39-17 Amend COde to Reflect Adoption of 3rd Amended Charter

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ercise the powers and jurisdiction conferred upon it by Article XIV, Section 2 of the Second Amended Charter of the City. shall be repealed, and new Section 156.03, Powers and Duties, shall be enacted to read as fol- lows: 156.03 POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The powers of the Board shall be those set forth in Article XW Section o ofthe c mate,.. °.,a° Q-Charter of the City. (b) Any member of the Board shall have the power to subpoena and require the attendance of witnesses, administer oaths and compel testimony and the production of books, papers and other evidence pertinent to any issue before the Board. (c) The Board shall adopt rules or by -laws for the holding of regular and spe- cial meetings for the transaction and disposition of its business and shall ex- ercise the powers and jurisdiction conferred upon it by Article IV, Section z 44he d Charter of the City. Section 18. Section 731.02, Permit Approval, Issuance and Plans, currently reading as follows: 731.02 PERMIT APPROVAL, ISSUANCE AND PLANS. (a) In the case of a telephone company, such permit shall be issued by the Di- rector of Public Works. (b) In the case of an electric light company, the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to issue such permit where the voltage to be carried is solely for the use by a residential, institutional or governmental consumer within the City or solely for the normal requirements of an industrial or re- tail business or service consumer within the City, and provided that such voltage at no time exceeds 15,000 volts. The form of the permit shall be as approved by the Director of Law and no fee shall be charged for such permit. Such permit shall specifically be subject to all of the terms, provisions and conditions of all ordinances of the City pertaining to any franchise rights of the public utility and to the terms, provisions and conditions of Article XVIII of the Charter. No permit shall be issued until the electric light company has first filed ap- propriate plans with the office of the Director of Public Works specifying the location, construction and use of such facility, pole or line, wire, fixture or appliance, which plans shall be permanently filed in the records of the Director of Public Works. (c) For an electric light company where the proposed voltage to be carried ex- ceeds 15,000 volts, no permit shall be issued until the same is authorized by Council.