File #: 19-198    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Order Status: Passed
File created: 10/7/2019 In control: Town Council
On agenda: 10/8/2019 Final action: 10/8/2019
Title: To approve an application submitted by Consolidated Communications of Northern New England Company, LLC and Central Maine Power Company to locate one (1) utility pole and cables and wires there on William Knight Road, approximately 645 feet Northwesterly of the intersection with center line of Gray Road.
Attachments: 1. 19-198 Cover Sheet, 2. Pole Location-William Knight
I. Council Action Requested.
Title
To approve an application submitted by Consolidated Communications of Northern New England Company, LLC and Central Maine Power Company to locate one (1) utility pole and cables and wires there on William Knight Road, approximately 645 feet Northwesterly of the intersection with center line of Gray 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. ? 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.