[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of East Greenville 3-10-1902.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Cable television franchise — See Ch. A98.
It shall be the duty of every owner or owners, corporation, firm or
individual who has erected in the Borough of East Greenville any telegraph
or telephone poles to make application to the Borough Treasurer on or before
the first Monday of April in each and every year for a license to maintain
the poles heretofore erected for the ensuing year, specifying the poles so
to be maintained, and the Borough Treasurer shall issue a license to such
applicants which shall authorize the maintenance of the poles designated in
the application only for the period of one year from the first Monday in April
next ensuing the date of said application and no longer. The charge for issuing
such license shall be the sum of $0.50 per year for each and every pole authorized
to be maintained thereby and shall be paid to the Borough Treasurer for the
use of said borough.
No telegraph or telephone poles shall be maintained within the corporate
limits of the Borough of East Greenville unless an annual license for the
maintenance thereof shall have been previously granted for the same in accordance
with the provisions of this chapter.
Any corporation, firm or individual who is now enjoying or may hereafter
enjoy the privileges of erecting and maintaining poles within the limits of
this borough for the purpose provided for in this chapter shall be liable
for all damages caused to public or private property by reason of said privileges
and shall at all times keep and maintain said poles in good repair at all
places where the same are now or may hereafter be erected and shall have all
poles painted eight feet high and repainted to the satisfaction of the Chief
of Police, who is hereby constituted the Inspector of Poles.
It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police, as the Inspector of Poles,
to cause a thorough and careful inspection to be made at least once in every
year of all telegraph and telephone poles erected within the corporate limits
of the Borough of East Greenville; and if any pole shall be found to be defective
or dangerous from any cause, said Chief of Police shall notify the corporation,
firm or individual owning such pole, who shall forthwith replace the same
with a sound pole, and if the said owner neglects or refuses to replace such
defective pole within 48 hours after receiving such notification, he or they
shall be liable to a fine of $5 for each and every day during which said neglect
or refusal shall continue, said fine to be collected as debts of like amount
are now by law recoverable.
Upon complying with the provisions and requirements of this chapter,
the privileges heretofore granted to such corporations, firms or individuals
by ordinance shall not be in any way affected. The Council of the Borough
of East Greenville, however, reserves the right to revoke by ordinance any
of the privileges mentioned in this chapter or any other ordinance.
