All construction work performed pursuant to a license granted under §
125-22 shall be thoroughly performed in accordance with all applicable codes, and all kinds of material used shall be of the best quality obtainable and subject to the approval of the Director. The poles shall be sound, smooth, and straight, firmly set in the ground, and of such height and erected at such points and in such a manner and the wires secured with such insulators, or other fixtures or fastenings, as shall preclude all danger from fire or other injury to persons or property; all poles from which are suspended a wire or wires carrying more than 500 volts shall be plainly so marked. All pavements removed in the erection or removal of poles shall be properly replaced, and all removal of each for the same purpose shall be properly restored and the street left in a condition which shall fully satisfy the Director.
No person shall use said poles for which a license has been granted pursuant to §
125-22 for the posting of bills or other advertising purposes or any other purpose except that for which the license was granted.
No person to whom a license has been granted pursuant to §
125-22 shall attach any electric wires, insulator, or any device for the holding of any wire to any tree growing or planted upon any public road, sidewalk, or City property without a written permit of the Community Services Department.
Every person or corporation having any wire or wires running through a public road, sidewalk, or City property pursuant to a license issued pursuant to §
125-22 shall securely fasten such wire or wires to such pole(s) so that they shall not come loose and come into contact with any person.
Whenever in the event of a fire it may be deemed necessary by the officers of the Fire and Rescue Department to cut, break, pull down, or remove any of said wires installed pursuant to a license issued pursuant to §
125-22, in order to extinguish or prevent the spread of a fire, or protect the safety of persons or property, such action may be taken without any liability therefor on their part or the part of the City, and such wires so damaged or destroyed shall be repaired and restored by the owners thereof, at their expense, without expense or cost to the City.
Whenever any wires, conduits, or poles, installed pursuant to a license issued pursuant to §
125-22, now in use or hereafter constructed shall pass out of use or become useless or "dead wires," so-called, the owners thereof shall within 60 days take down and remove the same, together with all the other fixtures belonging to said wires, conduits, or poles, and in case of any refusal or neglect to comply with this provision, the City may forthwith revoke the license by which such wires, conduits, or poles were installed.
At any time when the owners of wires, poles, or fixtures installed pursuant to a license issued pursuant to §
125-22 shall neglect to repair and keep them in a safe condition to the satisfaction of the City, upon 15 days' notice to said owners, or any agent, and a hearing if requested, the City may order the removal forthwith of said wires, poles and fixtures, and any license previously obtained shall thereby be revoked.
All corporations, firms, and individuals owning or having the care or control of structures erected in or on a public road, sidewalk, or City property pursuant to a license issued pursuant to §
125-22 shall cause the same to be numbered in numerical order, with the initials of the corporation, firm or individual owning or having care or control of said structure.