Sec. 70-76. - Reservation of space in underground conduits for use by city.

In every excavation made or caused to be made in a public way by any person for the purpose of installing a buried cable or conduit, a three-inch duct or conduit, properly installed, shall be laid and installed by such person within which sufficient space shall be reserved for the use of the city. Such ducts or conduits shall be maintained without charge to the city for the use of signal circuits and signal supply circuits of the city and shall be used by said city exclusively for municipal purposes, and the city shall be permitted access to such conduits whenever necessary for the purpose of placing, maintaining, repairing, adjusting, or removing its wires, cables, or other fixtures or equipment. The city may waive the inclusion of a conduit or duct in any specified trench.

(Code 1971, § 19-69)