File #: 16-135    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Order Status: Passed
File created: 8/12/2016 In control: Town Council
On agenda: 8/23/2016 Final action: 8/23/2016
Title: To approve an application submitted by Northern New England Telephone Operations LLC and Central Maine Power Company to locate (1) utility pole, cables and wires there on Barnes Road, approximately 1280' in a generally Northeasterly direction of Maine St.
Attachments: 1. 16-135 Cover Sheet, 2. Pole Location Permit-Barnes Road.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 (1) utility pole, cables and wires there on Barnes Road, approximately 1280’ in a generally Northeasterly direction of Maine St.

 

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II.                     Basis for Council Action.

 

Council approval of this item is required because;

 

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.”

 

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.