(a) In the case of a telephone company, such permit shall be issued by the Director of Public Works.
(b) In the case of an electric light company, the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to issue such permit where the voltage to be carried is solely for the use by a residential, institutional or governmental consumer within the City or solely for the normal requirements of an industrial or retail business or service consumer within the City, and provided that such voltage at no time exceeds 15,000 volts.
The form of the permit shall be as approved by the Director of Law and no fee shall be charged for such permit.
Such permit shall specifically be subject to all of the terms, provisions and conditions of all ordinances of the City pertaining to any franchise rights of the public utility and to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Charter and Code.
No permit shall be issued until the electric light company has first filed appropriate plans with the office of the Director of Public Works specifying the location, construction and use of such facility, pole or line, wire, fixture or appliance, which plans shall be permanently filed in the records of the Director of Public Works.
(c) For an electric light company where the proposed voltage to be carried exceeds 15,000 volts, no permit shall be issued until the same is authorized by Council.
(Ord. 39-17. Passed 6-18-2018.)