(a) The provisions of this article shall not apply to the following type of facilities unless otherwise provided in the ordinance establishing the district:
(1) Overhead facilities installed and maintained for a period not to exceed ten (10) days for emergency services upon notification to the city;
(2) Municipal facilities or equipment installed under the supervision and the satisfaction of the city;
(3) Poles or electroliers used exclusively for street lighting;
(4) Overhead wires (exclusive of supporting structures) crossing any portion of a district within which overhead wires have been prohibited, or connecting to buildings on the perimeter of a district, when such wires originate in an area from which poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures are not prohibited;
(5) Poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures used for the transmission of electric energy at nominal voltages in excess of twenty-five thousand (25,000) volts;
(6) Overhead wires attached to the exterior surface of a building by means of a bracket or other fixture and extending from one location on the building to another location on the same building or to an adjacent building without crossing any public streets;
(7) Antennae, associated equipment and supporting structures, used by a utility or person for furnishing communication services;
(8) Equipment appurtenant to underground facilities, such as surface-mounted transformers, pedestal-mounted terminal boxes and meter cabinets, and concealed ducts;
(9) Temporary poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures used or to be used in conjunction with construction projects; and
(10) Overhead wires and fixtures form a structure or pole to other structures or poles on the same premises by owners of or persons in possession of the premises.
(b) Extensions of time may be granted for work which cannot be performed within the time provided on account of shortage of materials, war, restraint by public authorities, strikes, labor disturbances, civil disobedience, or any other circumstances beyond the control of the person required to do the work.
(Ord. No. 5841, § 1, 8-1-83)