§ 6-43 — Installation and Maintenance

§ 6-43 Installation and Maintenance.

(a) Workmanship. (1) Materials, workmanship and wiring shall comply with all applicable provisions of Title 27 of the Code and the National Electrical Safety Code. (2) Where the nature of any work to be done in connection with the installation, construction, operation, maintenance, repair, upgrade, removal or deactivation requires that such work be done by an electrician, only a licensed electrician shall perform such work. (b) Materials. Materials shall be of good and durable quality, in accord with all applicable codes, and all work shall be performed without unreasonable disruption of public streets. (c) Installation. (1) Every public pay telephone installation (as such is defined in 67 RCNY § 6-01) shall be maintained in a condition of good repair. All painted surfaces must receive a fresh coat of paint at least once a year. (2) Broken or missing lights, broken or unattached or missing advertising panels or other components of a public pay telephone enclosure shall all be repaired or replaced, as applicable, within seventy-two hours, of being damaged, provided however that upon notice from the Department, such disrepair shall be remedied within forty-eight (48) hours. (3) Dangling or protruding wires, whether originating from the enclosure or the pedestal or conduit of a public pay telephone installation, shall be repaired within forty-eight (48) hours of the commencement of such state, provided however that upon notice from the Department, such disrepair shall be remedied within twenty-four (24) hours. (4) The pedestal(s) upon which a public pay telephone enclosure is mounted shall be kept free of holes or missing or unattached plates, or missing or unattached or broken mounting brackets, screws or bolts or other attachments, covers, panels or associated equipment, and upon notice of non-compliance with this subdivision (c), the pedestal(s) shall be repaired within forty-eight (48) hours. (5) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any dangerous condition shall be fixed as soon as possible but no later than twenty-four hours. For the purposes of this subdivision (c), the definition of "dangerous condition" shall include, but not be limited to, a public pay telephone installation and associated equipment possessing jagged or sharp edges, improperly grounded or insulated or bare telephone or electrical wires carrying electrical current, and deteriorated or damaged sidewalk flags. (d) Telephone service. A public pay telephone shall be maintained such that upon proper payment, a call can be completed. For example, a public pay telephone that could not complete a call to a location or instrument using "anonymous call rejection" on a caller ID or caller number identification device would be in violation of this subdivision (d) of 67 RCNY § 6-43 and of subdivision (b) of 67 RCNY § 6-05. (e) [Reserved.] (f) Wiring. (1) Overhead communications wiring between the building line and the curb is prohibited. (2) Overhead communications wiring that crosses the street is prohibited except where such wire is part of a common or existing wire path with other non-public pay telephone communication wire or other telephone communication wire. (3) Overhead communications wiring of any kind is prohibited in the Borough of Manhattan. In all other Boroughs, except as otherwise waived in writing by the Commissioner, wiring for public pay telephones shall be installed underground wherever the City has required electric cables be installed underground. Existing ducts, conduits, or other facilities such as above ground terminal boxes on the sidewalk served by underground facilities or other facilities subject to any and all reciprocal agreements between the dial tone provider and another party shall be utilized. No property belonging to a party other than the dial tone provider may be used without the express written consent of such party and the Department. (4) All aerial communication wiring must be at least 10 feet off the ground at all times. (5) All overhead public pay telephone communication wires following an existing or common communication wire path will be transferred by the dial tone provider to an alternate means of dial tone connection when such existing communication wire path is discontinued or removed or when the City requires electrical cabling be installed underground at the public pay telephone installation location. (6) Where overhead wiring is generally permissible, new overhead public pay telephone communication wires between a public pay telephone and a pole with existing facilities will be permitted if the distance between such telephone and pole is thirty-five (35) feet or less in a straight line, and telephone service in that location is provided via aerial means. (7) Where overhead wiring is generally permissible and the distance between a public pay telephone and a pole with existing facilities is greater than thirty-five (35) feet, the dial tone connection may be underground to the pole. (8) All underground communication wiring shall be installed through conduits except where underground ducts are used. (9) All aboveground communication wiring from a pedestal or wall mount to a source of dial tone located on private property shall be installed through weather resistant conduits using appropriate sealant.