Utility facility installation, maintenance, repair, and removal.
Charlotte City Code § 19-338
in effectSec. 19-338. - Utility facility installation, maintenance, repair, and removal.
(a) The key business executive of the department of transportation is authorized to adopt, amend, and repeal standards and provisions governing the installation, maintenance, repair, and removal of utility facilities in, on, under, and over the rights-of-way. The standards and provisions shall, among other things, specify those types of activities that:
(1) Require a utility work permit;
(2) Do not require a utility work permit but must be done in accordance with the standards set forth in the standards and provisions; and
(3) Are exempt.
The standards and provisions shall also address emergency situations and activities.
(b) It shall be unlawful to install, maintain, repair, or remove any utility facility in the right-of-way in violation of the standards and provisions adopted pursuant to subsection (a).
(c) It shall be unlawful to install, maintain, repair, or remove any utility facility in the right-of-way without a utility work permit if the standards and provisions adopted pursuant to subsection (a) require a utility work permit for such activities.
(d) Any owner of utility facilities located in the right-of-way shall maintain a map of such facilities.
(Ord. No. 3730, § 1, 10-22-2007)
Source: City of Charlotte, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nc/charlotte/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH19STSIOTPUPL_ARTXIIIUTRI-WUS_DIV2STPE_S19-338UTFAINMAREREFetched: 10/27/2026