ARTICLE VI. - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH POLES

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--- (3) --- State Law reference— Authority of city council to regulate poles and wires, G.L. 1956, § 45-6-1; cutting, destroying, etc., poles and wires, G.L. 1956, § 11-35-4.

Sec. 32-190. - Compliance with article.#

Any and all telegraph and telephone poles set or maintained in any of the public streets or highways in the city by any person shall be suffered and permitted to be so set and maintained only upon the express conditions set out in this article.

(Code 1973, § 24-1; Code 1994, § 34-171)

Sec. 32-191. - License required.#

No person shall set, use or maintain or shall cause to be set, used or maintained, and no person shall do any work or shall be employed in setting, using or maintaining, any telegraph or telephone pole or line of poles in any public street or highway of the city without a license therefor being first had and obtained from the city council.

(Code 1973, § 24-2; Code 1994, § 34-172)

Sec. 32-192. - Right of use of city.#

The city and the several departments of the city government shall at all times have the first right to occupy and use telegraph and telephone poles set or maintained in any public street or highway for supporting any and all wires used or that may be desired to be used by the city and the departments of city government and in such manner as such departments or either of them may elect.

(Code 1973, § 24-3; Code 1994, § 34-173)

Sec. 32-193. - Responsibility for damages.#

The owner and all persons using or maintaining any telephone or telegraph pole set or maintained in any public street or highway shall be responsible for and shall pay, upon request, all damages that may have resulted or may result to the city or to any person in consequence of the careless and negligent setting, using or maintaining by such owner or user of any such pole.

(Code 1973, § 24-4; Code 1994, § 34-174)

Sec. 32-194. - Setting, use and maintenance subject to regulations of city council.#

The setting, use and maintenance of any telephone or telegraph pole in any street or highway of the city shall at all times be subject to the regulations and directions of the city council.

(Code 1973, § 24-5; Code 1994, § 34-175)

Sec. 32-195. - Removal or repair.#

The owner or user of any telephone or telegraph pole set or maintained in any public street or highway shall change the location of, repair or remove such pole upon the order of the city council so to do.

(Code 1973, § 24-6; Code 1994, § 34-176)

Sec. 32-196. - Interference with wires used by city.#

No person shall remove, change the location of or in any manner interfere with any or either of the wires that are or may be used by the city or by the several departments of city government, as provided for in section 32-192, without permission therefor from the city council.

(Code 1973, § 24-7; Code 1994, § 34-177)

Secs. 32-197—32-215. - Reserved.#