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<section number="5A-149" name="Short title; purposes" law="code" slug="sec-5a-149" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_5ACATETE_DIV2TE_S5A-149SHTIPU">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This Division shall be known and may be cited as the Telecommunications Regulatory Code.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>It is the intent of the County to preserve its rights in and control over public property and public rights-of-way by prescribing the manner in which access to public property and/or public rights-of-way shall be granted for the purpose of providing telecommunications service. Accordingly, the purposes of this Division are as follows:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>To promote the public health, safety, and general welfare by providing for the construction, replacement, reconstruction, operation, and maintenance of telecommunications systems;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>To manage the limited resources of the public rights-of-way and/or public property to the long-term benefit of the public;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>To recover the costs of maintaining the public rights-of-way and/or public property; compensate for the burden imposed on taxpayers by occupation of the public rights-of-way and/or public property by nongovernmental business; recover the fixed and variable costs of occupation of the public rights-of-way and/or public property by nongovernmental business; and recover fair compensation for the occupation of the public rights-of-way and/or public property by nongovernmental entities in their respective businesses; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>To establish the position of Telecommunications Transmission Facility Coordinator and provide for the administration and coordination of telecommunications facility planning and construction;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>To recognize the public interest in continued provision of universal service on regulated prices and terms as provided for in 47 U.S.C. Section 214(e).</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>To recognize the public interest in facilitating the deployment of telecommunications technologies in a manner that is consistent with all applicable laws.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
