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B. HiZh_Iension-Line Clearance: Any person owning, ' controlling, operafingor maintainingany electrical trans- - mission_line upon any hazardous fire area shall maintain -:a clear - ante of the respective distances as specified in this section in all directions- between all vegetation and all conductors carrying electrical current: - 1. , For lines :operating at TWO: THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED (2400) -volts and less than SIXTY-EIGHT THOUSAND (68,000) voltsgFour Feet (43.); 2. _ For lines operating at SIXTY-EIGHT THOUSAND (68,000) volts and less than ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN THOUSAND (115,000) volts",. Six Feet (61); 3• For lines operating at ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN THOUSAND (115,000) volts and over Ten Feet (101).. In; any: case, such distance shall be sufficiently great to furnish the re- quired clearance from the .particular wireor conductor at any. position of such wire or conductor at any temperature of ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DEGREES..(1200):Fahrenheit or less. Forked trees., dead trees, old decadent or rotten trees, those weakened by decay or disease, !and trees loaning toward the .line, which may contact the line from the side or may fall on .the line, shall be felled cut ortrimmed : -'� so ;a's to remove the hazard, ' C Self-su ortin Aerial Cable: No clearing. to obtain line clearance is require `w -en se4 -supporting. aerial cable Is used except. that forked' trees,' leaning trees., and other' growth which..may fall across the cable. and break it shall be re- moved. D. Exce tiantio: Nothing contained in this sectionshall be construed o% sr�re .any person to maintain any clearing on land Phere'such person does not have the legal right to maintain such clearing, nor shall any provision of this ordi- nance be construed to require.. any person to '.enterupon or to damage property,, of another without consent of the owner. thereof. SECTION XVI. CLEARANCE OF BRUSH OR VEGETATIVE GROWTH FROM STRUCTURES AND ...ROAD _ _ - A. Any person owning,,leasing, controlling, operating or maintaining any building or structure in, upon or adjoining any hazardous fire area, and any person owning'leasing ' or controlling any land adjacent to such buildings or structure8, shall at all times: 1. _Maintain around and adjacent to such .building or structure"an effective firebreak made by removing and clearing away, for a distance therefrom of not less than thirty,..' - feet (30, on each side thereof, all flammable.vegetation or other combustible growth. This section shall-notapply to single speci- mens oftrees, ,ornamental shrubbery, or similar plants used as ground covers, provided that they do not form a means of rapidly transmitting fire from the native growth to any structure. `\ -6-a