(A) It shall be unlawful to install utility poles, wireless support structures, overhead or above ground lines, cables, wires, equipment, enclosures, fixtures, guys and anchors for electric distribution or telecommunications service, upon or over the right of way, public way, or utility easements, or parts thereof hereinafter named and referred to as underground or buried utility areas, except for street signs, decorative poles and fixtures and ancillary equipment necessary thereto for providing lighting or traffic control, which may be installed within designated underground or buried utility areas.
(B) The following right-of-way, public way, or utility easements, are hereby designated as underground or buried utility areas:
(1) Within the Piqua Downtown Historic District and any future historic districts as approved by the City of Piqua City Commission.
(2) Within the right-of-way, public way, and contiguous utility easements known as:
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(a) Main Street from Wood Street to Riverside Drive
(b) Wayne Street from Wood Street to Greene Street
(c) Downing Street from Water Street to Greene Street
(d) Water Street from Harrison Street to Downing Street
(e) High Street from Harrison Street to Downing Street
(f) Ash Street from Armory Drive to Downing Street
(g) Greene Street from Spring Street to Downing Street
(h) North Street from Spring Street and to Wayne Street
(i) Mound Street from Wayne Street to Main Street
(j) Sycamore Street from Main Street to Downing Street
(k) Wood Street from Wayne Street to Main Street
(l) East Main Street from Main Street to First Street
(m) Former Miami and Erie Canal from East Main Street to Riverside Drive
(n) Forest Avenue from Echo Lake Drive to north end
(o) Cromes Drive from Statler Road to Patrizio Place
(p) Patrizio Place from Cromes Drive to east end.
(3) The right of way, public way, and contiguous utility easements occupied by and described by the following subdivision name references:
(a) Marymount Subdivision
(b) Lakewood Subdivision
(c) Hopewood Estates
(d) McNeal Subdivision
(e) Flesh Subdivision
(f) Lakeridge Subdivision
(g) Echo Hills Subdivision
(h) Eagles Nest Subdivision
(i) Park Ridge Subdivision
(j) Deerfield Subdivision
(k) Blackwell Subdivision
(1) Marwood Estates
(m) Lakeview Subdivision
(n) Arrowhead Estates
(o) Kenridge Subdivision
(p) Sandel Subdivision
(q) Indian Ridge Subdivision
(r) Eastview Subdivision
(B) The use or maintenance of utility poles, wireless support structures, overhead or above ground lines, cables, wires, equipment, enclosures, guys, fixtures and anchors for electric distribution or telecommunications service, upon or over the right-of-way, public way, utility easements, or parts thereof, which by the terms of this chapter have been designated underground or buried utility areas is hereby declared to be unlawful. Upon receipt of notification the owner of existing installations within the designated area shall provide to the city within 90 days a plan for the removal of such facilities with said removal of facilities to be completed by a date agreed upon by the city and the facility owner, and said completion date shall not be more than five years from the date of notification. Existing facilities shall be recognized as unlawful at such time the plan submittal period expires and the owner has failed to respond with a submittal or upon the facility removal date agreed upon. Each day that an unlawful installation continues to exist shall constitute a separate offense and shall be a separate violation of the terms of this chapter and punishable accordingly.
(‘97 Code, § 93.18) (Ord. 18-54, passed 6-21-54; Am. Ord. 8-18, passed 4-17-18) Penalty, see § 10.99