, equipment and materials for (1) that portion of any new aerial service connection in excess of two hundred fifty feet, (2) the length of any new service connection installed underground and (3) the entire length of any new service connection to remote or relatively inaccessible subscribers. Prior to installing any service connection for which, in accordance with the provisions above, the grantee will charge a potential subscriber on a time and materials basis, the grantee must present the prospective subscriber with a written statement of its estimated costs for the service connection.

(Ord. 320 §9.8, 1991)

A. The grantee shall be required to extend energized trunk cable from any existing terminus of the cable communications system to any area immediately adjacent thereto located within the grantee's service area having a density of at least five existing and completed residential dwelling units per one-quarter mile; provided, that each such dwelling unit is located within the distance of no more than a standard two hundred fifty foot drop or tap as measured from the anticipated location of such energized trunk cable.

(Ord. 320 §9.9, 1991)