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CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CLEVELAND
PART ONE: ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART TWO: HEALTH CODE
PART THREE: LAND USE CODE
PART FOUR: TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE: MUNICIPAL UTILITIES AND SERVICES CODE
TITLE I: STREET AND SIDEWALK AREAS
CHAPTER 501 - UNACCEPTED STREET IMPROVEMENTS
CHAPTER 503 - STREET OPENINGS AND MAINTENANCE
CHAPTER 505 - SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION
CHAPTER 507 - SIDEWALK OBSTRUCTIONS AND MAINTENANCE
CHAPTER 508 - ISSUANCE OF TEMPORARY SIDEWALK OCCUPANCY PERMITS FOR VENDING DEVICES IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
CHAPTER 509 - TREES
CHAPTER 510 - USE OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY BY SERVICE PROVIDERS
CHAPTER 511 - HOSPITAL TRAILBLAZER SIGNS
CHAPTER 512 - ISSUANCE OF TEMPORARY PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY OCCUPANCY PERMITS FOR BUSINESS SIGNS
CHAPTER 512A - RETAIL BUSINESS SIGNS IN PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY
CHAPTER 513 - ISSUANCE OF TEMPORARY PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY OCCUPANCY PERMITS FOR PATIOS AND PARKLETS
CHAPTER 514 - ISSUANCE OF TEMPORARY PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY OCCUPANCY PERMITS FOR STREETSCAPE AMENITIES
CHAPTER 515 - ISSUANCE OF TEMPORARY PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY OCCUPANCY PERMITS FOR SIDEWALK SALES
CHAPTER 516 - DECORATIVE STREET PAINTING PROGRAM
CHAPTER 517 - SHARED MOBILITY DEVICE AND BICYCLE VENDORS
TITLE III: ELECTRICITY
TITLE V: WATER SUPPLY
TITLE VII: SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
TITLE IX: MUNICIPAL SERVICES
TITLE XI: PORT CONTROL
PART SIX: OFFENSES AND BUSINESS ACTIVITIES CODE
TITLE VIIA: CLEVELAND NEIGHBORHOOD FORM-BASED CODE
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§ 503.04 Location of Trees and Lamp Posts
   All lamp posts and all shade or ornamental trees, hereafter placed in any of the streets of the City, shall be placed within and not more than one (1) foot from the outer line of the sidewalk of such street; provided that the Director of Public Service may, at his or her discretion, permit the planting of a second row of shade trees on sidewalks of not less than twenty (20) feet in width. The second row of trees shall be at least twelve (12) feet from the line of the street.
§ 503.05 Erection of Electrical Fixtures; Permit
   No person, firm or corporation shall erect or construct or cause to be erected or constructed any fixture for any guy line, wires or other electrical conductors of any description whatever upon the streets, avenues and alleys within the City, without first having obtained a permit therefor under a valid and existing ordinance from the Director of Public Service, under the penalty provided in Section 3103.99(c) of the Codified Ordinances.
(Ord. No. 299-74. Passed 4-1-74, eff. 4-8-74)
§ 503.06 Use of Pole Line by City
   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 attach thereto the necessary crossarms, wires or other electrical appliances, as may be deemed necessary for the police and fire signal service of the City. No permit shall be issued by the Director of Public Service for the erection of such poles for which the application and permit do not provide for the privileges required by the City, as herein contained.
(Ord. No. 117-A-49. Passed 2-27-50)
§ 503.061 Attachments to Poles
   (a)   Every person or entity, including the City of Cleveland, who is the owner or occupant of a pole located within a street or right-of-way in the City of Cleveland shall permit, upon reasonable terms and conditions and the payment of reasonable charge to the owner or occupant, the attachment of any wire, cable, facility or apparatus to its poles by any other person or entity including the City of Cleveland; provided that:
      (1)   The attaching person or entity is authorized by the City of Cleveland or otherwise permitted by law to make the attachment; and
      (2)   The attachment will not unreasonably interfere with the services and operations of the owner or occupant of the pole; and
      (3)   The attachment will not create a safety hazard as defined by the National Electric Safety Code; and
      (4)   The pole is used only for service within the City of Cleveland, or the pole supports a conductor having a voltage of less than twenty-two thousand (22,000) volts.
   (b)   Such terms and conditions, and such charges, as are established in tariffs approved by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio or in the case of the City of Cleveland, those terms, conditions, and charges established pursuant to Section 523.23 of the Codified Ordinances, as they may be amended from time to time, shall be deemed to be “reasonable terms and conditions” and “reasonable charges” for the purposes of subsection (a) above.
(Ord. No. 1989-90. Passed 8-23-90, eff. 8-31-90)
§ 503.07 Construction of Subways, Conduits, Ducts or Pipes; Permit
   (a)   No person, firm or corporation shall lay or construct or cause to be laid or constructed any subways, conduits, ducts or pipes in the streets, avenues or alleys within the City without first having obtained a permit therefor under a valid and existing ordinance from the Director of Public Service, under the penalty provided in Section 503.99(c).
   (b)   No person, firm or corporation shall lay or construct or cause to be laid or constructed any subways, conduits, ducts or pipes in any public grounds or in any real property of the City, without first having obtained a permit therefor under a valid and existing ordinance from the director of the department having the supervision and control of such public grounds or real property, under the penalty provided in Section 503.99(c).
   (c)   Any company or individual so placing wires underground in any street, alley or public ground of the City shall, upon written notice from the proper authorities of the City that a sewer or water main is to be repaired or constructed in such manner as will necessitate the moving or altering of any conduit of the company or individual, move or alter the same at his, her or its expense, so as to permit the constructing or repairing of the sewer or water main where ordered. Should any such person or company fail to comply with such notice the conduit may be altered or moved by the City and the cost and expense thereof recovered from the person or company.
(Ord. No. 117-A-49. Passed 2-27-50)
§ 503.08 City Gas System; Maps; Permit
   All companies and persons engaged in the manufacture and sale of gas in the City to the City or the inhabitants thereof, and occupying the public streets, lanes, alleys, avenues and grounds of the City, with mains, pipes and apparatus for the distribution of such gas shall, when requested by the Director of Public Service, either file in the office of the Director accurate maps and plans for all such public streets, lanes, alleys, avenues and grounds, showing the location, depth and size of such mains and pipes, together with all street boxes, safety valves, gauges and apparatus or every kind in the streets and public grounds, or shall allow such access to their own records, and shall furnish such data as shall enable the Director to make or cause to be made such maps and plans as are hereinbefore described. No permits shall be issued to any such company or person to lay any pipes, mains or apparatus in any of the public streets or grounds of the City until such company or person has first filed with the Director an accurate plan of the streets and public grounds in which such mains, pipes and apparatus are to be laid, showing the location, size and depth of the same.
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