Seattle Municipal Code Table of Contents
Title 15 STREET AND SIDEWALK USE
Chapter 15.32 FRANCHISE AND PUBLIC UTILITY PERMITS AND REGULATIONS
15.32.010. Permit -- Required.
15.32.020. Terms of use and occupancy.
15.32.030. Application.
15.32.040. Review.
15.32.050. Coordination of projects and deferment of construction.
15.32.060. Payment of fees.
15.32.070. Additional ducts or conduits.
15.32.080. Joint use poles.
15.32.090. City use for governmental communication.
15.32.100. Painting poles.
15.32.110. Accommodating moving of building and equipment.
15.32.120. Displacement for public use.
15.32.130. Undergrounding overhead wiring.
15.32.140. Removal.
15.32.150. Indemnity.
15.32.160. Street restoration requirements.
15.32.300. Attachments to City-owned poles.
1. Cross-reference: For provisions regarding underground utility districts, see Chapter 21.68 of this Code.
2. Editor's Note: Sections 1 and 2 of Ord. 116247, passed by the City Council on July 6, 1992, concerning permit issuance restrictions, read as follows:
"Section 1. Until such time the City adopts a comprehensive pole attachment policy or until April 1, 1993, whichever occurs first, the City shall not grant any new pole attachment agreements not previously entered into by the City Light department or any other City department that has ownership of poles. In addition, the City shall not grant any street uses permits pursuant to Seattle Municipal Code Chapter 15.32 for attachment to poles or for the erection of new poles, other than for the continuation of existing services as provided in Section 2 of this Ordinance, and any specific exemptions authorized by Council Resolution pursuant to Section 3 of this Ordinance."
"Section 2. Street use permits may continue to be issued under Seattle Municipal Code Chapter 15.32 for the continuation and maintenance of existing services already on poles including telephone, electric, Metro, streetlight, railroad signals, cable television within specific franchise areas, and private installations between buildings of the same ownership which do not utilize City poles or facilities."
3. Editor's Note: Sections 1 and 2 of Ordinance 116620, passed by the City Council on March 31, 1993, read as follows:
"Section 1. The moratorium on pole attachments put in place by Ordinance 116247 is hereby extended under the same terms and conditions until April 12, 1993."
"Section 2. This ordinance extending the pole attachment moratorium shall be implemented on April 1, 1993. All applications pending at the time of adoption of Ordinance 116247 (adopting a moratorium on pole attachments) and any subsequent applications for pole attachment shall be considered in accordance with the terms of the City's comprehensive pole attachment policy at such time as the policy is adopted."