<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 20-75. - Use of streets.</div>
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               (a)
               
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               <span class="ital">Underground installation.</span> All installations shall be underground in those areas of the county where public
               utilities providing both telephone and electric service are underground at the time
               of installation. In areas where either telephone or electric utility facilities are
               above ground at the time of installation, grantee may install its service above ground,
               provided that at such time as those facilities are required to be placed underground
               by the county or are placed underground, the grantee shall likewise place its services
               underground without additional cost to the county. Where not otherwise required to
               be placed underground by this chapter or the franchise, the grantee's system shall
               be located underground at the request of the adjacent property owner, provided that
               the excess cost over the aerial location shall be borne by the property owner making
               the request. All cable passing under the roadway shall be installed in conduit.
               
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               (b)
               
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               <span class="ital">Permits.</span> Grantee shall at all times comply with normal county permitting processes.
               
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               (c)
               
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               <span class="ital">Interference with persons, improvements, public and private property and utilities.</span> The grantee's system, including poles, lines, facilities, equipment and all appurtenances,
               shall be located, erected and maintained so that such facilities shall:
               
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               (1)
               
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               Not endanger or interfere with the health, safety or lives or persons;
               
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               (2)
               
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               Not interfere with any improvements the county or state may deem proper to make;
               
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               (3)
               
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               Not interfere with the free and proper use of public streets, alleys, bridges, easements
               or other public ways, places or property, except to the minimum extent possible during
               actual construction or repair;
               
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               (4)
               
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               Not interfere with the rights and reasonable convenience of private property owners,
               except to the minimum extent possible during actual construction or repair; and
               
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               (5)
               
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               Not obstruct, hinder or interfere with any gas, electric, water or telephone facilities
               or other utilities located within the county.
               
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               (d)
               
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               <span class="ital">Restoration to prior condition.</span> In case of any disturbance of pavement, sidewalk, driveway or other surfacing, the
               grantee shall, at its own cost and expense and in a manner approved by the county,
               replace and restore all paving, sidewalk, driveway, landscaping, or surface of any
               street or alley disturbed, in as good a condition as, or better than, before said
               work was commenced and in a good workmanlike, timely manner in accordance with standards
               for such work set by the county. Such restoration shall be commenced within no more
               than ten business days after the damage is reported and shall be completed as soon
               as possible thereafter.
               
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               (e)
               
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               <span class="ital">Relocation of the system.</span> In the event that at any time during the period of the franchise, the county or state
               shall lawfully elect to alter, or change, the grade of any street, alley or other
               public ways, the grantee, upon reasonable notice by the proper authority, shall remove
               or relocate as necessary its poles, wires, cables, underground conduits, manholes
               and other fixtures at its own expense.
               
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               (f)
               
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               <span class="ital">Cooperation with building movers.</span> The grantee shall, on the request of any person holding a building moving permit
               issued by the county, temporarily raise or lower its wire to permit the moving of
               buildings. The expense of such temporary removal, raising or lowering of wires shall
               be paid by the person requesting the same, and the grantee shall have the authority
               to require such payment in advance. The grantee shall be given not less than 15 working
               days' advance notice to arrange for such temporary wire changes.
               
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               (g)
               
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               <span class="ital">Tree trimming.</span> The grantee shall have the authority, except when in conflict with existing county
               ordinances, to trim any trees upon and overhanging public right-of-way so as to prevent
               the branches of such trees from coming in contact with the system, except that at
               the option of the county, such trimming may be done by it, or under its supervision
               and direction, at the expense of the grantee.
               
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               (h)
               
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               <span class="ital">Easements.</span> All necessary easements over and under private property shall be arranged for by
               the grantee.
               
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               (i)
               
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               <span class="ital">Private property.</span> Grantee shall be subject to all laws, ordinances or regulations regarding private
               property in the course of constructing, installing, operating or maintaining the cable
               television system in the County of Cabarrus. Grantee shall promptly repair or replace
               all private property, both real and personal, damaged or destroyed as a result of
               the construction, installation, operating or maintenance of the cable television system
               at its sole cost and expense.
               
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               (j)
               
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               <span class="ital">Public property.</span> In addition to the requirements of<a href="" data-chunk-id="PTIICOOR_CH20CATE_ARTVDECOPR_S20-72COTEST" class="section-link" data-product-id="12658"> section 20-72</a>(c), the grantee shall, prior to performing any underground construction on county
               owned right-of-way, streets or roads, receive county approval to construct and the
               grantee shall use its best efforts to locate, in advance, any water, sewage, or drainage
               lines or to any other municipal structures in the streets during the construction
               due to the presence, negligence, operation or maintenance of the cable television
               system, the sole cost of such repairs including all services and materials will be
               filed against the grantee and these charges shall be paid immediately or the county
               may foreclose on performance bonds, or invoke other appropriate sanctions provided
               for in this chapter or in the franchise.
               
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               (Ord. No. 1998-05, art. VII, Â§ 7.5, 2-16-98)
               
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