Legal Documents of Bean Station

The purpose of this chapter is to establish a competitively neutral policy for usage of public rights-of-way for the provision of telecommunications services and enable the town to:

1. Permit non-discriminatory access to the public rights-of-way for providers of telecommunications services;
2. Manage the public rights-of-way in order to minimize the impact and cost to the citizens of the placement of telecommunications facilities within the rights-of-way;
3. Obtain fair and reasonable compensation for the commercial use of public rights-of-way through collection of rents;
4. Promote competition among telecommunications service providers and encourage the universal availability of advanced telecommunications services to all residents and businesses of the town; and
5. Minimize the congestion, inconvenience, visual impact, and other adverse effects on the town's public rights-of-way. (Ord. #____, June 1997)