The overhead installation of electric service is dangerous, unsightly
and a detriment to the preservation of public health, the protection of property
and the safety and welfare of the residents of the Village of Northport. The
overhead installation of wires is unsightly and constitutes a potential peril
to the safety of persons on the public thoroughfares in the Village of Northport.
The control of installation of electric service within the Village of Northport
is therefore regulated for the preservation of public health, safety and welfare
of the residents of the Village of Northport.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
ELECTRIC SERVICE
Includes the takeoff from the underground cable or conduit maintained
by the public utility in the bed of the street or highway in any business
zone to the meter connection on or in any privately owned building or structure.
OWNER OF PROPERTY
Includes the legal owner, contract purchaser, a tenant, lessee, occupant,
undertenant, receiver or assignee of premises or property located within the
Village of Northport.
PREMISES
Includes all structures within any business zone in the Village of
Northport fronting on a street or highway in which underground services are
installed by the public utility.
The Code Compliance Director of the Village of Northport shall make
all inspections hereunder and shall enforce all violations of the provisions
hereof.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation either as owner,
occupant, lessee, agent, tenant or otherwise of any private property within
the business zone of the Village of Northport to continue to use overhead
electric service on any street or highway in which the public utility currently
maintains underground cables or conduits beyond the first day of June 1968.