File #: 20-011    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Order Status: Passed
File created: 12/18/2019 In control: Town Council
On agenda: 1/21/2020 Final action: 1/21/2020
Title: To approve an application submitted by Private Power Services for Robie Builders to locate one (1) utility pole and cables and wires there on River Road, approximately 50 ft. south of Pole 14.
Attachments: 1. 20-011 Cover Sheet, 2. Pole Location-River Rd, 3. Email Robie Contracting Pole Permit Request

I.                     Council Action Requested.

Title

To approve an application submitted by Private Power Services for Robie Builders to locate one (1) utility pole and cables and wires there on River Road, approximately

50 ft. south of Pole 14.

Body

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.

 

*The closest neighbor to this pole is at 427 River Road, two houses before Dolby’s Funeral Home.