§ 281-18. Removal of abandoned poles.  


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  • All telegraph, telephone, gas light posts and electric light poles, wires or conductors which shall have been standing for three months prior thereto disused or abandoned, or which shall hereafter remain or stand disused or become disused or abandoned, in, over or upon any street or public place shall be forthwith removed. For sufficient cause shown, the Commissioner of Public Works may, by one or more orders, extend the time for such removal for periods not exceeding one year each. The persons owning, operating, managing or controlling poles, wires or appurtenances which may have been so disused or abandoned or which may be dangerous or unsafe shall take down and remove them.
Amended 10-18-1988 by L.L. No. 1-1988