Utility, power or telephone poles to be located in excess of seven feet
from a lot line bordering a street shall require a building permit, and all
floodlight poles shall require a building permit.
Building permits issued to public utility companies as to utility, power
or telephone poles for customer service shall require no building permit fee.
The building permit fee for all other towers and poles shall be $5.
Poles shall not exceed 35 feet in height above ground level except when
higher poles are required in order to comply with accepted utility industry
and governmental standards for installation of utility distribution lines
and upon issuance of a special permit by the Board of Trustees.
Satellite antennas and related equipment capable of receiving radio
and television signals from earth-orbiting satellites shall not exceed four
feet in diameter and shall be designed to withstand wind velocities of up
to 120 miles per hour.
All electrical power transmission lines with an electrical potential
exceeding 20,000 volts constructed after the effective date of this chapter
shall be installed underground.
[Added 8-4-1986 by L.L. No. 7-1986]
Any person committing an offense against any provision of this chapter
shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a violation pursuant to the Penal
Law of the State of New York, punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 or by
imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
The continuation of an offense against the provisions of this chapter shall
constitute, for each day the offense is continued, a separate and distinct
offense hereunder.