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D. All of Grantee's plant and equipment, including, but not limited to, • the antenna site, headend and distribution System, towers, house connections, structures, poles, wire, cable coaxial cable, fixtures and appurtenances shall be installed, located, erected, constructed, reconstructed, replaced, removed, repaired, maintained and operated in accordance with good engineering practices, performed by experienced maintenance and construction Personnel so as not to endanger or interfere with improvements the City may deem appropriate to make or to interfere in any manner with the rights of any property owner, or to unnecessarily hinder or obstruct pedestrian or vehicular traffic. E. Grantee shall at all times employ ordinary care and shall install and maintain in use commonly accepted methods and devices preventing failures and accidents which are likely to cause damage, injury or nuisance to the public. 7.05 Construction Code and Permits. A. Grantee shall obtain all required permits from the City before commencing any work requiring a permit, including the opening or disturbance of any Street, Public Property or public easement within the City. Grantee shall strictly adhere to all building and zonind.codes currently or hereafter applicable to construction, operation or maintenance . of the System in the City. B. The City shall have the right to inspect all construction or Installation work performed pursuant to the provisions of this Franchise and to make such tests it shall find necessary to ensure compliance with the terms of the Franchise and applicable provisions of Applicable Laws. C. Nothing contained in this Franchise shall be construed to give or to withhold from Grantee the authority to enter upon or work on private property in areas not encumbered with public easements without the permission of the property owner. 7.06 Repair of Streets and Property. Any and all Streets or Public Property or private property, which are disturbed or damaged during the construction, repair, replacement, relocation, operation, maintenance or reconstruction of the System shall be promptly repaired by Grantee, at its expense, to a condition as good as that prevailing prior to Grantee's construction. 7.07 Use of Existing Poles. Grantee shall not erect, for any reason, any pole on or along any Street in an existing aerial utility System without the advance written approval the City. Grantee shall exercise its best efforts to negotiate the lease of pole space and facilities from the exiting owners for all aerial construction. 19