Sec. 746.107. - Regulation of poles, wires and subdivision identification signs on streets; permit required; location.

(a) No person shall place along the City streets telegraph, telephone or other poles or wires or subdivision identification signs without a permit from the City Engineer, provided, however, that any subdivision identification sign erected prior to May 25, 1982, shall be deemed to be properly located and permitted. The applicant for a permit shall file a plat or site plan and specifications showing the proposed location of all poles, wires or subdivision identification signs. (b) The City Engineer shall cause proper stakes to be placed before poles or subdivision identification signs are set along the streets. Stakes or markings for poles shall be placed at the curbline. The Director of Public Works may approve the location of poles and wires or designate some other convenient location therefor, or may require them to be placed underground. No additional poles, wires or subdivision signs shall be erected or strung without an additional permit. The Director shall designate the sides of the streets along which the poles, wires or subdivision identification signs shall be strung or located and shall not permit the same company to erect or maintain poles, string wires or locate subdivision identification signs along both sides of a street, except in case of necessity, when a special permit may be granted by the Director of Public Works. (c) The Director of Public Works may order a change of location of an existing pole or wire, designate its proper location and require the change to be made within a reasonable time, not less than five days, whenever he finds the change necessary in the public interest; or he may remove it. (d) The Director of Public Works shall prescribe the height, dimensions and character of telegraph, telephone and other poles used or development identification signs, provided such signs do not exceed the maximum area or height prescribed by Section 656.416 , and shall require the removal of poles and signs which do not comply. (e) The Director of Public Works shall at once cause the abatement of a dangerous condition relating to poles or wires. The owner shall either abate the dangerous condition or pay the cost of abatement to the City. (f) Nothing in this Section and no action of the City hereunder shall be construed as extending or increasing the rights of any person as to the use of streets or public places other than under and by the provisions of laws granting to him the right to use the streets for the purposes proposed. (g) Violation of this Section shall constitute a class A offense. (h) Upon violation of a provision of this Section, the Director of Public Works shall declare forfeited all franchises, grants, privileges, licenses and immunities of the violator to use any of the City streets for poles and wires. (Code 1965, §§ 38-35—38-39; Ord. 70-650-526; Ord. 71-397-181; Ord. 82-421-174, § 1; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1; Ord. 86-1523-8710, § 15; Ord. 2001-1057-E, § 2) Note— Former § 606.106.