(a) Council hereby declares that all entry upon or use of street right of way within this Village by utility service providers or cable operators threatens the public health, safety and welfare, and shall not be permitted except in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(b) No utility service provider nor cable operator shall enter upon or use any public street right of way within this Village to install, construct, repair, position, maintain or operate lines, poles, pipes, conduits, ducts, equipment or related appurtenances and facilities without the express consent of this Village. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the rights of any utility service provider or cable operator granted under an existing contract with this Village.
(c) Any utility service provider or cable operator, which makes any excavation or otherwise disturbs any street right of way shall restore the area disturbed to the same condition as existed prior to the work and in doing so, shall be subject to the same regulations which apply to any other person, firm or corporation who disturbs a street right of way.
(d) The Village Law Director is hereby directed to proceed without further authorization from this Council to seek an injunction from the Court of Common Pleas of Richland County against any utility service provider or cable operator who violates subsection (b) or (c) hereof. (Ord. 00-10. Passed 4-2-00.)