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title: O.C.G.A. § 36-66C-9. Due care during installation and maintenance; interference prohibited.
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# O.C.G.A. § 36-66C-9. Due care during installation and maintenance; interference prohibited.

(a) An applicant in the right of way shall employ due care during the installation and maintenance process and shall comply with all safety and right of way protection requirements of general applicability set forth in applicable law.

(b) An applicant in the right of way shall not place any small wireless facilities, support structures, poles, or decorative poles where they will interfere with any existing infrastructure or equipment and shall locate its lines and equipment in such a manner as not to interfere unnecessarily with the usual vehicular or pedestrian traffic patterns or with the rights or reasonable convenience of owners of property that abuts any right of way.

## History

Code 1981, § 36-66C-9, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 236, § 1/SB 66.