(A) It shall be unlawful to construct, operate, maintain or install any wire, cables or other equipment for the transmission of electric current, impulses, sounds, voices or communications in, on, over, across or along any street or highway or the right of way therefor, in the county without having fully complied with the provisions of this section.
(B) No one shall construct, install, operate or maintain any wires, cables or other lines of any nature on, over, across or along the right-of-way of any street or highway of the county unless the person or entity has complied with the National Electric Safety Code and has provided the County Building Commissioner with a certificate of insurance in an amount not less than $500,000 naming Tippecanoe County as the certificate holder. If the person or entity does not provide a certificate of insurance, then all cables or other lines of any nature on, over across or along the right-of-way of any street or highway of the county shall be not less than 20 feet from the ground or other surface immediately under such wire, cable or lines; and, if the wires, cables, or other lines carry electric current of 110 volts or more, it shall be unlawful to construct, install, operate or maintain any such wire, cable or line at a height less than 25 feet from the ground or other surface immediately under the wire, cable or line.
(‘82 Code, § 5-83-3) (Ord. 77-13, passed 5-23-77; Am. Ord. 84-1, passed 1-16-84)