No new local service utility distribution lines, poles and related
structures and fixtures shall be installed or placed in or on any
public property or public right-of-way unless authorized by the Board
of Trustees after a public hearing.
No new local service distribution or transmission lines or extensions
of existing local service distribution or transmission lines, or poles
and related structures and fixtures, shall be installed or placed
above ground unless authorized by the Board of Trustees after a public
hearing. This prohibition shall not apply to the replacement or upgrade
of preexisting wires, cables, poles or related facilities, or to the
addition of new wires, cables, poles and related facilities that are
located within the geographic boundaries of an existing aboveground
utility distribution network.