17.60.020 Overhead Wires Prohibited.

City Code Section

(Amended by Ordinances 162574 and 184957, effective November 25, 2011.) 

  1. A.  It is unlawful for any person to erect, construct, or maintain on or over the surface of any street or public use easement designated in Section 17.60.010 within an underground wiring district, any wires, poles, cables, appliances, or apparatus of any kind, on, through or by means of which electrical current or communications are transmitted or used.
  2. B.  Whenever all existing utility facilities are located underground within a public right-of-way, a person with permission to occupy the same public right-of-way must also locate its new facilities underground.