Draft Ordinance Amendment - 10-26-16 — File 202313

CITY OF SOMERVILLE ORDINANCE NO. 2016-____ IN THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN: ____________ Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen, in session assembled, that Section 11-71(a) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Somerville, is hereby amended by deleting the existing language and replacing it with the following language: Every petition presented to the board of aldermen for permission to erect poles or to lay conduits to support or to contain wires for the transmission of electricity, or the transmission of intelligence by electricity, telegraph, telephone, television, or otherwise, including but not limited to cable television and internet, shall be accompanied by a plan showing the exact proposed location of each pole or conduit. All petitions shall have the approval of the superintendent of highways, electric lines and lights or his designee, before being granted by the board of aldermen. (Note: Insertions are underlined). Approved: ________________________ President Board of Aldermen