PASSED

The ordinance establishes a citywide system for managing Philadelphia’s public right-of-way, including streets, sidewalks, and related spaces where cables, pipes, wires, poles, and other utility or communications equipment are located. It requires covered companies and other entities to obtain use authorizations and construction permits, follow safety and maintenance rules, pay specified fees, and comply with inspections and enforcement provisions.

Amending Chapter 9-300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Communication," and amending Title 11 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Streets," and adding a new Chapter 11-700 to The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Right-of-Way Management," all to provide for comprehensive management of the right-of-way, including the placement and maintenance of cables, pipes, conduit, poles, wires and associated equipment in or on the right-of-way, and including the establishment of requirements for the issuance and renewal of right-of-way use authorizations, standards and fees for the regulation of the use and occupancy of the right-of-way, and provision for enforcement of such provisions, all under certain terms and conditions.