All electric light, electric power, telephone and telegraph wires and cables for the conveyance of electrical energy for any purpose, in the districts defined in Section 917.01 shall be placed underground. No poles or supports therefore shall be allowed to remain, or be, or be constructed on any portion of the streets or sidewalks in such districts, except ornamental standards for the support of street illumination and supports for traffic control devices. It is not the intention of this article to require the removal of overhead electric light, electric power, telephone or telegraph wires and cables, in intersecting streets where such wires or cables cross the streets herein enumerated, except that poles for the support of such overhead wires or cables shall not be erected, maintained or used within the districts defined in Section 917.01.
(Ord. 77- 1964 §2.)