Fines and civil penalties for failure to remove abandoned poles.

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to fines and civil penalties for failure to remove abandoned poles

Currently, the Administrative Code requires the removal of disused, abandoned, or damaged utility poles. The penalty for violation is a fine of $250 to $500 and/or imprisonment of up to 10 days. The bill would raise the fine for failure to remove a utility pole when required to $350 to $750 and provide that a person in violation may also be subject to civil penalties of $100 per day that they are in violation of the Code.