[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of West
Greenwich 10-13-1976 by Ord. No.
39. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person, firm or corporation shall hereafter erect or construct
within the Town of West Greenwich an overhead system for the transmission
or distribution of electrical power or for the addition or extension
of any existing overhead line without first obtaining a permit for
the same from the Building Official.
No person, firm or corporation shall hereafter erect or construct
within the Town of West Greenwich any overhead system for the transmission
of electric power within 150 feet (measured in a horizontal plane
at ground level under said transmission line) of any public highway
of this Town.
No person, firm or corporation shall hereafter erect or construct
within the Town of West Greenwich any overhead system for the transmission
of electric power within 150 feet (measured in a horizontal plane
at ground level under said transmission line) of the boundary line
of any lot upon which there shall be a building occupied as a dwelling.
No person, firm or corporation shall hereafter erect or construct
within the Town of West Greenwich any overhead system for the transmission
of electric power within 150 feet (measured in a horizontal plane
at ground level under said transmission line) of any boundary line
of any lot upon which there shall be a building used as a place of
public assembly.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Overhead lines of any voltage used to transmit or distribute
electric power, except that this chapter shall not apply to any circuits
whose rating is 7,500 volts or less.
Any power cable or group of power cables suspended from two
or more successive vertical structures, which cable or group of cables
is designed or adapted to transmit electric power.
Any person, firm or corporation who or which shall violate the
section of this chapter shall be fined not exceeding $20 for each
offense. For the purposes of this chapter, the erection of each separate
pole in said transmission line shall be deemed a separate offense
and the offense shall be deemed to reoccur each day a line shall be
so maintained.[1]
