§ 18. Conditions on street occupancy.

(a)

All transmissions [sic] and distribution structures, lines and equipment erected by the grantee within the city shall be so located as to cause minimum interference with the proper use of streets, alleys and other public ways and places, and to cause minimum interference with the rights and reasonable convenience of property owners who join [sic] any of the said streets, alleys or other public ways and places.

(b)

In case of disturbance of any street, sidewalk, alley, public way or paved area, the grantee shall, at its own cost and expense and in a manner approved by the proper city authority, replace and restore such street, sidewalk, alley, public way or paved area in as good a condition as before the work involving such disturbance was done.

(c)

If at any time during the period of this franchise the city shall lawfully elect or alter or change the grade of any street, sidewalk, alley or other public way, the grantee, upon reasonable notice by the city, shall remove, relay and relocate its poles, wires, cables, underground conduits, manholes and other fixtures at its own expense.

(d)

Any poles or other fixture placed in any public way by the licensee shall be placed in such manner as not to interfere with the usual travel on such public way.

(e)

The grantee shall, on the request of any person holding a building moving permit issued by the city, temporarily raise or lower its wires to permit the moving of buildings. The expense of such temporary removal or raising or lowering of wires shall be paid by the person requesting the same, and the grantee shall have the authority to require such payment in advance. The grantee shall be given not less than forty-eight (48) hours; advance notice to arrange for such temporary wire changes.

(f)

The grantee shall have the authority to trim trees upon and overhanging streets, alleys, sidewalks and public ways and places of the city so as to prevent the branches of such trees from coming in contact with the wires and cables of the grantee, except that at the option of the city, such trimming may be done by it or under its supervision and direction at the expense of the grantee.

(g)

In all sections of the city where the cables, wires and other like facilities of public utilities are placed underground, the grantee shall place its cables, wires or other like facilities underground to the maximum extend that existing technology reasonably permits the grantee to do so.