Maine § 35-A §2516 Permits for moving buildings, cutting wires, removing poles; expenses; damages

Maine Statutes

§ 35-A §2516 — Permits for moving buildings, cutting wires, removing poles; expenses; damages

Maine § 35-A §2516

Title 35-APUBLIC UTILITIES

Ch. 25REGULATION OF FACILITIES IN THE PUBLIC WAY

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 35-A, § 35-A §2516 (2026).

Text

The following provisions apply to permits for moving buildings, cutting wires and removing poles.

1.Permit required to cut wires and remove poles. A person may not cut, disconnect or remove the wires or poles of a telephone or transmission and distribution utility in order to move a building, alter, repair or improve a street, bridge or way, or for any other purpose unless that person:

2.Hearings and notice. Upon receipt of the application, the municipal officers shall:

3.Granting of permit and apportionment of expenses. Upon hearing, the municipal officers may grant a permit on such terms and conditions and make such apportionment of expenses as they determine best.

4.Permit for removal of wires or poles used by a utility for transmitting train orders or operating block signals. No wi

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The following provisions apply to permits for moving buildings, cutting wires and removing poles.
1.
Permit required to cut wires and remove poles.
A person may not cut, disconnect or remove the wires or poles of a telephone or transmission and distribution utility in order to move a building, alter, repair or improve a street, bridge or way, or for any other purpose unless that person:
2.
Hearings and notice.
Upon receipt of the application, the municipal officers shall:
3.
Granting of permit and apportionment of expenses.
Upon hearing, the municipal officers may grant a permit on such terms and conditions and make such apportionment of expenses as they determine best.
4.
Permit for removal of wires or poles used by a utility for transmitting train orders or operating block signals.
No wires or poles owned or used under contract by a utility for transmitting train orders or operating block signals may be cut, disconnected or removed unless:
5.
Offense.
Whoever disconnects or removes wires or poles or moves any building on or over a public way without first obtaining the permit or violates any of the conditions of the permit is guilty of unauthorized removal of poles.
6.
Penalty.
Unauthorized removal of poles is a Class D crime.
7.
Damages.
If a way or bridge is damaged by the moving of a building, the municipal officers shall determine what proportion of the damage the owner of the building shall pay, and this amount may be recovered by the municipality in a civil action against the owner of the building.