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THE CORPORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF BURNABY
BY-LAW NO. 6336
A BY-LAW to regulate electrical connections
to buildings.
WHEREAS Council may by by-law regulate the install-
ation of electrical wiring and equipment and accessories of
every nature and kind.
The Council of The Corporation of the District of
Burnaby ENACTS as follows:
1.
This By-law may be cited as "BURNABY ELECTRICAL
CONNECTION REGULATION BY-LAW 1973".
2.
(l)(a)
No building, structure (including outdoor light-
ing and freestanding sign), or thing (whether a
chattel or not) shall be served by overhead hydro-
electric service lines; that is to say, every
building, structure, or thing using or designed
to use hydro-electric power shall have all elect-
ric service lines placed and maintained wholly in
underground conduits beneath the lot or lots and
road or roads through which such service lines
pass.
(b)
No building, structure, or thing (whether a
chattel or not) shall be served by overhead tele-
phone service lines; that is to say, every build-
ing, structure, or thing using or designed to use
telecommunication services shall have all such
service lines placed and maintained wholly in
underground conduits beneath the lot or lots and
road or roads through which such service lines
pass.
(c)
No building, structure, or thing shall be served
by overhead electrical transformers; that is to
say, every building, structure or thing designed
or intended to use hydro-electric power shall have
all transformers and appurtenances placed and
maintained wholly in underground vaults, ground
kiosks or transforme~ vaults within the building,
structure, or thing they serve.
(2)
Nothing in this section, however, shall apply to
(a)
existing poles or overhead distribution lines of
the British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority or
the British Columbia Telephone Company situated
on dedicated roads or on rights-of-way where such
poles or lines form part of the common distribution
system of the neighbourhood in which a lot is sit-
uated;
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(b)
overhead electrical or telephone service lines ,
or overhead electrical transformers which are
placed or maintained in connection with One-Family
Dwellings, Two-Family Dwellings, or Accessory
Buildings subordinate thereto, within any "Resid-
ential District", "Multiple Family Residential
District","Multiple Family Residential District",
"Small Holdings District" or "Agricultural Dist-
rict" as designated and defined under the Zoning
By-law of the Municipality of Burnaby, No. 4742,
as amended."
Read a first time this
20th
Read a second time this 20th
Read a third time this
20th
day of
day of
day of
August
August
August
, 1973.
, 1973.
, 1973.
Reconsidered and adopted this 27th day of August , 1973.
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