[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.
[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.
[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.