2672                                County Local Laws

land and of Howard County affecting electrical installations and build-
ings, now or hereafter in effect.

(c)   Except when absolutely necessary to service a subscriber and
not simply because it shall be more convenient, economical, or profitable
for the Grantee to so operate, and then only when expressly permitted in
writing by the Director of Public Works of Howard County under such
conditions as he shall prescribe for the public welfare, the Grantee shall
not erect or authorize or permit others to erect any poles or other facili-
ties within the streets of Howard County for the conduct of its CATV
system but shall use the existing poles, facilities and other equipment of
the appropriate electrical power and telephone or other utility companies
under such terms and agreements as the Grantee shall negotiate with these
companies. Howard County shall use its best efforts to insure that the
terms and agreements between the Grantee and any utility company are
concluded in a reasonable time with no unnecessary delay.

(d)   Should the Grantee be required to place any lines or other equip-
ment on any boulevard, parkway, or any other property under control of
Howard County, the manner of placement and location thereof shall be
subject to the control of the Executive.

(e)  The Grantee may trim trees which infringe upon easements,
rights of way, or streets of Howard County to prevent the trees from
coming in contact with the CATV system, and Howard County, at its option,
may do such trimming at the expense of the Grantee.

(f)  The Grantee shall at its expense, protect, support, temporarily
disconnect, relocate or remove any property of the Grantee located on
streets, rights of way and easements of Howard County, when required
by the Executive because of traffic conditions, public safety, street vaca-
tion, freeway and street construction, change or establishment of street
grade, installation of sewers, drains, water pipes, power lines, signal lines,
and tracks or any type of structures or improvements by Howard County.
If Grantee fails to do so, Howard County may cause the necessary work
to be completed and the Grantee shall pay Howard County the cost thereof
within ten days of receipt of an itemized account of such cost.

(g)  Whenever Howard County or the State of Maryland shall require
the relocation or reinstallation of any property of the Grantee in any of
the streets of Howard County, it shall be the obligation of the Grantee upon
notice of such requirement to immediately remove and relocate or reinstall
said property as may be reasonably necessary to meet the requirements
of Howard County or the State of Maryland wherein such relocation,
removal or reinstallation by the Grantee shall be at the sole cost of the
Grantee.

(h) Whenever, in any other place within Howard County, all or any
part of the electric or telephone utilities shall be located underground, as
in the New Town District, it shall be the obligation of the Grantee to
locate or to cause its property to be located underground within such
places. If the electric or telephone utilities shall be located underground,
in any place within Howard County after the Grantee shall have pre-
viously installed its property, nevertheless, the Grantee shall, at the same
time or immediately thereafter, remove and relocate its property also
underground in such places. If the Grantee shall in any case be unable
for operational reasons only to locate or relocate any part of his property
underground, then in that event the Director of Public Works upon being
satisfied as to the facts thereof may permit such property to remain above