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Any person desiring to cut or remove trees or branches thereof, or to fell trees or branches thereof, in close proximity to the lines of the electric distribution system of the city, and which work might cause injury or damage to the lines thereof, shall, before doing the work, give reasonable notice to the Utilities Manager, and shall secure permission from the Utilities Manager so to do, and shall seek the assistance of the city to do the work so that electric service shall not be interrupted or damage done to the lines or property of the city. Any person felling or removing the trees, or branches of trees, resulting in the interruption of electric service or damage to the lines or property of the city, without having given notice to the city as provided in this section, and without having received the permission from the Utilities Manager to do so as provided in this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in this chapter. Nothing contained in this section is intended to relieve any person of liability for damage to property of the city.
(Prior Code, § 52-48) Penalty, see § 51.99
Whenever it becomes necessary to protect the lines or property of the electric distribution system of the city, the city or the Utilities Manager shall have the right to remove and cut away, in a careful and prudent manner, interfering branches or limbs of trees, so that its lines shall be free and open.
(Prior Code, § 52-49)
Any person who shall wilfully or carelessly break, injure or deface, interfere with or disturb any machinery, apparatus, fixture, attachment or appurtenance of the electric generating plant or distribution system of the city, or who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter or of the rules and regulations of the city legally adopted, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in § 50.99.
(Prior Code, § 52-50)