No utility shall install or construct, except by way of replacement or upgrading of existing facilities, any poles and overhead wires and associated overhead structures upon, along or across any public way within the parts of the town listed in §
177-2 herein. Any poles and overhead wires and associated overhead structures installed or constructed in violation of this chapter shall be immediately removed by the utility responsible therefor.
This chapter applies to the following parts of town:
A. Any new way within a new subdivision approved by the Planning Board.
B. Any way in which the wires and utility facilities are underground
as of the effective date of this chapter.
This article implements MGL c. 166, § 22C and associated
sections and shall be construed in a manner consistent with these
sections and with the definitions in MGL c. 166, § 22A.