City of Somerville, Massachusetts - File #: 200251

• File #: 200251
• Version: 1
• Type: Order
• Status: Approved
• File created: 11/9/2015
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 11/24/2015
• Final action: 2/25/2016
• Enactment date: 11/24/2015
• Enactment #: 200251
• Title: That the City Solicitor report to this Board on ordinances or regulations that require cable companies and other utilities to remove abandoned lines when installing new ones, and if there are no such ordinances or regulations, to draft such an ordinance for this Board’s consideration.
• Sponsors: Mark Niedergang

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/25/2016	4	City Council	Work completed
2/18/2016	3	Legislative Matters Committee	Work completed
11/24/2015	2	City Council	Approved

  Agenda Text

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That the City Solicitor report to this Board on ordinances or regulations that require cable companies and other utilities to remove abandoned lines when installing new ones, and if there are no such ordinances or regulations, to draft such an ordinance for this Boards consideration.

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Official Text

That the City Solicitor report to this Board on the existence of an ordinance or regulations that require cable companies and other utilities to remove unused and abandoned cables or power lines when installing new ones, and if there are no such ordinances or regulations, to draft such an ordinance for this Board’s consideration.