Arizona republican., 1896-09-18
ORDINANCE NO. 226.

l UIlo JTdlnS. | ORDINANCE NO. 226.
 An Ordinance Establishing Lines for Porch Posts, Telephone, Telegraph, l Electric Light and Trolley Poles, Upon the Streets and Alleys of the
 City of Phoenix.
 The common council of Phoenix do
 ordain as follows:
 Section 1. On all streets having 1 fourteen Q4) feet and sixteen 16) feet curb lines, the outer edge or side of the porch posts is to be placed thirteen
 and one half Q31a) feet from the prop ! erty line and on line at right an- gles thereto and towards the center of the street. And on all streets having twelve (12) feet curb lines, the outer
 edge or side of the porch posts is to
 be placed eleven and one half 1f1A) feet from the property line, and on a 1 line at right angles thereto and to- | wards the center of the street. No
 porch post to be placed at block cor ners inside of street intersections. Sec. 2. Telephone, telegraph, cleo l tric light and trolley poles and all
 other poles that may be placed upon
 the streets end avenues, the street side of poles is to be placed flush with the inside of curb, (said curb being six (6)
 inches wide) no poles to be placed at block corners inside of street inter- sections, and all poles between block ! corners to be placed in line with lot
 lines or partition walls that are right angled, or nearly so, to curb line, ex- cept on streets that have the same di-
 rection as lot lines, then said poles shall be placed in line with building
 or partition walls that are right an- gled, or nearly so, to curb line, and
 the street side of pole to be placed
 flush with the inside of curb. Sec. 3. And all poles that may be
 placed upon alleys twenty five (25) feet wide, the alley side of pole shall be placed three and one-haf (31s) feet from the alley property line and parallel thereto and towards the center
 of alley.
 All poles that may be placed upon
 alleys twenty (20) feet wide (including Wall street, shall be placed up to and l flush with the property line; and side arms shall be used to carry the wires. And all poles in alleys at alley cor ners, where alleys intersect streets, | the street side of such poles shall be placed in line with the street property line
 All poles that may be placed upon alleys elsewhere than at the alley cor | ners of alley and street intersections, shall be placed in line with a lot line
 or building partition wall right an-
 gled, or nearly so, tothe curb line,
 but no two poles shall be placed on op-
 posite sides of the alley. in line with
 the same lot line or building partition wall
 No poles shall be placed at alley corners inside of street and alley in- tersections.
 Sec 4. One line of poles shall be 1, jointly used for the carrying of tele-
 phone, telegraph, electric light and trolley wires; the dimensions of such
 poles shall not be less than fourteen (14> inches square at butt, and eight (8) inches square at top and forty-two
 (42) feet in total length. If the poles be round the dimensions of such poles
 shall not be less thar fourteen QG inches in diameter at butt, and eight S) inches in diameter at top, and
 1.-two (42) feet in total length. tlative position upon such poles ly, the telephone wires shall i~ -o the arms of said poles whio est above the ground, the .eIee to be placed inter
 mediate ! ri 'ric light wires to the neares: no" ground. But in no .,-n shall any wire, on any pole used 1ointly, be placed at a less height than twenty-six (26) feet above the ground, excepting only the trolley stay wire.
 All poles shall be set not less than
 six (6) feet in the ground and river
 gravel shall be filled in around the pole and we'll tamped, that the pole may remain perpendicular under all conditions.
 When poles are used for only one kind of traffic, then the dimensions of such poles shall not be less than twelve Q2) inches square at butt, and seven
 CD inches square at top, and twenty
 six (26) feet in total length above the
 ground. If the poles be round the
 dimensions of such poles shall not be
 less than twelve q2) inches in diam eter at butt, and seven CD inches in
 diameter at top and twenty-six (2G feet in total length above the ground
 But when two or more companies
 wish to place wires upon the same
 portion of a street or alley, then and
 in that case joint poles shall be erect ed in the manner and with the dimen- sions hereinbefore specified.
 All poles shall be of wood, metal or any other material suitable for such purposes, and if such poles be of wood
 then mountain spruce, yellow fir
 (known as Oregon pine) or any other