(a) Pole Permits. In the case of a telephone company, the permit required by Section 1046.01 shall be issued by the Administrative Clerk. In the case of an electric company, the Administrative Clerk is hereby authorized to issue such permit where the voltage to be carried is solely for use by a residential, institutional or governmental consumer within the Municipality, or solely for the normal requirements of an industrial or retail business or service consumer within the Municipality, provided that such voltage at no time exceeds 37.5KV. In the case of an electric company where the proposed voltage to be carried does exceed 37.5KV, the permit shall be authorized by Council. The form of the permit shall be approved by the Law Director and no fee shall be charged for the permit. The permit shall specifically be subject to the terms and conditions of all ordinances of the Municipality pertaining to any franchise rights of the public utility. No permit shall be issued until the public utility first files appropriate plans in the office of the Administrative Clerk, which shall be permanently filed in with his or her records.
(b) Electric Power Line Permits. No person shall construct or maintain an electric power line carrying greater voltage than 37.5KV without first obtaining a permit therefor from Council. No charge shall be made for such permit. The applicant shall first file plans and specifications, which shall show the course and route of the proposed line in or through the Municipality. The line shall be installed underground, at a minimum depth of six feet below grade. The line shall be backfilled by and laid in at least six inches of sand; it shall be standard underground pipe-type cable, lead-covered, to be no less than the standard minimum A.E.I.C. specification as to voltage herein adopted. Such line shall be encased in an enclosed sealed and welded steel pipe with protective sheath, having a somatic coating. The pipe may either be oil or gas-filled and shall be capable of withstanding any maintained pressure. In addition to the method of installation described in the aforementioned portion of this section, the applicant for a permit to be issued by Council may use any method of underground construction approved by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio or the National Electrical Code, with or without lead-covered cable, and to an underground depth approved by such authority. (Ord. 1963-81. Passed 5-14-63.)