It shall be unlawful for any person, business, corporation,
partnership or entity to erect any utility pole, including but not
limited to any telegraph pole, telephone pole, street railway pole
and cable pole and/or electric light pole, or underground cable, conduit
or pipeline within the Borough of Greenville without first obtaining
from the Borough Manager a license for the same.
The request to erect any utility pole, telegraph pole, telephone
pole, street railway pole, cable pole or electric light pole or underground
cable, conduit or pipeline shall be made in writing to the Borough
Manager specifying the location of where said pole is to be erected
and maintained.
It shall also be the duty of every owner, person, business,
partnership or other entity of any existing utility pole, telegraph
pole, telephone pole, street railway pole, cable pole or electric
light pole or underground cable, conduit or pipeline to obtain a license
from the Borough for each existing pole.
The fee for each utility pole, telegraph pole, telephone pole,
street railway pole, cable pole or electric light pole currently erected
or upon application for a license for the erection of a new pole shall
be $0.50 per pole on overhead utilities. Upon the election of the
owner of an aboveground pole or, alternatively, for all underground
utility lines, the fee shall be $50 per one mile of cable, conduit
or pipeline.
It shall be the duty of the owner, corporation, business, entity
or partnership to apply annually on or before March 1 of each and
every year for a new license, and each license issued shall be valid
for a period of one year thereafter. In the case of application being
made for the erection of a new pole after March 1, said license shall
only be valid for the period of time commencing from the date of issuance
until the last day of February in the following year.
In the event that an owner, corporation, partnership, business
or other entity does not comply with this chapter, the same shall
be sentenced for a fine of not more than $600 plus costs, and, in
default of payment of said fine and cost, for a term of imprisonment
of not to exceed 30 days. Each day on which a violation shall continue
shall be deemed a separate offense.