§ 5. [Rights-of-way.]  


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  • All poles erected by the Company pursuant to the authority herein granted shall be of sound material and reasonably straight, and shall be so set that they shall not interfere with the flow of water in any gutter or drain, and so that the same shall interfere as little as practicable with the ordinary travel, on the Streets or other Public Rights-of-Way. Within the Streets or other Public Rights-of-Way of the City, the location and route of all poles, stubs, guys, anchors, lines, conduits and cables placed and constructed and to be placed and constructed by the Company in the construction and maintenance of the Company's System in the City, shall be subject to the reasonable and proper regulation, control and direction of the City, or of any City official to whom such duties have or may be duly delegated, which regulation and control shall include, but not by way of limitation, the right to require in writing, to the extent provided in Section 10, the relocation of the Company's System at the Company's cost within the Streets or other Public Rights-of-Way whenever such shall be reasonably necessary to accommodate improvement projects within such Streets or Public Rights-of-Way by the city department with primary responsibility for public works' projects ("Public Works Improvement Projects").