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Telegraph, telephone or electric light poles, except such iron poles as are now or may hereafter be erected and maintained in connection with an underground system of wires, shall not be erected upon Eighth avenue, in Brooklyn, between Flatbush avenue and Ninth street, or any part thereof, unless the consent of a majority of the owners of property in numbers and value thereof on Eighth avenue between Flatbush avenue and Ninth street first be obtained in writing, duly acknowledged in the same manner as deeds entitled to be recorded.
The commissioner of transportation shall fix the time within which electrical conductors must be placed underground, and shall notify the owners or operators of any such electrical conductors in the city that such conductors must be removed or placed underground, in accordance with the resolution of the board of estimate. He or she shall give all persons or corporations owning or operating such electrical conductors, an opportunity to be heard on the question of the time necessary to place them underground, and shall hear such expert opinion as he or she may think advisable. Such owners or operators of electrical conductors above ground in such street or locality shall be required to remove all of such poles, wires or other electrical conductors and supporting fixtures or other devices from any such street or locality within thirty days after the expiration of the time so fixed by the commissioner of transportation.
The provisions of sections 24-404, 24-406, 24-410, 24-416 and 24-418 of the code are made police regulations in and for the city. In case the owners of such poles, wires or other electrical conductors, fixtures and devices shall fail to have them removed from such streets or localities as required by the commissioner of transportation or by the determination of the board of estimate, or shall neglect or refuse to comply with any provisions of law with respect thereto, it shall be the duty of the commissioner of transportation to cause them to be removed from such streets.
a. Any person who shall take up and temporarily remove any lamp-post or electric light pole, under a permit or by other lawful authority, shall cause the same to be reset at his or her own expense immediately upon the completion of the work that necessitated its removal.
b. Any person who shall violate any provision of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not exceeding thirty days, or by both.
The commissioner of buildings shall cause all wires, currents and appliances that may be introduced into or placed in any building or structure in the city to be inspected, and shall furnish a certificate of such inspection to any person or corporation applying therefor.
The commissioner of buildings shall from time to time submit for the consideration of the council proposed local laws in relation to electric wires, appliances and currents for furnishing light, heat or power when introduced into or placed in any building or structure in the city. Such proposed local laws shall prescribe the method of construction, operation, location, arrangement, insulation and use of such wires, appliances and currents as the commissioner of buildings shall from time to time deem necessary for the protection of life and property.
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