[R.O. 2011 § 505.650; R.O. 2009 § 54.153; CC 1981 § 24-154]
All telephone wires or communication cables and fiber optic lines shall be run and placed so that the lowest wire at the lowest point shall be at least twenty (20) feet above the surface of the street or alley or the curbstone of the sidewalk, as the case may be.
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Cross Reference: As to penalty, § 100.150.
[R.O. 2011 § 505.660; R.O. 2009 § 54.154; CC 1981 § 24-155]
The right is reserved by the City Council at any time to direct any alteration in the location of poles now erected or hereafter to be erected and also in the height at which the wires shall run; provided that before any such alteration is made, at least five (5) days' notice in writing shall be given to the President or local officer in charge of the company affected by the proposed alteration and reasonable opportunity shall be afforded the representatives of such company or any citizen interested to be heard therein. When any such alteration shall be ordered, the company shall, within five (5) days thereafter, commence such alterations and complete the same as soon as practicable thereafter and upon failure so to do, it shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation.
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Cross Reference: As to penalty, § 100.150.
[R.O. 2011 § 505.670; R.O. 2009 § 54.155; CC 1981 § 24-156]
All telephone and communication cables and fiber optic lines companies doing business in this City shall at all times keep and maintain their telephone and communication cables and fiber optic lines poles, guy poles, wires, cables and other fixtures in the streets, alleys or public places in good repair and shall not permit their wires or cable to unnecessarily sag between poles or other fixtures, nor to in any manner interfere with the City electric light or fire alarm or other electric wires of the City. Any company or local officer in charge, failing or refusing to make alterations or repairs immediately upon receiving notice from the Director of Public Works or his/her designee to do so, shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation.
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Cross Reference: As to penalty, § 100.150.