It is declared that the public health, safety and general welfare
require the regulation and control of wires, poles and other wire-carrying
structures within certain areas of the City. The provisions of this
chapter are adopted pursuant to the foregoing determination and declaration
to preserve, protect and best serve the public peace, health, safety
and general welfare.
(Prior code § 22.22)
All departments, officials and public employees of the City
vested with the duty or authority to issue permits or licenses shall
conform to the provisions of this chapter and shall issue no permit
or license for uses, buildings or purposes in conflict with the provisions
of this chapter and any permit or license issued in conflict with
the provisions of this chapter shall be null and void.
Any wire strung or structure erected, constructed or maintained
contrary to the provisions of this division shall be declared to constitute
a public nuisance, and thereby unlawful, and the City Attorney shall,
upon order of the City Council, immediately commence action or proceedings
for the abatement, removal or enjoinment thereof, in the manner provided
by law, and take such other action as necessary to cause the abatement
and removal of such nuisance.
(Prior code § 22.24)
It is unlawful for any person to string or suspend above the
surface of the ground any wires other than guyed wires, or to erect
or construct, or cause to be erected or constructed, any pole or other
structure designed to carry telephone, telegraph, electric conduit
or other wires suspended above the surface of the ground at any place
within 100 feet of the centerline of Montgomery Drive, a duly established
public street in the City between the west bank of Santa Rosa Creek
and the east line of Doyle Park Drive, a duly established public street
in the City, except that nothing contained in this chapter shall be
determined to prevent the erection or construction of electroliers
or other standards for street lighting purposes along Montgomery Drive,
or to prevent the stringing or suspension above the surface of the
ground of any service wire leading into any building located on land
abutting upon Montgomery Drive, from any telephone, telegraph, electric
conduit or other utility installation upon the side or rear property
line of such property abutting upon Montgomery Drive, or to prevent
the stringing or suspension of any wire within any building located
on land abutting Montgomery Drive.
(Prior code § 22.23)
