HomeMy Public PortalAbout1977_05_25_O007ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE:
TOWN OF LEESBURG
IN
LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA
77-0-7
PRESENTED
AMENDED
ADOPTED
May 25~ 1977
May 25~ 1977
May 25~ 1977
GRANTING A FRANCHISE TO
ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, TO USE THE STREETS AND
OTHER PUBLIC PLACES OF THE TOWN OF LEESBURG, VIR-
GINIA, FOR ITS POLES, WIRES, CONDUITS, CABLES AND
FIXTURES.
ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg, Virginia,
as follows:
SECTION I. , its successors
and assigns, for a period of twenty-f~ze years be and is hereby
authorized and empowered to construct, maintain and operate its
posts, poles, conduits, manholes, ducts, cables, wires and all
other necessary overhead and underground apparatus on, over,
along, in, under and through the streets, alleys, highways and
other public places within the limits of the Town of Leesburg,
in the County of Loudoun, and State of Virginia, and to use the
property of other cnmpanies and permit other companies to use
its property upon such arrangements as the two companies may
agree; PROVIDED:
(a) All poles erected by said Company shall be neat and
symmetrical, and shall be so located as in no way to interfere
with the safety or convenience of persons traveling on or over
the said streets, alleys, highways and other public places; and
in the installation and maintenance of its underground system,
said Company shall not open or encumber more of any street, alley,
highway or other public place than will bm necessary to enable it
to perform the work with proper economy and efficiency.
(b) The erection of poles and construction of conduits, under
the provisions of this ordinance, shall be subject to the super-
vision of a representative of the Town, and said Company shall re-
place and properly relay any sidewalk or street pavement which may
have been displaced or damaged by it in the construction and main-
tenance of its system.
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) Space on one (1) crossarm of the poles erected or in
one ( duct of the conduits constructed, under the provisions
of this ordinance, shall be reserved, free of charge, for the
purpose of carrying wires of any fire alarm or police telegraph
system owned and maintained by said Town, provided the said wires
~are placed and maintained in such a manner as may be prescribed
by the said Company, and in no case used to carry electric light
or high-tension currents.
(d) The said Company shall maintain its lines in good and
safe order and condition; and shall at all times fully indemnify,
protect and save harmless the said Town from and against all
claims arising from the erection, construction or negligent main-
tenance of its said lines.
SECTION II. Nothing in this ordinance shall be construed to
grant unto the said Company any exclusive right or to prevent a
grant of similar privileges to other companies.
SECTION III. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage.
PASSED this 25th day of ........ May , 1977.
ATTEST:
Mary ~n~e Newman, Mayor
Town of'Leesburg
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