ARTICLE V. - ELECTRIC POLES AND WIRES
Part of the Code of Ordinances of East Providence, RI.
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--- (5) --- Cross reference— Utilities, ch. 17.
Sec. 8-86. - Wires defined.#
For the purpose of this article, the term wires shall mean all wires to be used for conducting currents of electricity for the transmission or production of light, heat or motive power.
(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 8-86)
Cross reference— Definitions generally, § 1-2.
Sec. 8-87. - Permit to place wires.#
No wire shall be placed or maintained in, over or under any street, square, lane, alley or highway in the city without permission of the mayor or until the person or corporation placing or maintaining such wire shall have filed with the city clerk a written agreement accepting and promising to abide by and perform all the conditions and provisions of this article and of all ordinances or orders in amendment of or in addition hereto that may be hereafter enacted.
(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 8-87; Ch. 877, § I, 6-6-23)
Sec. 8-88. - Application for permit to place poles and wires.#
(a)
Authority is hereby delegated to the mayor to issue licenses and permits for pole locations and abandonment thereof and underground conduit permits.
(b)
No permission to erect or maintain poles or wires shall be granted except on written application to the mayor. Every such application and every permission given to place and maintain poles or wires over, in or under streets, squares, lanes or alleys shall state the intended location of such wires and poles.
(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 8-88; Ch. 877, § I, 6-6-23)
Sec. 8-89. - Revocation of permit to place poles and wires; removal by city.#
Permission given by the mayor to erect or maintain poles and wires may be revoked in whole or in part at any time, and any poles or wires may be removed by the city, its officers, agents or servants at any time without notice.
(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 8-89; Ch. 877, § I, 6-6-23)
Sec. 8-90. - City to be indemnified.#
Every person or corporation erecting, maintaining or using such poles or wires shall indemnify and save harmless the city, its officers, agents and servants from and against all lawful claims and demands for injuries to persons or property occasioned by the existence of such poles or wires or the transmission of electric currents by means thereof and the city, mayor, city council or agents or servants of the city, exercising the rights, powers and permission and subject to the restrictions respectively given and reserved in this section, shall not be held liable by such person or corporation on account thereof or by reason of any injury or damage caused thereby.
(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 8-90; Ch. 877, § I, 6-6-23)
Sec. 8-91. - Location, construction, etc., generally.#
The location, height, arrangement, construction and attachments of all poles and wires shall be under the direction of the director of public works or his agent who may at any time in his discretion direct changes to be made therein as the public safety may require.
(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 8-91)
Sec. 8-92. - Poles to be provided by owner; use of poles by others.#
All wires when placed above the surface of the ground shall be suspended from poles which shall be provided and maintained by the person or corporation using such wires, and such person or corporation shall permit any other person or corporation to suspend from such poles, wires for conducting electric currents for lighting, heating or motive power and to place lamps on any pole or a lamppost not in use for that purpose whenever the mayor shall so direct and upon such reasonable conditions, terms and remuneration as the mayor may approve or prescribe.
(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 8-92; Ch. 877, § I, 6-6-23)
Sec. 8-93. - Contact with telephonic, etc., wires; placement of poles.#
No wire shall be placed in contact with any telephone, telegraph or other wires, and poles shall be so placed that the wires shall cross streets only at right angles.
(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 8-93)
Sec. 8-94. - Height of poles; suspension of wire from poles.#
Poles shall not exceed 30 feet in height from the ground, and the lowest line of wire thereon shall be suspended not less than 20 feet from the ground.
(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 8-94)
Sec. 8-95. - Placement of wires on buildings.#
No wire shall be suspended from or attached to any building, except for the purpose of conducting electricity thereto, unless by special permission and in accordance with directions of the director of public works or his agent, and in no case shall such wire be placed on any building in proximity to any other wire.
(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 8-95)
Cross reference— Buildings and building regulations, ch. 4.
Sec. 8-96. - Poles to be marked.#
All poles used for carrying wires for conducting electricity for light, heat or motive power shall be branded or otherwise marked in a legible and permanent manner with the name and title of the person or corporation owning such poles at his expense and to the satisfaction of the mayor. In all cases where wires of more than one person or corporation are placed upon any one pole, that part of the pole or crossarm to which such wires are attached shall be marked in such manner as to designate the ownership of such wires in such way as shall be satisfactory to the mayor.
(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 8-96; Ch. 877, § I, 6-6-23)
Sec. 8-97. - Plat to be filed upon completion of circuit; report of changes.#
Upon the completion of any circuit and before the circuit shall be used, a plat showing the location of all poles and wires in such circuit shall be filed in the office of the city clerk. Any changes of poles or wires shall be reported at such office in writing within 24 hours after such change shall be made.
(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 8-97)
Sec. 8-98. - Insulation of generating machine and wires; tests to detect defects, etc.#
The machine generating the electric current shall be insulated from electrical communication with the earth, and the wires shall be covered with proper insulating material throughout their entire length and shall have no ground connections, the direct and return current being taken over metallic conductors. The attachments of all wires shall be made of noncombustible, nonconducting material. Daily tests shall be made of each operated circuit to detect defects and accidental ground connections, and reports of such tests shall be made daily to the city clerk or some person delegated by the city council.
(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 8-98)
Sec. 8-99. - Precautions against damage to water mains and pipes.#
In all lighting, power and high tension circuits, lines or wires, every person or corporation owning or using such lines or wires shall take all proper means and precautions to prevent the current of electricity from the lines or wires, through leakage or otherwise, from injuring or damaging the water mains or pipes or other pipes now or hereafter laid in the city.
(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 8-99)
Sec. 8-100. - Maintenance and repair.#
Every line, pole, fixture, structure or similar electrical appliance shall be kept in thorough order and repair and in conformity with this article and other rules or ordinances pertaining thereto.
(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 8-100)
Sec. 8-101. - Sign prohibition.#
No sign shall be placed upon any poles erected in accordance with this section except by the state and the city or unless otherwise approved by the mayor.
(Ch. 76, § I, 6-15-99; Ch. 359, § I, 10-4-05; Ch. 877, § I, 6-6-23)