Notes
615 | Source: 1880 Ordinances, p. 240; 1881 Ordinances, p. 1, as amended; 1948 Ordinances, p. 1010; 1949 Ordinances, p. 36; amended, 1959 Ordinances, p. 145; amended, 1973 Ordinances, p. 902; amended, Bill No. 050065 (approved April 20, 2005); subsection (5) deleted, Bill No. 171012 (approved December 20, 2017). Section 3 of Bill No. 171012 provides: "Effective date: This Ordinance shall be effective upon adoption of implementing regulations by the Department of Streets." Implementing regulations were promulgated by the Department of Streets, effective April 20, 2018. Repealed
, Bill No. 230454 (approved July 12, 2023). Section 4 of Bill No. 230454 provides: "This Ordinance shall be effective upon the adoption of implementing regulations by the Department of Streets." Implementing regulations were promulgated on April 1, 2024, and became law on May 1, 2024. [Editor's note: the next note is numbered 621.] |
Notes
621 | Source: 1883 Ordinances, p. 68, as amended; 1948 Ordinances, p. 1010; amended and new subsection added, 1985 Ordinances, p. 1180; amended by deleting subsection (6), 1990 Ordinances, p. 715; amended, Bill No. 050065 (approved April 20, 2005); repealed
, Bill No. 230454 (approved July 12, 2023). See note 615 for effective date provisions. |
(1) Definitions. In this Section the following definitions apply:
(a) Underground Wires. Shall have the meaning provided for Underground Facilities in Chapter 11-700.
(a) No person shall construct, use or maintain any underground wire in the Right-of-Way, as defined in Chapter 11-700, except as authorized by and in accordance with Chapter 11-700 and the applicable provisions of this Chapter.
(b) No person shall construct any underground wire unless he has obtained a permit provided in Section 11-204.
(c) The construction and maintenance of underground wire shall be under the supervision of the Department of Streets, which shall have free access to them for inspection or making connections for the use by the City.
(d) Upon 30 days notice from the Department of Public Property, any person to whom the privilege of constructing any underground wire has been granted shall be required to furnish to the City for its free use, one tube, duct or chamber of a conduit, or the equivalent in good working wires.
(f) Any person to whom the privilege of constructing or maintaining underground wires has been granted shall be liable for injury or damages to Underground Facilities caused by the opening of street or the construction or maintenance of the underground wires.
Notes
622 | Amended by repealing subsections relating to "Private Signal Alarm Systems" and relating to taxes and fees payable by Sound Reproduction Licensees, 1993 Ordinances, p. 1207. Amended, Bill No. 050065 (approved April 20, 2005). |
623 | Source: 1883 Ordinances, p. 68; 1886 Ordinances, p. 243. |
624 | Charges for certain underground wires repealed by 1957 Ordinances, p. 387, and subsequent subsections renumbered. |
(1) The Department of Public Property and the Department of Streets, with the aid of the Police Department if necessary, shall prevent the unauthorized construction or maintenance of any underground wires, poles or overhead wires, and may remove them when they are erected or maintained in violation of this Chapter. 626
(2) Before the removal of any underground wire, pole or overhead wire, the Department of Public Property shall serve a written notice of the violation upon the owner or operator thereof, directing compliance within a reasonable period prescribed by the Department of Public Property, but not less than 30 days. At the expiration of the time for compliance, if the violation has not been corrected, the Department of Public Property may itself or by contract remove or disconnect such overhead wires, poles or underground wires, charge the cost to the owner or operator responsible for them. The Law Department shall act to collect such costs by lien or as otherwise legally provided.
Notes
625 | Amended by deleting former subsection (1) and renumbering, 1990 Ordinances, p. 715. |
626 | Source: 1908 Ordinances, p. 34. |
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