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Granting permission to 3rd Wire, Inc., its successors and assigns to construct; maintain and operate; replace; and remove a telecommunications system along, in and under the public right-of-ways and City streets and/or to place such telecommunications system within the existing facilities owned by Verizon-PA, Inc., PECO Energy Company, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, CSX Corporation, Norfolk Southern Corporation, Consolidated Rail Corporation or other entities holding a grant pursuant to other City ordinances; all under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Permission is hereby granted to 3rd Wire, Inc., 148 East Lancaster avenue, Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087 (hereinafter "3rd Wire") and its successors, assigns, and agents, to construct, maintain, operate, replace and remove a telecommunications system and appurtenances along, in and under the public right-of-ways of the City of Philadelphia and within existing facilities owned by Verizon-PA, Inc., PECO Energy Company Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, CSX Corporation, Norfolk Southern Corporation, Consolidated Rail Corporation or other entities holding a grant pursuant other City ordinances, subject to such owner's consent; and to construct, lay, operate, maintain, replace and remove new telecommunications cables, conduits, access manholes and associated appurtenances (collectively, the "Telecommunications System") to create a system used to transmit, receive and distribute telecommunications, provided that 3rd Wire is not authorized by this Ordinance to provide to subscribers within the City "cable services" (as defined at 47 U.S.C. §522(6)), or "video programming" (as defined at 47 U.S.C. §522(20)) as an open video system operator pursuant to 47 U.S.C. §573(a) or otherwise.
(a) 3rd Wire is authorized to install its facilities with existing underground conduits that are in the public right-of-wa...
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