Sec. 645-132. - Obligations of registrants; conditions of occupancy.
(a) In addition to the other requirements set forth herein and in the regulations each registrant shall:
(1) Cooperate with other registrants and the consolidated city for the best, most efficient, most aesthetic and least obtrusive use of the public rights-of-way, consistent with safety, and to minimize traffic and other disruptions including street cuts;
(2) Participate in such joint planning, construction and advance notification of public right-of-way work, including coordination and consolidation of street cut work, excepting such work performed in an emergency or other exigent circumstance as may be more specifically set forth in regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter;
(3) Cooperate with the consolidated city and the other registrants with respect to the location of facilities in order to achieve the best co-location of facilities;
(4) Submit existing data, in the form maintained by the registrant, on the location of the registrant's facilities in the public rights-of-way;
(5) Submit for public right-of-way projects commenced on or after the effective date, and at such time as the regulations require, project data reasonably necessary to allow the consolidated city to develop a public right-of-way mapping system, such as a geographical information mapping system, in the form required by the regulations;
(6) Perform all work, construction, maintenance or removal of facilities within the public rights-of-way, including tree trimming, in accordance with good engineering and construction practices, including any appropriate safety codes, and in accordance with the Code, and restore the public rights-of-way in accordance with the Code and in a manner which minimizes any inconvenience to the public, the consolidated city and other registrants;
(7) Register with the appropriate underground reporting service(s) as specified in the regulations;
(8) Cooperate with the consolidated city in any emergencies involving the public rights-of-way in such manner as the regulations shall require including the maintenance of a twenty-four-hour emergency contact;
(9) Field identify, no earlier than December 31, 1998, all structures and facilities in the rights-of-way in accordance with the regulations;
(10) Designate a single point of contact for all purposes hereunder, as well as comply with such other contact and notice protocols as the regulations require; and
(11) Warrant that neither registrant nor any of its subcontractors shall discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment with respect to hire, tenure, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, or any matter directly or indirectly related to employment, because of race, sex, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, handicap, disabled veteran status, and Vietnam era veteran status.
(b) Each registrant shall assure that any subcontractor or other person performing any work or service in the public right-of-way on behalf of said registrant will comply with all applicable provisions of this chapter and will identify the registrant for whom such contractor is working. Said registrant shall be responsible and liable hereunder for all actions of any such subcontractor or others as if said registrant had performed or failed to perform any such obligation.
(G.O. 85, 1998, § 1)
