City of Pittsfield, MA DIVISION 3 POSITION OF WIRES IN COMMON LOCATIONS

Sec. 5-36 Position of wires of electric company.

[R. O. 1947, ch. 10, § 24]

On all poles used in common by the Western Massachusetts Electric Company, the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company and the city, the wires of the Western Massachusetts Electric Company shall be placed and maintained at the highest point consistent with safety, which point shall be at least five feet above the point at which the fixture supporting the wires of the fire alarm and police signal systems of the city shall be attached to such poles.

Sec. 5-37 Fixture for wires of fire alarm and police signal systems.

[R. O. 1947, ch. 10, § 25]

The wires of the fire alarm and police signal systems shall be placed and maintained on a fixture attached to such poles at a height of at least 18 inches above the lead cable or other wires of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. The wires of the fire alarm system and the wires of the police signal system shall be placed and maintained on such fixture at a distance of at least six inches from the pole.

Sec. 5-38 Applicability of sections 5-36 and 5-37.

[R. O. 1947, ch. 10, § 26]

The provisions of sections 5-36 and 5-37 shall apply to all corporations which may hereafter transact in the city the business now transacted by the corporations above named, as well as to all corporations and persons that may hereafter transact a similar business.

Sec. 5-39 Boxes of fire alarm and police signal systems to be grounded.

[R. O. 1947, ch. 10, § 27]

All boxes of the fire alarm and police signal systems now in service, as well as those which may hereafter be installed, shall be grounded in an approved grounding device, which device shall be sunk in the ground for a distance of at least six feet.