Title 7 — PUBLIC UTILITIES AND FRANCHISES›Chapter 7-3 — UNDERGROUND UTILITIES
Article 6 — Prohibitions and Penalties
Lafayette Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Lafayette
7-371 - Maintaining overhead facilities.¶
A person who maintains overhead facilities in violation of Sections 7-301 through 7-374 is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in Section 7-374.
(Ord. 18 § 1 (part), 1968)
7-372 - Construction of overhead facilities in violation of chapter.¶
A person who constructs, uses, continues to use, or operates overhead facilities, or who neglects to take down and remove them within the time directed by the council, or who otherwise fails to comply with any provision of Sections 7-301 through 7-363, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in Section 7-374.
(Ord. 18 § 1 (part), 1968)
7-373 - Each 15-day period a separate offense.¶
Each period of 15 days during which a person violates Section 7-371 or Section 7-372 is a separate violation and is a separate offense.
(Ord. 18 § 1 (part), 1968)
7-374 - Penalty for violation.¶
A person who violated Section 7-371 or Section 7-372 of this chapter is punishable by a fine of not more than 500 dollars or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or both.
(Ord. 18 § 1 (part), 1968)
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