Part I. Reserved (13-12-740 et seq.)

Editor's note – Coun. J. 9-6-17, p. 55278, Art. II, § 12, repealed Part I (§§ 13-12-740 – 13-12-810), which pertained to festoons and decorative street lighting equipment.

Part J. Poles, Wires and Conductors (13-12-820 et seq.)

13-12-820 Permit to erect.

   No person shall erect, construct, maintain, use, alter, or repair any pole, line or wire, underground conductors or electric conductors of any description whatever on, over or under any public way or public place, within the city, without first having obtained a permit therefor from the department of buildings, which permit shall be countersigned by the commissioners of streets and sanitation, and transportation.

(Added Coun. J. 11-3-99, p. 13842, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 3-5-03, p. 104990, § 17; Amend Coun. J. 11-13-07, p. 14999, Art. II, § 1)

13-12-830 Requirement before permits issued.

   Applications for permits shall be made in duplicate on a form to be approved by the commissioners of streets and sanitation and transportation.

   Applications shall be submitted to the commissioners of streets and sanitation, and transportation who shall cause the necessary inspection to be made.

   All applications for permits to erect poles in the streets and alleys of the city shall provide that the city may use the poles to be so erected and may attach thereto such necessary cross arms, wires or other electrical appliances as may be deemed necessary for the electrical service of the city, and no permit shall be issued by the commissioners of streets and sanitation, and transportation for the erection of such poles in which the application and permit does not provide for the privileges required by the city as herein contained.

(Added Coun. J. 11-3-99, p. 13842, § 2)

13-12-840 Inspection and fees.

   All apparatus installed under authority of a permit issued in accordance with this part of this article dealing with poles, wires, and conductors shall be inspected by the building department and department of transportation. The fee for the initial installation and inspection of poles, wires and conductors shall be as set forth section 13-32-310. The fee for any inspection other than the initial inspection shall be as set forth in Chapter 13-20.

   Said fees shall be paid to the comptroller before the commissioner of streets and sanitation and the commissioner of transportation countersign any such permit.

(Added Coun. J. 11-3-99, p. 13842, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 12-12-07, p. 17167, § 16; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. I, § 10)

13-12-850 Removal of pole.

   No permission or authority shall be given to any person to erect any pole or poles for telegraph, telephone, or electric light or power purposes or for the purpose of stringing thereon wires, cables, or conveyors for the transmission of sounds or signals, or of heat, light, or power, or data, upon or along any public way within the city, except upon the express provision that such poles and conductors are to be and will be removed forthwith whenever the city council shall order such removal; provided however, that nothing in this part of this article on poles, wires and conductors shall apply to any pole or poles used solely for the carrying and support of its overhead contact trolley wires by any street railway company where it is claimed by such company that it is operating its cars under the authority of any ordinance of the city.

(Added Coun. J. 11-3-99, p. 13842, § 2)