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11.1 As used in this bylaw, the word "utility", the word "transmission", and the phrase "poles and overhead wires and associated structures" shall have the meanings assigned to them by Section 22A of Chapter 166 of the General Laws. This bylaw shall not apply to poles, towers, and overhead wires and associated overhead structures used exclusively in the transmission of electric power in excess of twenty
thousand (20,000) volts, phase to phase.
11.2 This bylaw is enacted pursuant to the applicable provisions of Section 22A to 22N, inclusive, of Chapter 166 of the General Laws in order that the town may, to the extent and in the manner that the law permits, prevent the further installation or construction of utility poles and overhead wires and associated structures in the town. This bylaw shall be liberally construed and applied to effect said purposes.
11.3 No utility shall hereafter install or construct, except by way of replacement or upgrading of existing facilities, any poles, overhead wires or associated overhead structures upon, along or across any public way, wherever located, within the town. A utility shall remove immediately any poles, overhead wires or associated overhead structures installed or constructed by it in violation of this section.
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