[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Bellerose 5-11-1925 by Ord. No. 26; amended in its entirety 6-23-2020 by L.L. No. 2-2020. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
A. 
No person, entity, utility or agency shall, except upon written permit by the Building Inspector, erect or expand any telecommunication, electric or light poles; or string wires under, over or upon the streets or public grounds of the Village or upon, over or in front of any building.
B. 
The permit fee shall be established by the Board of Trustees by appropriate resolution from time to time.
Unless lesser requirements are otherwise expressly permitted by the Building Inspector, the Board of Trustees sitting in site plan review, or the Board of Appeals upon a related application, and unless greater requirements are otherwise required by one of said Boards or in this Code, all utilities and other pipelines, conduits, ducts, cables, wires, fiber optics and similar materials (hereinafter together referred to as ''lines") within the streets, roads, highways, sidewalks, rights-of-way, parks and other lands of the Village of Bellerose or over which the Village shall have jurisdiction shall be placed underground, not less than the distances set forth below from the surface, except when such materials are attached to existing poles in a vertical position at the point where they are to thereafter continue aboveground:
A. 
Primary voltage electric lines: 36 inches.
B. 
Secondary voltage electric lines: 30 inches.
C. 
Telephone and cable lines: 30 inches.
D. 
All other lines: 18 inches.
Any person, entity, utility or agency violating the provisions of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not less than $1,000 nor greater than $10,000 for each offense and shall, in addition thereto, be declared to be and be prosecuted as a disorderly person. Further, and as shall be required, they shall be fined with the actual costs to remove and replace such improper installation along with costs to resurface roadways, or restore lawns, trees or property, if necessarily performed by another contractor or utility. This provision shall likewise be enforceable by appropriate injunctive relief, with the costs thereof to be satisfied by the violator.