[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Pottsville 5-21-1966 by Ord. No. 72-66 as Art. 323 of the 1966 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Department of Streets and Public Improvements — See Ch. 61.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 194.
Cable television franchise — See Ch. A226.
The location, relocation, removal and replacement of all poles, whether used for telegraph, telephone, electric light or otherwise, on the streets and highways shall be determined by the Director of Streets and Public Improvements, subject, however, to the following regulations:
A. 
All poles shall be placed on the curbline or along the building line on all the streets and highways of the city and shall be placed in line with the dividing line of the properties wherever such location is possible and practicable.
B. 
Such poles shall be placed in such manner as to cause the least possible obstruction and injury to the curbs and sidewalks and the trees thereon and so as not to unnecessarily obstruct such portion of the fronts of private properties as may be needed or be lawfully in use for business or other purposes by the owner or tenants of such properties.
C. 
When poles are placed on the curbline, they shall be so placed that the outside line of the poles shall be on a line with the outside line of the curbstones, unless the pavement where such poles are erected shall exceed eight (8) feet in width, in which case such poles shall be placed inside of the curbline and immediately against the curb and the curbstones shall be cut to uniform thickness so that the poles shall rest against the top of the curbstones.
D. 
When poles are placed along the building line, they shall be so placed as to be free and clear from the walls of any buildings erected on abutting properties. However, where unauthorized encroachments project over the building line and on the street, such unauthorized encroachments shall be removed where they interfere with the placing of a pole or poles.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original Section 323.02, Fee, which immediately followed this section, was deleted at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
The secretary of each company is hereby required to furnish to the City Clerk, within thirty (30) days after demand made by the City Clerk, a list containing the number of all poles in the city in actual use and also of those not in actual use erected or owned by such company.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
All applications for permission to erect poles or to run wires on the same or over or under any of the streets, lanes or alleys of the city or to enter upon any public streets or alleys for the purpose of laying down pipes and altering, inspecting and repairing the same by any persons or incorporated companies with the intent to furnish electric light to the public shall be made, in writing, to the Director of Streets and Public Improvements. No such permission shall be granted except under and subject to the following conditions.
The persons or incorporated companies receiving and accepting such permission shall at all times permit the city to use and occupy all poles erected or pipes laid under such permission for police or fire alarm systems, free of charge.
In receiving and accepting such permission, it is expressly understood by such persons or incorporated companies that such permission shall not be an exclusive one, nor shall the permission or right be perpetual. The city reserves the right to require any such persons or incorporated companies to change, alter, relocate or remove any such poles, wires or pipes and other devices erected, laid or located under any such permission on such streets, lanes or alleys at any time for the protection and convenience of the public travel over the same or for the public safety and welfare.
Any person, firm or corporation who or which shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to a fine not exceeding six hundred dollars ($600.), plus costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of said fine or costs, shall be subject to a term of imprisonment not to exceed ninety (90) days.
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Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.