[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of East Pittsburgh 6-11-1896 by Ord. No. 23 (Ch. 37, Art. II, of the 1980 Code of Ordinances). Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 4-14-1980 by Ord. No. 753]
It shall be the duty of any company maintaining a system of electric light, heat, or power, telephone, telegraph, and electric street railway poles and wires within the highways to annually secure from the Secretary of the Borough a permit for the privilege so to do. The permits shall be dated June 1 and shall designate what and the total number of poles and the miles of wire maintained by the company securing it within the highways of the Borough.
It shall be the duty of any company maintaining any of the aforesaid systems of poles and wires[1] within the highways of said Borough before the first day of June 1896 to consecutively number its poles.
[1]
Editor's Note: See § 351-1 of this chapter.
[Amended 4-14-1980 by Ord. No. 753]
Hereafter, no pole shall be so erected that it may not be maintained in the sidewalk immediately inside the curbline and of at least the following heights:
A. 
Electric light, heat, power, telephone and telegraph poles: 25 feet from the surface.
B. 
Electric street railway poles: 24 1/2 feet from the surface.
[Amended 4-14-1980 by Ord. No. 753]
It shall be the duty of the police and street authorities to have a constant care and oversight over the system of poles and wires of any company insofar as the same are in the highway. Should the poles or wires become dangerous to abutting property owners or persons using the highways, such fact shall be reported immediately to the Secretary of the Borough, who is hereby required to notify at once the company owning said poles and wires of their dangerous condition.
[Amended 4-3-1936 by Ord. No. 524]
The fee for the inspection and regulation of poles on public highways in the Borough of East Pittsburgh be set at the rate of $0.25 per pole per year.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Section 2 of Ordinance 524 repealed all inconsistent provisions of other ordinances.
[Amended 4-14-1980 by Ord. No. 753]
Any person, firm or corporation who or which shall violate any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $300, and costs of prosecution, or, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more than 30 days, provided each violation of any provision of this article, and each day the same is continued, shall be deemed a separate offense.