The city council shall have the exclusive power to grant a license
or permit for construction and maintenance of lines for the transmission
of electricity for lighting, heating or power and the transmission
of intelligence by electricity or by telephone, whether by electricity
or otherwise, or for the transmission of television signals, whether
by electricity or otherwise, along, under and across such streets
of the city as the city council may deem advisable.
(Prior revision § 14A-1)
Every order granted under this chapter shall be subject to the
right of the city to place, free of charge, its fire alarm, telegraph,
telephone and police and traffic signal wires upon any poles or within
conduits in each case where it is practicable and safe to do so. In
every underground conduit one duct not less than three inches in diameter
shall be reserved and maintained for the above-enumerated systems
of the city and the city shall have the right of access thereto at
all reasonable times for the purpose of repair, alteration, installation
or maintenance thereof.
(Prior revision § 14A-2)
A.
The
city council may authorize the attachment of the wires and fixtures
of another owner upon the poles, piers and abutments or to maintain
its wires or cables in the conduits of a company heretofore granted
locations for poles or conduits in the streets and ways of the city.
B.
Before
granting such attachment the council shall have received, in writing,
the assent of the owners of any poles or conduits to such attachment.
(Prior revision § 14A-3)
Construction and maintenance of lines for purposes specified in Section 12.20.010 shall be approved by the inspector of wires and the city engineer.
(Prior revision § 14A-4)
No person erecting or maintaining any wires shall cut or trim
any trees standing in a street or other public place without having
obtained legal authority to do so from the tree warden.
(Prior revision § 14A-5; C.O. 17-389, § 2, 12/11/2017)
All persons licensed to erect poles and fixtures and to construct
conduits under the provisions of this chapter shall first, before
proceeding, give to the city an agreement in writing, satisfactory
to the mayor, saving the city harmless against any and all claims
for damages, costs, expenses or compensation for, or on account of,
or in any way growing out of, the erection, maintenance or use of
such poles, conduits and fixtures on or in such streets, or any act
or omission of such persons, their agents or servants, or in any manner
arising from the rights or privileges granted them by the city.
(Prior revision § 14A-6)
