§ 143-24. Cable and conduit.


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  • A. 
    General. Underground cable for telephone and/or electric service shall be installed in conformance with requirements listed herein and other sound installation practices.
    B. 
    Sequence of construction. Installation of cable and conduit shall be subsequent to right-of-way grading but prior to any paving operations. Grading shall be within six inches of proposed final grade.
    C. 
    Conduit. Rigid conduit shall be placed under all roadways prior to the installation of the cable. Conduits of appropriate size shall conform to the National Electric Code. Conduit installation to conform to excavation and backfilling items under Section 206, New York State Department of Transportation specifications, with the sand backfill to be at least six inches below and six inches above the conduit.
    D. 
    Identification. To protect from inadvertent cuts into any cable, any buried cable shall have placed approximately one foot above such cable a continuous ribbon of brightly colored, nonreactive plastic.
    E. 
    Documentation. The developer shall indicate all cable and conduit locations on the as-built drawings when submitted to the Town.
    Editor's Note: Original Section IV, Approved materials for subdivision construction, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 5-1-1995 by L.L. No. 2-1995.