All utility lines hereafter installed, constructed or otherwise placed within the city for electric, telephone, cable television or other like or similar services to serve residential, commercial, and industrial customers in newly platted areas, and replatted or redeveloped areas, whether owned, installed or constructed by the supplier, consumer or any party shall be installed and placed underground in an approved, safe manner, subject only to the exceptions stated below.
(Prior Code, § 4.40)