[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of
the City of East Orange 3-25-1968 by Ord. No. 20-1968 as Ch. 19, Secs. 19:1-1 through
19:1-7, of the 1968 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
No pole shall be erected within any public right-of-way
by any telegraph, telephone or electric light company or by any board
or commission of the City or by any other person without the consent
of the City Council. No pole shall be erected on any sidewalk less
than seven feet wide.
[Amended 5-27-1986 by Ord. No. 25-1986]
The Director of Public Works shall establish
specifications as to the height, size, type and character of poles
to be erected within the City. All poles within the City shall be
erected and maintained in accordance with such specifications.
The City shall have the right to use the top
crossbeam of any telegraph, telephone or electric light pole for the
purpose of attaching and maintaining wires of the City.
[Amended 5-27-1986 by Ord. No. 25-1986]
All decayed or unsafe poles in any street or
sidewalk of the City shall be removed within 24 hours after notice
in writing by the Director of Public Works to the person maintaining
any such pole, and if not removed within such time, the same may be
removed by the Director of Public Works.
No person shall climb upon any light post or
hang or place any goods or merchandise thereon or place any material
upon or against the same or extinguish or partially extinguish or
obscure the light of any streetlight, unless duly authorized to do
so.
No person shall suspend or maintain over or
across any building any wire or cable for the purpose of conducting
electricity for light, heat or power.
No telegraph, telephone or electric light wire
shall be less than 16 feet above the surface of any street or sidewalk.
[Added 11-10-1980 by Ord. No. 15-1980[1]]
Violators of any of the provisions of this chapter
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more
than $2,000, imprisonment for not more than 90 days and/or 90 days
of community service.
