Any person, firm or corporation exercising or attempting to exercise any franchise for any of the purposes mentioned in Section 14.04.010, or laying or maintaining any pipes or conduits in or upon any street in the City, for the transmission of gas, water, heat, steam or other substance, or erecting any telephone, telegraph or electric light or power poles, wires, or system, within the City in violation of any provision of this Chapter is guilty of an infraction, which upon conviction thereof is punishable in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.12.010 of this Code. In addition, any person, firm or corporation exercising or attempting to exercise any franchise for any of such purposes after a franchise or license (issued pursuant to Chapter 14.04) has expired shall be subject to a civil penalty of three (3) times the compensation required under the expired franchise or license prorated on a "per day" basis. Such civil penalty shall be in addition to any other terms and conditions set out in the franchise or license, and shall not, in any way, limit or otherwise restrict any other legal or equitable remedy available to City.
(Ord. MC-1135, 12-18-02; Ord. MC-460, 5-15-85; Ord. 541, 11-10-1913)