Section 12.05.050 Placement of fixtures.

The poles, pipes, wires, conduit, service lines fixtures and equipment for the distribution, transmission or sale of any utility services (herein referred to as “ fixtures” ), or other services provided under license or lease or easement, shall be placed and maintained so as not to unnecessarily or unreasonably interfere with the travel on the streets and public places in the city, nor shall such facilities, fixtures and equipment interfere with the proper use of the same, including, but not limited to, ordinary drainage, or the functioning of the sewers, underground pipe or other property of the city. In the event that facilities, fixtures and equipment of any person or other entity located within a public right of way must be relocated because of paving, street construction, street reconstruction or street realignment, sewer construction or sewer reconstruction, or the construction or reconstruction of public drainage systems or similar public works or the construction or reconstruction of the facilities of any city-owned utility, such relocation, at the written request of the city, shall be completed by the owner of such facilities at the owner's cost. The city shall upon request of any person or other entity holding a franchise, license or lease, review any plans for the construction of facilities, fixtures and equipment within the public right of way and advise the person or other entity of any conflict such construction may have with planned or anticipated public improvements, but failure of the city to so advise such person or other entity will not relieve the owner of such facilities of its obligations under this ordinance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the city manager may require placement of equipment or facilities belonging to any holder of a franchise, license or lease be limited to locations designated by the city manager if such limitation is deemed by the city manager to be necessary to protect the integrity or use of present and future users of the public right of way or other public property. (Ord. 98/U-6224; S-38669, 1979)