[Adopted 6-16-2003 by Ord. No. 844]
A. 
No person shall construct or maintain any poles to carry electrical, telephone, telegraph or other communication wires or cables over or across any public sidewalk, street, alley, way, easement, right-of-way or other public property within the City of Havre de Grace unless said person shall first have paid to the City an annual fee for each such pole so constructed or maintained.
B. 
The annual fee for each such pole so constructed or maintained shall be as follows:
Period
Rate
From July 1, 1992 through June 30, 2003
$19.80
July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005
$21.78
July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2007
$22.43
July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2009
$23.10
July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2011
$23.79
July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2013, and each year thereafter
$24.47
A. 
No person shall construct or maintain any underground conduit for the erection and maintenance of electrical, telephone, telegraph or other communication wires or cables under or across any public sidewalk, street, alley, way, easement, right-of-way or other public property within the City of Havre de Grace unless such person shall first have paid to the City an annual fee per linear foot for each conduit so constructed or maintained.
B. 
The fee per linear foot for each such conduit so constructed or maintained shall be as follows:
Period
Rate
From July 1, 1992 through June 30, 2003
$0.66
July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005
$0.73
July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2007
$0.75
July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2009
$0.77
July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2011
$0.79
July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2013, and each year thereafter
$0.81
The fees imposed by §§ 177-5 and 177-6 shall be payable annually on or before August 1 at the office of the City Director of Finance.
Any person maintaining such poles, wires, cables or conduits shall file with the City Director of Finance during the month of July of each year a sworn statement verifying the number of poles maintained and the number of linear feet of all such cables or conduits and shall identify the name of the street, alley or way on, under, over or across which said poles, cables or conduits are located.