§ A362-9. Construction requirements.  


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  • A. 
    Restoration. In the event that the company or its agents shall disturb any pavement, street surfaces, sidewalks, driveways, or other surface in the nature topography, the company shall, at its sole expense, restore and replace such places or things so disturbed in as good a condition as existed prior to the commencement of said work.
    B. 
    Relocation. If at any time during the period of this consent, the municipality shall alter or change the grade of any street, alley or other way or place the company, upon reasonable notice by the municipality, shall remove, relay or relocate its equipment, at the expense of the company.
    C. 
    Temporary removal of cables. The company shall, upon request of the municipality at the company's expense, temporarily raise, lower, or remove its lines in order to facilitate the moving of buildings or machinery or in other like circumstances. Whenever the request is made by, for, or on behalf of private parties, the cost will be borne by those same parties.
    D. 
    Removal or trimming of trees. During the exercise of its rights and privileges under this franchise, the company shall have the authority to trim trees upon and overhanging streets, alleys, sidewalks or other public places of the municipality so as to prevent the branches of such trees from coming in contact with the wires and cable of the company. Such trimming shall be only to the extent necessary to maintain proper clearance of the company's wires and cables but shall be in accordance with and pursuant to the procedures and requirements of any local ordinance established in the Borough of Eatontown concerning the removal or trimming or pruning of trees by utility companies, subject to the elimination of any permit fee required by local ordinance as required by the New Jersey Cable Television Act, N.J.S.A. 40A:5A-30, and as interpreted by the Board of Public Utilities in The Township of Middletown v. Storer Cable Communications, Inc., Docket No. 843C-7058 and 795C-6468, dated November 7, 1984.