[Adopted 11-10-1966 by Ord. No. 714 (Ch. 21, Part 1C, of the 1993 Code of Ordinances)]
Whenever any person, partnership, corporation or municipal authority installs or renews any device or fixture known as a gas or water service control box for an individual service, fire hydrant, utility pole, or any other underground conduit, device or fixture which shall extend to or above ground level, said device or fixture must be located inside the curbline of the abutting or adjacent street and no part or extremity of the control box, fire hydrant, utility pole, or other device or fixture shall come any closer than six inches as measured from an imaginary line drawn vertically from a point six inches back of the inside curbline; provided, however, that service manholes shall not be installed or maintained between street line and curbline at any intersection for a distance of 35 feet from the respective intersecting street lines.
Whenever any person, partnership, corporation or municipal authority installs or renews any underground service in, under or through a public street, said service shall be installed or renewed between the main or feeder and the curbline in a line at right angles to the street line at that point.
Whenever any person, partnership, corporation, public utility, or municipal authority abandons any main, feeder, service or underground installation of any kind, in any public street, lane, alley or highway, it shall be the responsibility of that person, partnership, corporation, public utility or municipal authority to physically remove completely said abandoned main, feeder, service or underground installation of any kind from all street and alley intersections for a distance of 35 feet from the respective intersecting street lines and shall maintain current plans showing description, location, depth, etc., of all abandoned installations that have not been removed; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall restrict, impair, or modify the Borough's right to order the removal of all or any part of any particular underground installation that is abandoned.
The location of new utility mains, extensions and replacements of existing gas and water mains and all other underground utilities shall be governed by the following:
A. 
On the streets, lanes or alleys running generally north and south, gas mains shall be installed along a line, parallel to the street line and 1/3 the width of the paved roadway, lane or alley measured from the westerly curbline. Water mains shall be installed along a line parallel to the street line and 1/3 the width of the paved roadway, lane or alley measured from the easterly curbline.
B. 
On streets, lanes or alleys running generally east and west, water mains shall be installed along a line parallel to the street line and 1/3 the width of the paved roadway measured from the northerly curbline. Gas mains shall be installed along a line parallel to the street line and 1/3 the width of the paved roadway measured from the southerly curbline.
C. 
In no instance shall any gas or water main, or any other utility cable, conduit, or service running generally parallel to any sanitary sewer main, trunk line, or service lateral be installed, constructed, or relocated directly over or less than five feet away from said sanitary sewer installation, whether existing or proposed; provided, however, that the distance away from the proposed or existing sanitary sewer installation shall exceed five feet in all instances when, for example, the sanitary sewer line would be excavated for construction or reconstruction then the distance between the sanitary sewer location and the other utility installation shall be such that the undisturbed soil from the bottom of that excavation to the nearest part of the other utility line shall form no more than a forty-five-degree angle with the bed of the sanitary sewer excavation. In such instances where it may be necessary for any other underground utility conduit to cross a sanitary sewer main, trunk line, or service lateral it shall cross at right angles to the sanitary sewer installation or be suitably encased in such a manner across the sanitary sewer as to permit reconstruction of the sanitary sewer without requiring special supports which support shall be supplied and maintained by the owning utility if needed.
A. 
Whenever any underground utility main, conduit, or service is installed, constructed, replaced, or renewed or repaired in or on a public street, it shall be the responsibility of the owner and/or user of the main, conduit or service to record such current engineering data as may be required to identify and ascertain the depth and location of all said mains, conduits or services. Elevations and locations shall be tied into landmarks, monuments, or other permanent improvements wherever they may be located.
B. 
Every person, partnership, corporation, public utility or municipal authority having any active or inactive underground installation in, under or through any public street, lane or alley, shall be obliged to maintain accurate, completely detailed, and up-to-date maps and/or plans of said installation or installations and shall be responsible for notifying the Borough Manager, in writing, not later than January 15 of each year, and whenever else it may be advisable or necessary, of the name, address and phone number of the person or office where said maps and plans may be checked or verified, and where precise descriptions, locations and depths of all active and abandoned underground installations may be secured.
C. 
Every person, partnership, corporation, public utility or municipal authority having a network of active or inactive installations or more than one single installation in, under or through Borough streets, lanes or alleys shall, not later than January 1, 1967, and at five-year intervals thereafter, or annually if Borough Council requires, deliver to the Borough Manager an up-to-date general system plan of all active underground installations within the Borough.
D. 
No person, partnership or corporation other than an already authorized public utility or municipal authority shall encroach or construct an installation, on, under, over or through any public street, lane or alley without having first received the approval, by ordinance, of the Borough Council.
E. 
Every person, partnership or corporation other than an already authorized public utility or municipal authority having any installation in, under or through any public street, lane or alley and said installation or encroachment has not been authorized in writing or by other formal action of Borough Council shall file an accurately detailed plan of same with the Borough Manager not later than January 1, 1968. The filing of said plan shall not serve to legalize any construction or encroachment and the Borough reserves the right to require abandonment and/or complete removal of same at no expense to the Borough at any time.
The Borough of Northampton reserves the right to schedule the installation of utility mains or trunks in newly ordained or opened streets by the establishment of a certain practical order of priority and reserves the right to prohibit the installation of service laterals or any individual service conduits or lines from the principal mains or trunks if in the judgment of the Borough this will interfere with the laying of other utilities' mains or conduits.
Reasonable exceptions to the requirements of §§ 210-9, 210-10 and 210-12 may be granted by the Borough Manager upon show of sufficient cause.
Nothing in this article shall be construed as a grant of any exclusive right or privilege unto any company or utility or to prevent a grant of similar rights or privileges to other utilities or companies.