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CITY OF N(~_ d OLMSTED ORDINANCE N0. 80-29 'rAGE 5 ~ ' (f) Whenever in any place within the City all or any part of the electric and telephone utilities shall be located underground, it shall be the obligation of the Grantee to locate or to cause its property to be located underground within such places. If the electric and telephone utilities shall be located underground in any place within the City after the Grantee shall have previously installed its property, the Grantee shall, nevertheless, at the same time or immediately thereafter, remove and relocate its prop- erty also underground in such places. If the Grantee shall in any case be unable for operational reasons only to locate or relocate any part of its property underground, then in that event the Mayor, upon being satisfied as to the facts thereof, may permit such pro- perty to remain above the ground even though other facilities may be placed underground in the area. However, any such permission shall be upon such conditions as the Mayor may require for the public health and welfare. Any facilities of the Grantee placed underground at the property owner's request, in an area where electric or telephone facilities are aerial, shall be installed with the additional expense paid by the property owner. (g) Grantee shall have the authority to trim trees upon and overhanging streets of the City so as to prevent the branches of such trees from coming in contact with Grantee's wires and cables, all trimming to be done under the supervision and direc- tion of the City and at the expense of the Grantee. (h) In case of disturbance of any street caused by the Grantee, the Grantee shall, at its own cost and expense and in a manner approved by the Mayor, replace and restore such street in as good a condition as before the work involving such disturb- ance was done. (i) The Grantee shall, upon request of any person holding a building moving permit issued by the City, temporarily remove, raise or lower its wires to permit the moving of buildings. The expense of such temporary removal or raising or lowering of the wires shall be paid by the person requesting the same, and the Grantee shall have the authority to require such payment in ad- vance. The Grantee shall be given not less than seventy-two (72) hours advance notice to arrange for such temporary wire changes. SECTION 7: CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS (a) The Grantee shall at all times employ ordinary care and shall install and maintain devices or systems for preventing failures and accidents which are likely to cause damage, injuries or nuisances to the public. (b) The Grantee shall install and maintain its wires, cables, fixtures, and other equipment so as not to interfere with equipment of any utility serving the residents of the City or any other entity lawfully and rightfully using the conduit, pole or other part of the right-of-way. (c) The cable television system shall at all times conform to the construction and maintenance standards set forth in the Grantee's application and to the standards set forth below: (1) (A) Methods of construction, installation, and mainten- ance of the City's cable television system shall comply with the National Electrical Safety Code 1978 (ANSI CI-1978) to the ex- tent that such code is consistent with local law affecting the the construction, installation, and maintenance of electrical supply and communications lines. To the extent that such code is inconsistent with other provisions of this franchise or with local law, the latter shall govern. (1) (B) Any tower constructed for use in the City's cable television system sl-Lall comply with the standards contained in Structured Standards for Steel Antenna Towers and Antenna Sun- porting Structures, EIE Standards RS-222-A, as published by the Engineering Department of the Electronic Industries As- sociation, 2001 I Street, N.W., Washington, D. C., 20006.