§ 29-14. Duties of public service corporations when improvements to be made.

(a)

All public service corporations lawfully having rails, tracks, mains, pipes, poles, conduits, wires or other fixtures or appliances in the public streets of the city are required to take notice of any resolution of the city council and the advertisement inviting bids for the permanent improvement of any street.

(b)

It shall be the duty of each public service corporation, after first obtaining a proper permit from the city authorities, to lay, place, repair or renew, in such time and manner as not to hinder or interfere with such work of improvement, all proper rails, tracks, mains, conduits, pipes or other fixtures and appliances, of such size, condition, character, material, weight and arrangement as to suffice fully for all the needs of the service to be rendered by or which may reasonably be required of such public service corporation on such street for and during the period of at least ten (10) years from and after the time of such improvement, so that it may not be necessary to disturb the pavement of such street for any such purpose during such period.

(Code 1950, § 52-81; Code 1959, § 35-14)