(A) Poles, wires, gas mains, pipe lines, and other appurtenances of public service companies shall be erected or located over, upon, or under the streets, alleys, and common grounds, or elsewhere, within the corporate limits of the city, only after application shall have been made to the Committee on Streets and Alleys thereof and permission in writing shall have been given by the Mayor and Council so to do. Public service companies heretofore or hereafter granted right-of-way for the erection and maintenance of poles, conduits, gas mains, pipe lines, and wires, and all appurtenances thereto, for the purpose of transacting their business upon, under, and over the streets, alleys, and public grounds of the city shall at all times, when requested by the Mayor and Council, erect, locate, or relocate their poles, wires, gas mains, pipe lines, and other appurtenances to such places and in such manner as designated by the Mayor and Council of the city. Such poles, wires, gas mains, pipe lines, and other appurtenances shall be removed or relocated by the companies at their own expense when requested to do so by the Mayor and Council.
(B) Whenever it becomes necessary for the Mayor and Council to use the ground where the poles,
wires, gas mains, pipe lines, and other appurtenances are located, or whenever reasonable means of ingress or egress to private or public property or the public safety or convenience requires the relocation of the poles, wires, gas mains, pipe lines, or other appurtenances of public service companies which now occupy any portion of the public street or alley from lot line to lot line, the Mayor and Council shall notify the company and the company shall, within 24 hours after receiving the notice, at their own expense, cause the poles, wires, gas mains, pipe lines, or other appurtenances to be removed. The Mayor and Council of the city shall designate some place as close as possible where the poles, wires, gas mains, pipe lines, and/or other appurtenances may be reset or placed.
(C) All poles, wires, gas mains, pipe lines, and/or other appurtenances shall be erected in such a manner that they will not interfere with the light system or water system of the city located on the same street or alley, or with the travel through the streets and alleys of the city, or with the buildings now erected or which may be hereafter erected. When permitted, such pole lines, wires, gas mains, pipe lines, and/or other appurtenances shall be confined to the alleys, where possible.
(Prior Code, § 95.07) Penalty, see § 95.99