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File #: 18-256    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Order Status: Passed
File created: 12/12/2018 In control: Town Council
On agenda: 12/18/2018 Final action: 12/18/2018
Title: To approve an application submitted by Central Maine Power Company and Northern New England Telephone Operations LLC to locate (1) utility pole and cables and wires there on Highland Cliff Road & Canada Hill Road, approximately +/- 1400' Northeast from Alweber Road.
Attachments: 1. 18-256 Cover Sheet, 2. CMP Pole Location-Highland Cliff
I. Council Action Requested.
Title
To approve an application submitted by Central Maine Power Company and Northern New England Telephone Operations LLC to locate (1) utility pole and cables and wires there on Highland Cliff Road & Canada Hill Road, approximately +/- 1400' Northeast from Alweber Road.
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II. Basis for Council Action.

Council approval of this item is required because;

a) Title M.R.S.A. 35A ? 2501 (2) states that "[E]xcept as otherwise provided, a person may not construct facilities upon and along highways and public roads without applying for and obtaining a written location permit from the applicable licensing authority."
b) Title M.R.S.A. 35A ? 2502 (1) B defines applicable licensing authority as "[T]he municipal officers or their designees, when the public way is a city street or town way or a state or state-aid-highway in the compact areas of urban compact municipalities.

III. Issue Summary.

Please refer to the attached application.