[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Egg Harbor
City 5-14-1981 by Ord. No. 5-1981. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 48:17-10 and N.J.S.A. 48:17-11 and subject to the provisions of § A272-4 hereof, permission and consent is hereby granted to New Jersey Bell Telephone Company, its successors and assigns to erect, construct, reconstruct, remove, locate, relocate, replace, inspect, maintain, repair and operate its communications facilities and other transmission or process equipment, including underground facilities, such as conduits, manholes, cables, subways and facilities appurtenant thereto, and aerial and buried facilities, such as cables, wires, antennas, poles, posts, supports, guys, pedestals, cable termination and distribution cabinets and all other facilities appurtenant thereto, in, through, upon, along, over, under and across all of the various public ways, sidewalks, streets, roads, avenues, highways, bridges, waterways and other public places and parts thereof, throughout their entire length, and to effect the necessary street openings and lateral connections to curb poles, property lines and other facilities in the City of Egg Harbor City for said company's local and through lines and other communications facilities in connection with the transaction of its business. All of the public ways, including, by way of illustration and not of limitation, the various sidewalks, streets, roads, avenues, highways, bridges and waterways and other public places and parts thereof, throughout their entire length, located in this municipality, are hereby designated and prescribed for the uses and purposes of said company as aforementioned.
All poles, posts, pedestals, cabinets or other facilities hereafter
to be erected, constructed, reconstructed, located, relocated, maintained,
repaired or operated shall be located and placed back of the curblines where
shown on the Official Map(s) of the City of Egg Harbor City. The poles and
posts, however, shall be located within 18 inches of the face of such curbline
or as may otherwise be mutually agreed upon by both parties or at the points
or places now occupied by the poles, posts, pedestals, cabinets or other facilities
of New Jersey Bell Telephone Company, its successors and assigns and, where
there are no curblines, at other convenient points or places in, upon, along,
adjacent or across the public ways, streets, roads, avenues, highways or other
public places as may be mutually agreed upon between the parties.
A.
New Jersey Bell Telephone Company may bury its cables
and associated equipment, fixtures, process equipment and appurtenances within
the right-of-way of the various public ways, sidewalks, streets, roads, avenues,
highways and other public places and parts thereof and at such locations as
shall be mutually agreed upon by the parties for said company's local
and through lines and communications facilities.
B.
Underground conduits shall be placed below the surface
of said public ways, sidewalks, streets, roads, avenues, highways and other
public places and parts thereof, and, with the exception of lateral branches
to curb poles and property lines and other facilities, said conduits generally
shall not be constructed more than 10 feet from the curbline, unless obstructions
make it necessary to deviate from such course or unless the parties mutually
agree to another location. Underground conduits shall be placed at least 18
inches below the surface.
C.
Manholes shall be located at such points along the line
of subways or underground conduits as may be necessary or convenient for placing,
maintaining and operating the facilities, cables, conductors and other appurtenances
or process equipment which said company may from time to time place in said
subways or underground conduits and which shall be so constructed as to conform
to the cross-sectional and longitudinal grade of the surface so as not to
interfere with the safety or convenience of persons or vehicles.
A.
Before proceeding with any new construction or relocation
work in an area covered by this chapter, New Jersey Bell Telephone Company
shall give prior notice, in writing, thereof to the City of Egg Harbor City,
by its designated representative, of its intention to perform such work, including
therewith a map or plan showing the location and size of such facilities.
Such maps or plans are for the information of the municipality only and shall
not be considered as construction specifications upon which subsequent excavation
or other work may proceed either by the municipality or a third party.
B.
Prior to the opening or excavating of any public ways,
sidewalks, streets, roads, avenues, highways or other public places or parts
thereof for the purpose of installing, maintaining or operating its underground
systems as aforementioned, the company shall only be required to first obtain
such street opening or excavation permits and pay such reasonable fees therefor
as may be required by the City of Egg Harbor City. No building permits or
zoning variances shall be required.
The surface of the public ways, sidewalks, streets, roads, avenues,
highways and other public places and any pavement or other surface and/or
planting disturbed by New Jersey Bell Telephone Company in constructing its
facilities shall be restored to as good condition as it was before the commencement
of work thereon. No highways or other public ways shall be encumbered for
a period longer than shall be necessary to execute the work. Such restoration
shall be subject to the approval of the City of Egg Harbor City after an inspection
by its authorized representative upon completion of the work.
Whenever a curbline shall be established on streets where one does not
now exist or where an established curbline shall be relocated in order to
widen an existing street or highway in conjunction with road construction
being performed by the City of Egg Harbor City, New Jersey Bell Telephone
Company shall change the location of its poles, pedestals and related appurtenances
so that the same shall be back of and adjacent to the new curbline so established,
upon receipt of notice that the curbline has been so established, so long
as the municipality has acted with reasonable care in establishing the new
curbline and providing notice thereof.
Any company or corporation having legal authority to erect and maintain
poles, posts or pedestals upon any of the public ways, sidewalks, streets,
roads, avenues, highways or other public places in the City of Egg Harbor
City may jointly use the company's poles, posts, pedestals or other structures
for all lawful purposes, provided that the company consents to such use and
on terms and conditions acceptable to the company and not inconsistent with
the provisions of the present ordinance.
A.
