If, at any time, during the period of franchise, the Township shall
lawfully erect or alter the change of grade of any street or repair, modify,
or relocate any sanitary or storm sewers or other public facilities, the franchisee,
upon reasonable notice by the Township, shall remove or abandon, relay or
relocate its poles, wires, cables, underground conduits, manholes, and other
fixtures at its own expense.
Grantee shall not erect, for any reason, any pole on or along any street
in an existing aerial utility system without advance written notice to the
Township. Grantee shall exercise its best efforts to negotiate the lease of
pole space and facilities from existing pole owners for all aerial construction.
Cable shall be installed underground at grantee's expense where both
the existing telephone and electrical utilities are already underground. Grantee
shall place cable underground in newly platted areas in concert with both
the telephone and electric utilities. In the event the telephone or electric
utilities are reimbursed by the Township or any agency thereof for the placement
of cable underground or the movement of cable, grantee shall be reimbursed
upon the same terms and conditions as the telephone or electric utilities.
The franchisee in accordance with local codes shall have the authority
to trim overhanging trees, after providing reasonable notice to the property
owners, on street of the Township so as to prevent the branches of such trees
from coming in contact with the wires and cables of the franchisee, except
that at the option of the Township, such trimming may be done by it or under
supervision and direction and expense of the franchisee.
In the event that it is necessary temporarily to move or remove any
of the franchisee's wire, cables, poles, or other facilities placed pursuant
to this franchise, in order to lawfully move a large object, vehicle, building
or other structure over the streets of the Township, upon five days' notice
by the Township to the grantee, grantee shall move at the expense of the person
requesting the temporary removal of such of his facilities as may be required
to facilitate such movements. Any service disruption provisions of this franchise
shall not apply in the event of the removal of grantee's wires, cables, poles,
or other facilities resulting in temporary service disruptions.