Sacramento County Municipal Code Ch. 5.60 Franchises

It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to place in or upon any street, road, highway, or other public place in the county, any pole, mast, or other structure upon or from which to suspend wires for the purpose of using the same for telephone, telegraph, or other means of transmitting or communicating messages over wires or by electric appliances of any character whatever, or for the transmission of electricity, or to place under the surface of the streets, roads, highways, and other public places in the county, wires for any of such purposes, without first having procured either a franchise from the Board of Supervisors of the County or an encroachment permit from the County of Sacramento authorizing the use of such street, roads, highways, and other public places in the county, for such purposes.

(Ord. 57 § 1, 1898; SCC 1440 § 1, 2009)