As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
DOUBLE POLE
Any damaged utility pole or old utility pole from which the
plant has been removed, in whole or in part, which is attached or
in close proximity to a new utility pole.
PERSON
Includes any individual, firm, partnership or corporation.
PLANT
Any attachment to a utility pole, including but not limited
to cables, terminals, conductors, and other fixtures necessary for
transmitting electric, telephone, cable television or other telecommunication
services.
UTILITY
Any corporation, authority, or other entity that provides
electric, telephone, cable television or other telecommunications
services to the residents of the Town of East Hampton.
WRITTEN NOTIFICATION
A writing directed to a representative of a public utility,
who may be designated by the utility, by regular mail, fax transmission
or electronic mail.
No person, firm or corporation shall place or erect any utility
pole for any purpose in or upon any Town highway or right-of-way of
said Town, or alter or change the location of any existing utility
pole in any Town highway or right-of-way of said Town without first
having obtained the written consent of the Town Superintendent of
Highways. Application for a permit under this section shall be made
upon a form to be provided by the Superintendent of Highways and upon
payment of a permit fee. The fees to be paid for such permits shall
be set, from time to time, by resolution of the Town Board.
When the Superintendent of Highways determines that a utility
pole in a Town highway or right-of-way, which has a plant attached
to it, is damaged and/or a double pole, the Superintendent of Highways
shall notify any utility with a plant on the damaged or double pole
that it shall remove its plant from the pole, as well as the pole,
within 30 days of written notification.