File #: 14-474    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Order Status: Passed
File created: 11/10/2014 In control: Town Council
On agenda: 11/18/2014 Final action: 11/18/2014
Title: To approve an application submitted by Northern New England Telephone Operations LLC and Central Maine Power company to locate one (1) utility pole and cables and wires thereon on Smith Road, approximately (250') northwesterly of Brand Road.
Attachments: 1. 14-474 CoverSheet, 2. fairpoint pole-Smith Rd.pdf
I.      Council Action Requested.
Title
To approve an application submitted by Northern New England Telephone Operations LLC and Central Maine Power company to locate one (1) utility pole and cables and wires thereon on Smith Road, approximately (250') northwesterly of Brand Road.
 
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II.      Basis for Council Action.
 
Council approval of this item is required because;
  1. 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."
  2. M.R.S.A. 35A 2502 (1) B defines applicable licensing authority as "[T]he municipal officers of 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 municipalitiesÂ…"
  3. Pursuant to Article II, Section 1 of the Charter' [t]he Town Council, hereinafter called the 'Council', shall be and constitute the municipal officers of the Town.
 
III.      Issue Summary.
 
Please refer to the attached application.