Access for cable television and similar or alternative telecommunications systems.
Riverside Municipal Code § 18.220.110
in effect18.220.110 - Access for cable television and similar or alternative telecommunications systems.
A. Any and all appropriate cable television and similar or alternative telecommunications systems shall be provided access to any subdivision for which a tentative map was required by this title for the purpose of constructing, installing or maintaining equipment consistent with the requirements of the City of Riverside, within public streets, highways, alleys, public utility easements, telecommunications easements and other public easements designated by the City of Riverside as acceptable for cable television and similar or alternative telecommunications systems use, which equipment is necessary to extend the appropriate telecommunications systems to the parcels within the subdivision.
"Appropriate cable television and similar or alternative telecommunications systems", as used in this section, means those franchised to serve the geographical area in which the subdivision is located.
B. When the subdivision is being developed, the subdivider or the owner shall provide notice to all appropriate cable television and similar or alternative telecommunications systems regarding the optimum time or times for the access required by subsection A of this section to take place so that all trenching for utilities, sewers, telecommunications systems and the like can be coordinated and shared when feasible. While the subdivision is under construction, the access required by subsection A of this section shall be provided upon terms mutually acceptable to the subdivider or owner and an appropriate telecommunications system. If no mutually acceptable terms can be agreed upon, such appropriate telecommunications system shall have the right to construct, at its sole expense, separate trenches and to place therein all equipment necessary to extend such appropriate telecommunications system to the parcels within the subdivision. When any appropriate telecommunications system installs associated equipment in a separate trench, the trenching activity shall be performed as close in time and physical proximity to the trenching for utility lines, sewers, and any other appropriate telecommunications system equipment as practicable.
(Ord. 6968 §1, 2007)
Source: City of Riverside, California, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/riverside/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_TIT18SU_ARTVPEPR_CH18.220IM_18.220.110ACCATESIALTESYFetched: 11/1/2026