HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 214-1941 ORDINANCE NO. ~/~7~
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE ERECTION OR MAII~TE-
NANCE OF POLES SUPPORTING ELECTRIC WIRES, TEI~-
GRAPH WIRES AND TELEPHOEE WIRES, AND REQUIRING
THE REMOVAL OF' SU~fl POLES, ON GRAND AVENUE,
IW~N THE WESTERLY BOUNDARY LINE OF THE RIGHT OF
WAY OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY A~D THE EAST-
ERLY LINE OF SPRUCE AVENUE, IN THE CITY OF SOUTH
SAN FRANCISCO.
The City Council of the City of South San Francisco do
ordain as follows.:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation engaged in the distribution of electric energy or in
the transmission of messages by telegraph or telephone, under any
franchise whatsoever, to erect or maintain, after six months from
the effective date of this ordinance, any pole or poles for the
support of any wire or wires used for the distribution of electric
energy or for the transmission of messages by telegraph or telephone,
upon any portion of Grand Avenue between the westerly boundary line
of thee right of way of the Southern Pacific Company and the easterly
boundary line of Spruce Avenue in said city.
Section 2. Every person, firm or corporation that owns,
uses, maintains or operates any such pole or poles upon said portion
of Grand Avenue between the westerly boundary line of the right of
way of the Southern Pacific Company and the easterly boundary line
of SPruce Avenue shall remove the same therefrom within six months
after the effective date of this ordinance and shall discontinue all
further service of electric energy to the public by means of overhead
service wires from, said portion of Grand Avenue, but shall first give
all consumers thus affected at least thirty (30) days prior notice
of such discontinuance of service.
S~ction 3. Any person, firm or corporation owning, operat-
ing, leasing or renting any property to which service of electric
energy by means of overhead service wires from Grand Avenue shall be
discontinued pursuant to this ordinance, shall, in the event said
person, firm or corporation desires' again to obtain electric service
to said property, install the necessary conduits and conductors in
said property to receive said service at such point as will meet
the requirements of the person, firm or corporation engaged in
the distribution of electric energy from their available lines
conforming to the requirements of this ordinance.
Section 4. This ordinance shall not apply to any
standards for street~lighting now or hereafter installed by
authority of the City Council upon said portion of Grand Avenue.
Section 5. The City of South San Francisco shall remove
its police and fire alarm circuits at its own expense from all
such poles now installed upon said portion of Gran~ Avenue, in
ample time to enable the owner or use~of such poles to remove the
same within six (6) months after the effective date of this ordi-
nanc~.
Section 6. .Any person, firm or corporation, who shall
violate any provision of this ordinance, shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine
of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than three
hundred dollars ($300.00), or by imprisonment for a period not ex-
ceeding three (3) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Each day's continuance of the maintenance or existence of
said poles, on said portion of Grand Avenue in violation of this
ordinance shall be deemed a separate offense and may be punished
as such under this ordinance.
Section ?. This ordinance shall be published once in
'The Enterprise", a newspaper of general circulation, published
and printed in said City of South San Francisco and shall take
effect and be in force from and after the expiration of thirty
(30) days after its adoption.
Introduced this ~ day of ~ , 1941.
Passed and adopted as an ordinance of the City of South
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~'~ l~raneisao a~ a regular meeting of the City Couneil of the
City of ~euth ~an Francisco, this ~ day of ,
1941, by the following vote:
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Noem, Councilmen
Absent, Councilmen ~
Approved ~
Mayor of the City of
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