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No person shall construct or maintain an electric power line carrying greater voltage than thirty-three KV, without first obtaining a permit therefor from Council. No charge shall be made for such permit.
The applicant shall first file plans and specifications which shall show the course and route of such proposed line in or through the City. Such line shall be installed underground at a minimum depth of six feet below grade. It shall be backfilled by and laid in at least six inches of sand. It shall be standard underground pipe-type cable, lead covered, to be no less than the standard minimum A.E.I.C. specification as to voltage, herein adopted. Such line shall be encased in an enclosed sealed and welded steel pipe with protective sheath, having a somatic coating. Such pipe may either be oil or gas filled and shall be capable of withstanding any maintained pressure.
(Ord. 87-1957. Passed 3-18-57.)
In addition to the method of installation described in Section 907.03, the applicant for a permit to be issued by Council may use any method of underground construction approved by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio or the National Electrical Code, with or without lead covered cable and to a depth underground approved by such authority.
(Ord. 265-1957. Passed 11-18-57.)
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 believed necessary for the police and fire signal service of the City. No permit shall be issued by the Service Director for the erection of such poles in which the application and the permit do not provide for the privileges required by the City, as herein contained.
(Ord. 49-1996. Passed 2-20-96; Eff. 3-20-96.)
(a) No person 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 from the Service Director.
(b) No person 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 from the Service Director.
(Ord. 49-1996. Passed 2-20-96; Eff. 3-20-96.)
(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 such company or individual, move or alter the same at its, his or her 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 such person or company.
(Ord. 288-1956. Passed 12-3-56.)
Whoever violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree and shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned not more than sixty days, or both, for each offense. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation or noncompliance occurs or continues.