[Adopted 2-25-1958 by Ord. No. 58-6]
No pole shall hereafter be erected in any street in the Borough
of Kenilworth by any telegraph, telephone or electric light company
or by any person or corporation whatsoever unless the consent of the
Borough Council and the approval of property owners to such erection
shall be first obtained, and in no case shall trees be mutilated by
cutting limbs or branches without first obtaining permission from
the Borough Council. No posts shall be erected on any sidewalk when
said sidewalk is less than seven feet wide.
No person, company or corporation shall attach any guy or stay
line or wire or any electric wire, insulator or other device for the
holding of an electric wire to any tree standing in a street of the
Borough of Kenilworth.
All telegraph, telephone or electric light poles erected by
permission as herein provided and poles already erected and renewed
shall be straight and free from imperfection and in length shall not
be less than 35 feet and in diameter not less than 10 inches at the
butt and five inches at the top. All poles of the dimensions aforesaid
shall be set not less than five feet in the ground. Poles exceeding
35 feet in length shall be set six inches in the ground for each four
feet of height, and any pole that, in the judgment of the Council,
is unsafe shall be removed by the corporation maintaining same within
10 days after notice from the Council to remove the same shall have
been given.
It shall be deemed part of the permission to set such telegraph,
telephone or electric light poles that a cross piece put on all poles
hereafter erected may be used by the Borough of Kenilworth to place
fire alarms or police patrol or telephone wires.