New Jersey Bell Telephone Company shall provide, without
charge, for the sole benefit of the City of Egg Harbor City and for as long
as this chapter shall continue in effect, space on its poles, so long as said
poles are occupied by the company, and space, to the extent available, in
its main subways existing on the date of passage of this chapter, but not
exceeding one clear duct of standard size, solely to accommodate the wires
or electrical conductors required for one-way signal control in connection
with this municipality's police patrol, fire alarm signal control and
traffic signal control systems only, but for no other uses or purposes, either
alone or in conjunction therewith, nor for circuits for the supply of electrical
energy for traffic or other signals, nor for wires, conductors, cable or the
equivalent which provide a means of transmitting any signal to a private commercial
or residential location and which is normally provided by a nongovernmental
supplier; provided, further, that no such use or attachment by the municipality
shall interfere with the plant or facilities of or the use thereof by the
company. All costs or expenses incurred by the company in connection therewith
shall be paid by the City of Egg Harbor City.
B.
Before proceeding with the attachment of its wires to
the poles or the placing of its electrical conductors in the main subways
or manholes of the company, either by itself or by a person, firm or corporation
engaged to perform such work, the City of Egg Harbor City shall give the company
30 days' prior notice, in writing. All such work shall be performed under
the supervision of said company. If any or all of said streets or highways
are later taken over by the Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Atlantic
or the State of New Jersey Department of Transportation, such Board of Chosen
Freeholders or the Department of Transportation shall have such rights and
privileges and be subject to the same terms, conditions and limitations of
use as herein granted by this chapter to the City of Egg Harbor City; provided,
however, that satisfactory prior arrangements as may be necessary are made
with the City of Egg Harbor City and the company for the full protection of
the respective interests of each.
C.
In the event of vacation of any public streets or way
by the City of Egg Harbor City, the municipality agrees to reserve unto New
Jersey Bell Telephone Company the rights granted the company by the present
ordinance.
The City of Egg Harbor City agrees to indemnify, save harmless and, in the event of suit, to defend New Jersey Bell Telephone Company from and against all losses, costs, damages, claims or demands arising out of or caused or alleged to have been caused in any manner by the use or enjoyment by the City of Egg Harbor City of the company's utility poles, plant or facilities, including location in the subways of the company of any wires or electrical conductors of the City of Egg Harbor City in accordance with § A272-8 above, including all suits or actions of every kind or description brought against the company, either individually or jointly with the City of Egg Harbor City, or another, including those brought by employees of said municipality, for or on account to any damage or injury to any person or persons or property, caused or occasioned or alleged to have been caused by or on account of the performance of any work by the City of Egg Harbor City associated with the installation or maintenance of any such wires, cables, electrical conductors or other facilities either attached to said company's utility poles or located in its main subways or through any negligence or alleged negligence in performing such work operations or through any act, omission or fault or alleged act, omission or fault of the City of Egg Harbor City, its employees or agents.
A.
Following final passage of this chapter and acceptance
thereof by New Jersey Bell Telephone Company, the permission and consent granted
herein shall continue and be in full force and effect for a period of 20 years
from the date of its approval by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
as required by law, subject to the right of the company to seek such changes
herein as it may deem necessary and reasonable from time to time and prior
to the expiration of said period.
B.
New Jersey Bell Telephone Company, for itself, its successors
and assigns, agrees to maintain its property within the City of Egg Harbor
City in good order throughout the full term of the present ordinance; shall
furnish safe, adequate and proper service within the City of Egg Harbor City
at just and reasonable rates; and, at and after expiration of the term of
the present ordinance, agrees to safeguard the public interest in continuous
and uninterrupted service within the City of Egg Harbor City.
New Jersey Bell Telephone Company agrees to indemnify and save harmless
the City of Egg Harbor City from and against all costs or expenses, including
but not limited to the costs and fees of defense litigation, resulting from
any loss of life or property or injury or damage to the person or property
of any person, firm or corporation, including but not limited to the parties
hereto and their respective officers, agents and employees, and from any and
all claims, demands, liabilities or actions for such loss, injury or damage,
caused by or arising out of road conditions resulting from any excavations,
installation or maintenance connected with the work or equipment of said company,
or both, when not attributable to the fault, failure or negligence of the
City of Egg Harbor City, except that if such loss, injury or damage shall
be caused by the joint or concurring negligence or fault of the company and
the City of Egg Harbor City, the same shall be borne by them to the extent
of their respective fault or negligence.
Nothing herein contained shall be construed to grant unto said New Jersey
Bell Telephone Company, its successors and assigns an exclusive right or to
prevent the granting of permission and consent to other companies for like
purposes on any of the streets, roads, avenues or highways of the City of
Egg Harbor City.
The term "city" as used in this chapter shall be held to apply to and
include any form of municipality or government into which the City of Egg
Harbor City or any part thereof may at any time hereafter be changed, annexed
or merged, and the term "city" or any other term herein used in referring
to the governing body of the City of Egg Harbor City shall be held to apply
to and include the governing body of such other form of municipality.
The permission and consent hereby granted shall apply to and cover all
communications facilities of the company existing at any time and related
structures, process equipment and appurtenances heretofore or hereafter erected,
constructed, reconstructed, removed, located, relocated, replaced, maintained,
repaired or operated by New Jersey Bell Telephone Company, its predecessors,
successors or assigns within the City of Egg Harbor City.
Upon adoption, this chapter will cancel and supersede an ordinance enacted
on June 3, 1931, by the City of Egg Harbor City.
New Jersey Bell Telephone Company shall pay the expenses incurred for
advertising required in connection with the passage of this chapter, after
the date of its first reading, within 30 days after the company has received
a bill for said advertising from the publisher.
Upon passage of this chapter in accordance with law, the Municipal Clerk
shall provide New Jersey Bell Telephone Company with written notice thereof
by certified mail. Said company shall file with the Municipal Clerk its written
acceptance of said ordinance within 30 days after receipt of said notice.
