Arizona republican., 1914-09-24

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 AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE DIGGING IN, ON. OR THE LAYING OR PLACING OF POLES, TRACKS, AND OTHER OBSTACLES IN, ON, OR UPON, UNDER. OVER ANY OF THE PUBLIC STREETS, ALLEYS, PARKS, AND OTHER l PUBLIC PLACES OF THE CITY OF PHOENIX, WITHOUT FIRST OB- TANNING A PERMIT THEREFOR. 1 BE TT ORDAINED BY THE COM MISSION OF THE CITY OF PHOE- NIX AS FOLLOWS:
 | Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation or associa- tion, or their officers, agents or en- | ployeS, to dig, eXcavate, alter ob- struct or change, or to cause any digging, excavation, alteration, ob- struction or change to be done or made in, over under, along, across or upon any of the streets, alleys. parks or other public grounds or ipaces within the corporate limits of the city of Phoenix, or to plant, lay. place, set, build, construct. remove, alter or change any trees, sidewalks, street pavements, telephone lines. wires. poles, or conduits, telegraph lines, wires. poles or conduits, cleo tric power or electric light line wires, poles, or conduits, water mains, hy- drants or pipes, sewer mains, man holes or pipes, gas mains. pipes or Iconduits, steam, electric or other railways. railway tracks, lines, ties or trails, switches or side tracks. bridges. fumes, culverts drains or ditches, or any other class or kind of work, ma terial. structure or construction, in. upon, over, or under such streets, lparks, alleys and public grounds, without first obtaining written per mission so to do from the city man lager.
 Sec. 2. The City Manager may re- quire any applicant for permission Ito do or perform any one or more of the acts or things enumerated in sec tion l of this ordinance. to furnish a map or diagram showing the place, character and extent of the proposed work, and may refuse permission to do or perform the same whenever in his opinion the best interests of the public would be served by such re- lfusal, and the said City Manager may. in his discretion, grant permission to do or perform any such acts or things in, upon, over, or under, the streets, alleys, parks, public grounds land places. except such as may be prohibited by law or ordinance. when lever in his opinion the best interest of the public will be served thereby, and may prescribe such reasonable conditions thereto as he may from time to time determine. And as a condition to the granting of such permission, the City Manager may require of such applicant security in such form and amount as the City Manager may determine, conditioned Ithat the contemplated work shall be Gone and performed within such req scnable time as the said City Man ager may prescribe, and that the ap- picant shall repair, and place and maintain in good condition and state of repair, and to the satisfaction of the City Manager, the streets, alleys, sidewalks, parks pr other public grounds or places, or such portions
 
 tered or changed by the doing or lperformance of said proposed work, land shall hold and keep the city of Phoenix harmless from or by reason lof any act or thing done or per formed by such applicant under said permission.
 Section g. Each person. firm, asso lciation or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance lshall be guilty of a misdemeanor and lupon conviction thereof shall be pun ished by a fine of not more than Two Hundred (s20000) Dollars, or by imprisonment in the city jail for d term of not more than two hundred (200) days, or by both such fine and Imprisonment.
 Section 4. Whereas, an urgent ne- lcessity exists for the immediate pas isage of this ordinance for the pre- servation of the peace. health and safety of the city. and the preserving to the citizens of the City of Phoenix jof their full rights, in and to the lstreets. alleys. sidewalks. public grounds and parks of the city, and for the proper carrying on of the city government, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this or dinance is exempted from the refer Iendum provisions of the city charter, land shall be in full force and effect on and after it's passage by the Con- mission and approval by the Mayor, land shall be published as required by the city charter.
 Passed by the Commission of the City of Phoenix, this 18th day of September 1914.
 Approved this twelfth day of Sep tember, 1914.
 GEO. U. YOUNG. Mayor. Attest: FRANK THOMAS.
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