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ORDINANCE N0. 72- 18 <br />BY: MR. Braun <br />~+ <br />r, <br />l~ <br />h~ <br />I!,a7 <br />I~ <br />N~~ <br />0. <br />cD <br />`~ <br />~_~ <br />d <br />fz <br />'~~ <br />I~"~ <br />~~ <br />2~ ; <br />kil <br />~? <br />J <br />n- <br />AN EP[ERGENCY ORDINANCE TO REGULATE T[[E CONSTRUCTION <br />AND INSTALLATION OF HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC LINES <br />CARRYING ANY VOLTAGE GREATER THAN 250 VOLTS <br />WHEREAS, high-voltage electricity by its nature is a very dangerous <br />commodity, and <br />WHEREAS, overhead high-voltage electric lines located within urban <br />and suburban areas such as the Village of Mayfield directly and adversely <br />affect the safety and general welfare of the residents and all those who may <br />enter the Village, and <br />WHEREAS, overhead high-voltage electric lines have a detrimental <br />effect upon the quality of the environment so as to directly and adversely <br />affect the general welfare of the residents and all those who may enter the <br />Village. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF <br />HAYFIELD, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA AND STATE OF OHIO, THAT: <br />Section 1. Permit. No person shall construct or maintain an electric <br />power line carrying any voltage greater. than 250 volts, without first obtaining <br />a permit therefor from Council. No charge shall be made for such a permit. <br />This section shall not apply to any electric power line installed and in <br />operation prior to the effective date of this Ordinance. <br />Section 2. Plans and Specifications. The applicant shall file plans <br />and specifications which shall show the course and the route of such proposed <br />line in or through the Village. <br />Section 3. Method of Installation. The installation of any line <br />referred to in Section 1 shall be underground. <br />The method of such underground installation shall be any method of <br />underground construction approved by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio <br />or the National Electric Code, with or without lead-covered cable and to a <br />depth underground approved by such authority. <br />Section 4. Nothing in this Ordinance contained shall be-construed <br />as permitting power lines of 250 volts or less to be installed above ground <br />in new mayor and minor subdivisions in violation of the terms of Section 1119.07 <br />of Ordinance No. 69-38. <br />Section 5. This Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency <br />measure for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety of <br />the Village of Mayfield, and for the further reason that immediate action on <br />