Memphis |
Code of Ordinances |
Title 12. STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES |
Chapter 12-56. POLES, WIRES AND CONDUITS |
Article 2. POLES |
§ 12-56-5. Permit to install, reset, replace or repair—Required—Exceptions.
A.
It is unlawful for any person to install, put up, reset, replace or repair, within the city, any pole used or to be used for the overhead carrying of wires, cables or other like instrumentalities, without first obtaining a permit to do so from the director of public works; provided, that no permit will be required for the resetting, replacement or repair of such a pole where such work is occasioned by accident or mishap and is done under emergency conditions.
B.
The maintenance of any pole erected, reset, replaced or repaired without the permit provided for by this section shall be a nuisance, to be abated in the manner provided by law for the abatement of public nuisances erected or maintained in the city.
(Code 1967, § 29-15; Code 1985, § 27-17)