The public service corporations enumerated in §
535-2 shall pay an annual license fee for the supervision and inspection of the erection, construction and maintenance of poles, wires, pipes, mains, conduits, manholes and other instrumentalities occupying the public streets and highways of the City.
[Amended 12-15-1952 by Ord. No. 1386]
A. All owners or lessees of conduits used or occupied by wire-using companies shall pay an annual license tax for such conduits constructed, maintained or used in or under the public highways or grounds of the City, per mile, as specified in Chapter
285, Fees.
B. All wire-using companies shall pay an annual license tax on wires strung, whether one or several strands or cables, erected, maintained or used over, above or under the public highways or public grounds of the City, per mile, as specified in Chapter
285, Fees.
C. All such pole-using companies shall pay an annual license tax on each pole erected, maintained or used in and on the public highways or public grounds of the City, as specified in Chapter
285, Fees.
D. Each gas company shall pay an annual license tax on all mains laid, maintained or used in and under the public highways or public grounds of the City, per mile, as specified in Chapter
285, Fees.
E. Each steam-heating company shall pay an annual license tax on all mains laid, maintained or used in and under the public highways or public grounds of the City, per mile, as specified in Chapter
285, Fees.
F. Each corporation licensed under this class shall annually,
in December of each year, certify to the City License Officer the
amount of taxable subjects herein specified for license for the ensuing
year.
Any corporation violating any of the provisions
of this article shall be fined not more than $300.