(A) It shall be unlawful to erect any poles or wires or to maintain any poles or wires over or under any public place, street, alley, easement or other public way without first having secured a permit from the city.
(B) Any person given the right to maintain poles and wires in the streets, alleys or other public places in the city shall, in the absence of a provision in any franchise concerning the subject, keep the wires and poles free from and away from any trees or shrubs insofar as may be possible and shall keep all trees and shrubs properly trimmed and subject to the supervision of the Director of Public Works, so that no injury shall be done to the poles or wires or shrubs and trees by contact.
(C) It shall be unlawful to attach any wire or other rope to any tree without permission of the Director of Public Works.
(1986 Code, § 18-9) (Ord. 1995-16, passed 5-16-1995; Ord. 2012-10, passed 8-6-2012) Penalty, see § 92.999