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)

13-12-860 Location.

   Such wires or conductors shall in no case be placed at a greater distance from the curbstone separating sidewalk from parkway than four feet (1.22 m), except in crossing streets running transversely to the direction of the said lines when such crossing shall be made in the shortest straight line, or in making necessary connections with buildings and stations.

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