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a Service Provider with permission to Occupy the same Right-of- Way with the electric, cable, telecommunications or other similar Facilities, must also locate its Facilities underground. Facilities shall be installed within an existing compatible underground duct or conduit whenever Excess Capacity exists within such Facility, and where such installation is appropriate and practical under relevant safety and operational standards. (2) Above-Ground Facilities. No Above-Ground Facilities shall be located in the Right-of-Way, including any portion of Underground Facilities, without the express written permission of, and pursuant to a plan approved by, the City Engineer. (A) The City Engineer shall approve such plan for the location of Above-Ground Facilities only if the applicant establishes that it is not technologically practicable to install the Facilities underground. The City Engineer's approval for Above-Ground Facilities may include appropriate landscaping, screening and/or other aesthetic requirements. The City Engineer may also suggest an alternate location(s) for Above-Ground Facilities, the proposed location of which will, in the City Engineer's reasonable judgment, cause realistic health, safety or aesthetic concerns. (B) Above-Ground Facilities shall not be located where those Facilities would pose an unreasonable hazard to the public's use of the Right-of-Way. An unreasonable hazard shall include a visual or physical obstruction. (3) Overhead Facilities. A Service Provider with permission to install Overhead Facilities shall install its Facilities on pole attachments to existing utility poles only, and then only if Surplus Space is available. (b) Relocation or Removal of Facilities. Within thirty (30) days following written notice from the City, a Service Provider shall, at its expense, tempararily or permanently remove, relocate, change or alter the position of any of its Facilities in the Right-of-Way whenever the City determines that such removal, relocation, change or alteration is reasonably necessary for: (1) The Construction, Reconstruction, maintenance or installation of any City or other public improvement in or upon the Right-of-Way. (2) The operations of the City or other governmental entity in or upon the Right-of=Way. Notwithstanding the above, no Service Provider shall be required to bear the expense of removal, relocation, change or alteration of position of any Facilities if such requirement would be prohibited by law. (c) Removal of Unauthorized Facilities. Within thirty (30) days following written notice from the City, any Service Provider or other Person that owns, controls or maintains any unauthorized System, Facility or related appurtenances in the City's Right-of-Way shall, at its own expense, remove those Facilities or appurtenances from the Right-of-Way or shall, at the City's option, arrange to sell the System, Facilities or appurtenances to the City. After the thirty (30) days have expired, the City may remove the Facilities or appurtenances from the Right-of- Way at the other party's expense. A System or Facility is unauthorized and subject to removal in the following circumstances: siz7a9-i 16