12.16.030   Poles, overhead lines and associated overhead structures prohibited in underground districts.
   (a)   Whenever any area of the city is declared to be an underground utility district, it shall be unlawful for any person or utility to erect, construct, use, or maintain poles, overhead lines and associated overhead structures within the district after the date when the utilities are required to be removed.
   (b)   From and after the effective date of the establishment of any underground utility district, it shall be unlawful for any person or utility to erect, construct, use or maintain poles, overhead lines and associated overhead structures within the district.
   (c)   Any individual or utility who shall erect, construct, use or maintain poles, overhead lines and associated overhead structures within any underground utility district or who shall neglect to take down and remove such poles, overhead lines and associated overhead structures within the time designated in this chapter or who shall otherwise fail to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars. Each consecutive fifteen-day period during which the failure to comply with the provisions hereof shall constitute a separate offense. Such violation is likewise hereby declared to be a nuisance and may be abated by the city attorney in the manner provided for the abatement of nuisances.
(Ord. 4908 § 2, 2006: Ord. 4642 § 15, 2000: Ord. 2231 (part), 1965: prior code § 37.203)