Official:Granting permission to Shailesh Tilvawala, owner and operator of the newsstand located on the northeast corner of Eighth Street and Market Street, to construct, use and maintain conduits for fiber optic facilities in, under and across the northeast corner of Eighth Street and Market Street, for the purpose of supplying electrical service and telephone service to said newsstand.
Sponsor: Councilmember DiCicco
Introduced: January 31, 2008
Signed: March 13, 2008
: Committee on Streets and Services
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill allows Shailesh Tilvawala to install fiber optic cables in and around his newsstand on 8th Street and Market Street for electrical and phone service.
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