Construction and technical standards.
Charlotte City Code § 6-137
in effectSec. 6-137. - Construction and technical standards.
(a) Compliance with construction and technical standards. Under this article the grantee shall construct, reconstruct, install, operate and maintain its cable communications system in a manner consistent with all applicable laws, ordinances, construction standards, governmental requirements, Federal Communications Commission technical standards, and detailed technical standards submitted by the grantee as part of its application, which standards are incorporated by reference in this article. The system shall be designed, constructed, operated and maintained for 24 hours a day of continuous operation.
(b) State of the art. The grantee shall construct, install, operate and maintain its system in accordance with, but not limited to, the following:
(1) The system will be designed to permit a minimum of 330 MHz operation.
(2) Where economically feasible, the system will utilize home terminals which will make the system adaptable for the development of future services.
(3) The grantee shall maintain its system facilities in a manner which will continue to enable it to add new services and associated equipment as they are developed, available, and proved economically feasible and marketable to subscribers.
(c) Descriptions, maps and plans of facilities. Prior to the erection or installation by the grantee of any towers, poles, underground conduits, or fixtures for use in connection with the installation, construction, maintenance or operation of the cable communications system under this article, the grantee shall first submit to the city and other appropriate parties for approval a concise description of the facilities proposed to be erected or installed, including engineering drawings, if required, together with a map and plans indicating the proposed location of all such facilities.
(d) Contractor qualifications. Any contractor proposed for work of construction, reconstruction, installation, operation, maintenance and repair of system equipment must be properly licensed under the laws of the state and all local ordinances.
(e) Accuracy of city maps. The city does not guarantee the accuracy of any maps showing the horizontal or vertical location of existing substructures. In public rights-of-way, where necessary, the location shall be verified by excavation.
(f) Manner of construction, reconstruction, installation, operation and maintenance. Construction, reconstruction, installation, operation and maintenance of the cable communications system shall be performed in an orderly and workmanlike manner in accordance with then-current technological standards. All cables and wires shall be installed, where possible, parallel with electric and telephone lines. Multiple cable configurations shall be arranged in parallel and bundled with due respect for engineering considerations.
(g) Compliance with specific standards. The grantee shall at all times comply with the following:
(1) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations.
(2) National Electric Code.
(3) National Electrical Safety Code (NESC).
(4) National Cable Television Standard Code.
(5) AT&T Manual of Construction Procedures (Blue Book).
(6) Bell Telephone Systems Code of Pole Line Construction.
(7) All federal, state, and municipal construction requirements including Federal Communications Commission rules and regulations, utility construction and requirements.
(8) All building and zoning codes, and all land use restrictions as they exist or may be amended.
(h) Antenna structures. Any antenna structure used in the cable communications system shall comply with construction, marking, and lighting of antenna structure standards as required by federal and state laws or regulations.
(i) Worker facilities, conditions, and procedures. All worker facilities, conditions, and procedures that are used during construction, installation, operation and maintenance of the cable system shall comply with the standards of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
(j) RF leakage. RF leakage shall be checked at reception location for emergency radio services to prove measurable interference signal combinations are possible. Stray radiation shall be measured adjacent to any proposed aeronautical navigation radio sites to prove no measurable interference to airborne navigational reception in the normal flight pattern. Federal Communications Commission rules and regulations shall govern. The system shall cause no measurable interference in television signal reception to any operating receiver not connected to and serviced by the system.
(k) Standby power. The grantee shall maintain equipment capable of providing standby power for a minimum of either four hours for the head-end and two hours for transportation and trunk amplifiers.
(Code 1985, § 6-74; Ord. No. 8194, § 1, 12-19-2016; Ord. No. 8195, § 1, 12-21-2016)
Source: City of Charlotte, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nc/charlotte/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH6BUTR_ARTIICACO_DIV5DECO_S6-137COTESTFetched: 10/27/2026