[Code 1991, § 9-161]
A. 
Any cable system constructed within the City shall meet or exceed all technical standards consistent with this article, the franchise agreement, and the franchisee's application. The system shall be capable of delivering all National Television Systems Committee color and monochrome standard signals and designed to provide picture quality of TASO (Television Allocation Study Organization) Grade 2 or better and superior reliability. Antennas and supporting structures used in the system shall be designed to comply with the recommendations of the Electronics Industry Association relative to tower structures and outside plant.
B. 
Upon the completion of construction, the franchisee shall perform, at its expense, a proof of performance test designed to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of this article, the franchise, and the FCC, a copy of which report shall be promptly provided to the City.
C. 
The City may require annual proof of performance tests, which shall be performed at the expense of the franchisee.
[Code 1991, § 9-162]
A. 
As it shall find necessary to ensure compliance with this article and the franchise, the City shall have the right to inspect all construction and installation work performed by the franchisee.
B. 
All construction, installation and maintenance must comply with all material requirements of the National Electrical Safety Code, the National Electrical Code, the Bell System Code of Pole Line Construction, all state and local regulations, and good and accepted industry practices.
C. 
Worker facilities, conditions and procedures shall comply with the material standards of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
D. 
The franchisee shall submit to the City, and keep updated, copies of all maps and charts of trunk cable locations prepared by or for the franchisee during the duration of the franchise.
[Code 1991, § 9-163]
A. 
A franchisee shall use existing poles, conduits and other facilities whenever possible, and shall not construct or install any new, different, or additional poles, conduits, or other facilities, whether on public property or on privately owned property, without approval of the property owner (where necessary) or appropriate governmental authority. Such governmental approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. The location of any pole or wire-holding structure by a franchisee shall not constitute a vested interest, and such poles, structures, or facilities shall be removed, replaced or modified by the franchisee at its own expense whenever the City or other governmental authority determines that the public interest so necessitates.
B. 
All transmission and distribution structures, lines, and equipment installed by the franchisee within the City shall be located so as to cause minimum interference 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 or places and where they will not interfere with any preexisting utility facility.
C. 
In areas of the City where electric and telephone utility lines have been placed underground, a franchisee shall place its lines and installations underground. Where either telephone or electric facilities are above ground at the time of installation, the franchisee may install its service above ground; provided, however, if a subscriber agrees to reimburse the franchisee for its additional costs, the drop shall be placed underground at the subscriber's request. If telephone and electrical facilities are later placed underground, the franchisee shall forthwith place its own facilities underground at its own expense, with no special charge being imposed upon any subscriber for the change. In new construction, a franchisee shall install distribution cables at the same time utility facilities are installed if reasonably possible.
[Code 1991, § 9-164]
The franchisee, at its own expense and in a manner approved by the City, shall replace and restore all paving, sidewalks, driveways, or surface of any street or alley disturbed, so that it is in as good condition as before the work was begun, and shall maintain the restoration in an improved condition for one year. Failure of the franchisee to replace or restore the paving, sidewalk, driveway or street surface within 72 hours after completing work shall authorize the City to have the proper restoration made at the franchisee's expense.
[Code 1991, § 9-165]
If the City shall lawfully decide to alter or change the grade of any street, alley, or other public way, the franchisee, upon reasonable notice by the City, shall, in a timely manner as requested by the City, remove and relocate its poles, wires, cables, underground conduits and other facilities at its own expense.
[Code 1991, § 9-166]
A franchisee shall, on the request of any person holding a valid building-moving permit, temporarily raise or lower its wires or cables to permit the moving of buildings or other large objects. The expense of temporarily raising or lowering of wires shall be paid by the person making the request, and the franchisee shall have the authority to require payment in advance. The franchisee shall be given at least 48 hours' advance notice to arrange for temporary wire changes.
[Code 1991, § 9-167]
A franchisee shall have the authority to trim trees overhanging streets, alleys, sidewalks and public places of the City to prevent their branches from touching wires and cables and other television conductors and fixtures of the franchisee. All trimming shall be done under the City's supervision and direction and at the expense of the franchisee. A franchisee shall provide reasonable advance notice to the City of its tree trimming activities.