[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Boonton
11-8-39 as Ord. No. 33. Amendments noted where applicable.]
That permission and consent be and the same is hereby granted to New
Jersey Bell Telephone Company, its successors and assigns to erect, construct,
reconstruct, lay, maintain and operate its underground conduits and subways,
cables, poles, posts, wires, manholes, loading-coil vaults, loading coils,
including the necessary street openings and lateral connections to curb poles
and property lines, and its other fixtures and appurtenances, in, through,
upon, along, over, under and across all of the various streets, roads, avenues
and highways and parts thereof, throughout their entire length, in this Township,
for its local and through lines and systems, in connection with the transaction
of its business, and all of the various streets, roads, avenues and highways
and parts thereof, throughout their entire length, in this Township, are hereby
designated and prescribed for the uses and purposes of said company as aforementioned.
A.Â
All poles or posts hereafter to be erected, constructed,
reconstructed, maintained and operated shall be located and placed within
and adjacent to the curblines where shown by official maps of this Township
and within 18 inches thereof and at the points or places now occupied by the
poles or posts of said company, its successors and assigns and at other convenient
points or places upon the streets, roads, avenues and highways adjacent to
such curblines.
B.Â
Before proceeding with the erection of any poles, said
company shall give to the Township Committee of this Township written notice
of its intention to perform such work.
A.Â
Said company may construct, reconstruct, maintain and
operate in its subways or underground conduits, manholes and loading-coil
vaults the wires, cables, loading coils and other electrical conductors and
appurtenances necessary in connection therewith for its local and through
lines and systems; it may also erect, construct, reconstruct, maintain and
operate the necessary distributing poles or posts, fixtures and supports and
distribute therefrom upon, along, across, over and above the surface of said
streets, roads, avenues and highways and parts thereof such wires, cables
and other electrical conductors which it may find necessary to erect, construct,
reconstruct, maintain and operate in connection with the system of subways,
underground conduits and manholes aforementioned. With the exception of lateral
branches to curb poles and property lines, said underground conduits shall
be placed below the surface of said streets, roads, avenues and highways and
parts thereof not less than five nor more than 10 feet from the curbline unless
obstructions make, it necessary to deviate from such course, and all underground
conduits shall be placed at least 18 inches below the surface of the street.
B.Â
All manholes and loading-coil vaults shall be located
beneath the surface of said streets, roads, avenues and highways and parts
thereof at such points along the line of the subways or underground conduits
as may be necessary or convenient for placing, maintaining and operating the
cables and other electrical conductors which said company may from time to
time place in said subways or underground conduits and shall be so constructed
as to conform to the cross section and longitudinal grade of the pavement
and so as not to interfere with the safety or convenience of persons or vehicles
traveling on or over such streets, roads, avenues and highways and parts thereof.
C.Â
Before proceeding with the work of constructing underground
conduits, subways, manholes and/or loading-coil vaults under the permission
and consent herein contained, said company shall file with the Township Committee
of this Township a map or plan showing the location and size of any such proposed
underground conduits, subways, manholes and loading-coil vaults, which map
or plan shall be first approved by said Township Committee before any such
work is begun as afore-said.
The surface of the streets, roads, avenues and highways and any pavement
or flagging taken up by said company in building its lines shall be restored
to as good condition as it was before the commencement of work thereon, and
no highways shall be encumbered for a longer period than shall be necessary
to execute the work.
Nothing herein contained shall be construed to impose any obligation
on the part of this Township to open any streets, roads, avenues or highways
or parts thereof not heretofore dedicated or opened to the public use, and
nothing herein contained shall be construed in any court or place as an acceptance
of any unaccepted street, road, avenue or highway or any part thereof.
Wherever the curbline shall be established hereafter on streets where
the same has not yet been established, said company shall change the location
of its poles so that the same shall be within and adjacent to the new curbline
so established and within 18 inches thereof upon receipt of notice from the
Township Clerk that the curbline has been so established.
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Upon any of the streets, roads, avenues and highways
in this Township now or which may be occupied by the poles or posts of said
New Jersey Bell Telephone Company, its successors and assigns or any other
companies or corporations having legal authority to erect and maintain poles
or posts, said New Jersey Bell Telephone Company and such other companies
or corporations may use the same poles, provided that they can agree so to
do.
B.Â
Said telephone company shall provide free of charge to
this Township, as long as this ordinance continues in effect, space on its
poles, so long as said poles are occupied by said company, for the placing
by this Township of one crossarm or, in lieu thereof, two pins on a crossarm
of said company to be designated by it, and space in its main subways [not
exceeding in the latter one clear duct of standard size] to accommodate the
wires or electrical conductors required for signal control in connection with
its police patrol, fire alarm telegraph signal systems and traffic signal
control systems, but not to include circuits for the supply of electrical
energy for the traffic or other signals; provided, however, that such crossarms,
wires or electrical conductors shall not be installed, used or maintained
in such manner as to interfere with the crossarms, wires or electrical conductors
which said company, its successors and assigns may then have or may thereafter
from time to time place on its poles or in its main subways, nor shall said
company be held liable for any damages arising from the attachment to its
poles or the location in its main subways of any such crossarms, wires or
electrical conductors used by this Township. Before proceeding with the attachment
of its said crossarms and/or wires to the poles or the placing of its said
electrical conductors in the main subways or manholes of said company, either
on the part of itself or on the part of a person, firm or corporation engaged
to perform such work, this Township shall give to said company 30 days'
notice in writing in order that the work may be performed under the supervision
of said company. If any or all of the said streets or highways be later taken
over by the Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Morris or the State
Highway Department, then such Board of Chosen Freeholders or the State Highway
Department may use the same clear duct of standard size referred to for their
respective police patrol, fire alarm telegraph and traffic signal control
systems in conjunction with the Township's use thereof for similar purposes,
but only after making such satisfactory arrangements as may be necessary with
the Township and the telephone company for the full protection of each other's
interests.
The permission and consent given and granted by this ordinance shall
continue and be in force for a period of 50 years from the date of the approval
thereof, and throughout the full time of this ordinance, or of any renewal
thereof, said company, its successors and assigns shall furnish safe, adequate
and proper service within this Township and keep and maintain its property
and equipment in such condition as to enable it to do so.
It is expressly understood and agreed to by the telephone company that
it will, at its own cost and expense, upon reasonable written advice from
the Township, relay, reconstruct and maintain its underground conduits, subways,
manholes and/or loading-coil vaults in the event that such relaying or reconstruction
becomes necessary by reason of the change in the grade of an established highway
in the Township in which said telephone company's underground conduits,
subways, manholes and/or loading-coil vaults exist.
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 this Township.
As used in this ordinance, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Applies to and includes any form of municipality or government into
which this Township or any part thereof may at any time hereafter be changed,
annexed or merged.
Applies to and includes the governing body of such other form of
municipality.
Said company shall pay the expenses incurred by this Township for advertising
done in connection with the passage of this ordinance within 30 days after
the date of its going into effect.
Said company shall file with the Township Clerk of this Township its
written acceptance of this ordinance within 30 days after the date of receipt
by it from the Township Clerk of notice of the passage and approval thereof,
and said ordinance shall, upon the filing of such acceptance, become effective.
