[L.L. No. 3-2015]
(a) 
No person, firm or corporation shall place or erect any utility pole for any purpose in or upon any village roadway or right-of-way of said village nor alter or change the location of any existing pole in any village roadway or right-of-way of said village without first having obtained the written consent of the village superintendent of highways.
(b) 
No person, firm or corporation shall install a new or replacement utility pole directly next to or in close proximity to an existing damaged utility pole in or upon any village roadway or right-of-way, or adjacent to any village roadway or right-of-way, without removing the existing damaged utility pole.
[L.L. No. 3-2015]
The village superintendent of highways shall not give his written consent that any act or acts set forth in section 17-127 be performed unless there shall have been furnished by the applicant a sufficient indemnity or performance bond as determined by the superintendent of highways as a condition precedent thereto. Said bond or indemnity shall be for a reasonable amount and may cover one (1) or more than one (1) of the acts specified in section 17-127 of this article, and said bond or indemnity may cover any period of time necessary to include the accomplishment of one (1) or more of the aforesaid acts, all as shall be determined by the village superintendent of highways. The approval of the superintendent of highways as to amount, for, manner of execution and sufficiency or surety or sureties shall be endorsed on said bond before it shall be filed in the village clerk's office, and said bond shall be so filed before said consent shall be effective.
[L.L. No. 3-2015]
When the superintendent of highways, or his/her designee, determines that a utility pole in a highway or right-of-way is damaged and/or a double pole or plant, the superintendent, or his/her designee, shall notify the utility that owns or operates the pole that it must remove said pole within thirty (30) days of written notice or be subject to the penalty contained in section 17-130 below.
[L.L. No. 3-2015]
(a) 
Any person, firm, corporation or public utility convicted of a violation of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a violation, for a first conviction, punishable by a fine not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) or by imprisonment not exceeding fifteen (15) days, or both. A misdemeanor, for a second or subsequent conviction, punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment not exceeding thirty (30) days, or both.
(b) 
Any person, firm or corporation or public utility that violates this law and fails to remove their damaged and/or double pole or plant from a damaged pole within thirty (30) days or receiving notification shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for each such violation. Each thirty-day period that the violation continues shall be deemed a separate violation.
(c) 
If a person, firm or corporation or public utility violates the provisions of this article and fails to remove their damaged and/or double pole or plant from a damaged pole in accordance with the provisions of this article, the village attorney may commence an action in the name of the Incorporated Village of Bellport in a court of competent jurisdiction for necessary relief which may include imposition of civil penalties as authorized by this article, in order to remove the double pole or plant from a damaged utility pole and/or to remove the damaged pole, the recovery of costs of the action and such other remedies as may be necessary to prevent or enjoin dangerous condition from existing on a village roadway or right-of-way.