(A) Standards are created to be observed in respect to the location and maintenance of clearances between pipes and appurtenant facilities used to conduct commercial gas and the poles, pipes, and other equipment and other appurtenant facilities used by all utilities operating in the streets and ways under the authority of the city.
(Prior Code, § 51.124)
(B) (1) This section shall not be construed as an amendment or alteration of any franchise granted by the city under which any electrical, communication, gas, or other utility occupies streets and ways under the jurisdiction of the city.
(2) It is the purpose and intent of the City Council to enact this division (B) in the exercise of its police and other governmental powers to control the location of the facilities of authorized public utilities maintained in the public streets and ways for the general public welfare.
(Prior Code, § 51.125)