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expense to the City or the Commission other than the City's cost to act on such determination. 3.4 Use of Existing Poles and Undereroundine of Cable. 3.4.1 Where existing poles, underground conduits, ducts or wire holding structures are available for use by the Grantee, but it does not make arrangements for such use, the City may require, through the established permit, or any other applicable procedure, the Grantee to use such existing poles and wire holding structures if the City determines that the public convenience would be enhanced thereby and the terms available to the Grantee for the use of such poles and structures are just and reasonable. 3.4.2 The Grantee agrees to place its cables, wires or other like facilities underground, in the manner as may be required by the provisions of the City Code and City policies, procedures, rules and regulations, as amended from time to time, where all utility facilities are placed underground. The Grantee shall not place facilities, equipment or fixtures where they will interfere with any existing gas, electric, telephone, water, sewer or other utility facilities or with any existing installations of the City, or obstruct or hinder in any manner the various existing utilities serving the residents of the City. To the extent consistent with the City Code, City policies, procedures, rules and regulations, System cable and facilities may be constructed overhead where poles exist and electric or telephone lines or both are now overhead. However, in no case may the Grantee install poles in areas of the City where underground facilities are generally used by the utilities already operating. If the City, at a future date, requires all electric and telephone lines to be placed underground in all or part of the City, the Grantee shall, within a reasonable time, similarly move its cables and lines. If the City reimburses or otherwise compensates any Person using the Rights -of -Way for the purpose of defraying the cost of any of the foregoing, the City shall also reimburse the Grantee in the same manner in which other Persons affected by the requirement are reimbursed. If the funds are controlled by another governmental entity, the City shall not oppose or otherwise hinder any application for or receipt of such funds on behalf of the Grantee. 3.5 Installation of Facilities. 3.5.1 No poles, towers, conduits, amplifier boxes, pedestal mounted terminal boxes, similar structures or other wire -holding structures shall be erected or installed by the Grantee without obtaining any required permit or other authorization from the City. 3.5.2 No placement of any pole or wire holding structure of the Grantee is to be considered a vested fee interest in the Rights -of -Way or in City property. Whenever feasible, all transmission and distribution structures, lines, wires, cables, equipment and poles or other fixtures erected by the Grantee within the 14