[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Canton 11-10-1975 by L.L. No. 5-1975 as Ch. 107 of the 1975 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Electrical standards — See Ch. 144.
A. 
No posts, poles, structures or supports used for supporting electrical or other wires and no wires used or to be used for conducting electricity shall be placed in, over or under any street or public place within the Village of Canton without permission of the Board of Trustees.
B. 
Such permission shall not become operative, take effect or have any validity until the person, firm or corporation to whom it is granted files with the Village Clerk a written agreement assenting to the conditions contained in this chapter, accepting said permit subject thereto and promising to abide by and perform all the conditions and provisions of the ordinance of the Village of Canton relating thereto and all ordinances thereafter enacted amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.
Every application to the Board of Trustees for such permit shall state the intended location of each pole and wires and the purpose for which such pole and wires are to be used, and the Board of Trustees shall require a map or print of the proposed construction filed with the Village Clerk.
Every person, firm or corporation erecting, maintaining or using such poles, structures, supports or wires shall indemnify and save harmless the Village of Canton, its officers, agents and servants from and against all claims and demands for injuries or alleged injuries to person or property occasioned by the existence of such poles, posts, structures, supports or wires or by the transmission of electric current by means thereof. The said village and the Board of Trustees or its officers, agents or servants exercising the rights, powers and permission herein shall not be held liable by such person, firm or corporation on account thereof or by reason of any injury or damage caused thereby.
The wires, posts, poles, structures and supports of the fire alarm system shall at all times take precedence and right-of-way as to all other wires, posts, poles, structures and supports maintained and erected in the Village of Canton, and no lineman or any other person either in erecting wires, posts, poles, structures or supports or in any way whatsoever shall interfere with or disturb, discharge or change the fire alarm or any appurtenances thereto, except under the direction of the Municipal Board or Board of Trustees.
All poles for telegraphs, telephones and electric lights shall be straight, properly trimmed and shall be of iron, cedar, chestnut, hard pine or concrete.
Whenever any wires or cables shall cross any street or way, they shall be at a height of not less than 18 feet above said street or way and cross at right angles unless otherwise directed by resolution of the Board of Trustees.
All poles now standing or to be hereafter erected shall be branded or stamped with the initials of the company owning them at a point not less than five nor more than seven feet from the street surface and when a pole is occupied by wires belonging to more than one company, each group of cross arms, or when necessary the support of a single wire of different ownership, must be designated by some characteristic paint, mark or fastening.
A. 
All broken and dead wires and all wires, poles and fixtures not actually in use must be removed from the streets, avenues and highways of the village.
B. 
When an old pole is taken down it must be removed from the street the same day.
C. 
New poles must not be brought upon any street more than three days previous to their erection.
D. 
Any pole that shall lie on any street more than three days shall be moved at the expense of the party owning it.
Whenever any person, firm or corporation maintaining electric wires in any street shall make any alteration in the arrangement of such wires or move any poles or shall make any addition to those already in operation, such person, firm or corporation shall file in the Village Clerk's office a plan showing the location where said work is to be done and shall secure a permit from the Board of Trustees or the Village Clerk.
A. 
On all streets where curbstones are set, all poles shall be erected between the sidewalk and curb and when there are no curbstones the poles shall be erected so as not to interfere with the gutters. The Board of Trustees may by resolution direct at what place or places poles may be erected.
B. 
No pole shall be erected within 10 feet of any hydrant nor so as to interfere with any water pipes, driveways or intersections of streets.
C. 
On streets where a subway has been built for conducting electric wires, no poles, posts or similar obstructions shall be permitted to be erected or permitted to remain, except where poles, posts or other similar obstructions are erected for streetlighting purposes.
D. 
In such case no pole or post shall be erected without the location being approved by the Board of Trustees.
No two lines of poles shall be erected or maintained on the same side of any street or avenue within the village.
In case of fire the Chief of the Fire Department shall have full power and authority to order and cause any electric wires to be cut and removed and electric currents discontinued until the fire is extinguished.
No wire for the transmission of electricity shall be attached to the poles of the fire alarm system except by permission of the Municipal Board.
All persons using electric power for lighting or otherwise shall conform to the full requirements of the National Board of Fire Underwriters.
The Village of Canton reserves the right to place wires on all telephone, telegraph, electric light and other poles erected in the village at least 40 inches below the other wires for use in connection with the fire alarm system or for any other village purpose, and every person, firm or corporation erecting or maintaining such poles shall, when directed by the Municipal Board or Board of Trustees, properly affix thereto, on the space reserved as aforesaid, and cause to be kept in proper repair and condition, arms, brackets or other fixtures as may be directed by the Street Commissioner for the exclusive use of the village.
Every person, firm or corporation erecting, maintaining or using structures, supports or wires within the public streets of the Village of Canton shall change the location of such poles, structures, supports, etc., when directed to do so by resolution of the Board of Trustees if such Board shall determine that such change is necessary on account of any public improvement.
Every person, firm or corporation or any employee, agent, manager, officer or servant thereof guilty of violating any of the provisions of this chapter or failing to comply upon demand with any of the provisions thereof, shall be guilty of disorderly conduct and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $10 nor more than $50 for each offense, and in default of such fine shall be imprisoned in the St. Lawrence County Jail. Every day's failure or refusal to comply with any of such provisions shall constitute a separate offense.