(A) Permit required. No poles for electric, telegraph, telephone or other purposes shall be placed on any street right-of-way without a permit issued by the zoning officer or some other officer of the town vested with that authority.
(OC, § 4-3-1)
(B) Use of poles by others. Whenever any electric, telephone or telegraph company shall desire to place a line of wires along any particular street upon which it does not have a line of poles, but upon which street there exists a line of poles owned by another company, then such companies may maintain their wires upon the same poles. If an agreement cannot be reached between the companies owning the poles and the companies desiring to place wires thereon, then the companies may submit the question of compensation to three disinterested persons for arbitration or they may submit the same to the Board of Commissioners for determination. This section shall apply to poles owned by the town as well as poles owned by companies operating under franchises.
(OC, § 4-3-2)
(C) Duty to keep in safe condition. It shall be the duty of the owners of all poles supporting electric, telephone or telegraph wires to keep the same in a safe condition, and for that purpose inspect the same once every three months.
(OC, § 4-3-3)
(D) Use by town. One duct in all underground conduit systems shall be provided, free of charge, for the town police or fire alarm telegraph system when required, and the town shall have the use of any and all poles on streets for the same purposes.
(OC, § 4-3-4)
(E) Cutting, painting and the like, utility poles prohibited; exception. It shall be unlawful for any person to deface, injure by cutting, painting, posting of bills or other materials on, any telegraph, telephone, electric light or power pole on any street or public place in town; provided that nothing herein shall be construed to apply to any officer or employee of the town, or of the utility company removing any pole in the discharge of his duty.
(OC, § 4-3-5)
(Ord. passed 11-10-88) Penalty, see § 10.99