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Section 28-20. Removal of aerial wires, etc.; ex~ceptions; schedule of removal. Ail aerial wires, cables and poles, other than distributing wires, wires for municipal decorative lighting and such owned communication and signal wires as in the opinion of the City Manager are necessary to be maintained over head, shall be moved from the streets of the City within the territory defined in the foregoing sections at an approximately uniform, annual rate so as to be accomplished by the following dates. For District I- January 1, 1975. For District II- January 1, 1980. For District III- January 1, 1991. If the proper proportion of construction is not attained in any one year, the deficiency shall be made up during the following year. Each person maintaining and operating pole and wire lines in the City shall submit to the City Manager for his approval a schedule of such work. The City Manager shall so adjust and modify these schedules as to involve the minimum breaking up of street surfaces and inconvenience to the public. Section 28-21. Maintenance of aerial wires, etc. It shall be unlawful to erect or maintain aerial wires, cables or poles within the underground utility districts above described after the dates applied to the respective districts in the foregoing section. Section 28-22. Construction and location of subways, etc.; erection of poles for local distribution. (a) Ail newly constructed~bui~di~gs and other structures, whether situated within or without the underground wiring districts set forth in Section 28-19 above, shall be provided with underground electric, telephone and CATV service, except in areas zoned industrial; provided that: (t) equipment such as electric distribution transformerS, switch gear, meter pedestals and telephone pedestals which are normally installed aboveground in accordance with accepted utility practices for underground distribution systems may be so installed; and (2) meters, service connections and similar equipment normally attached to the outside wall of the premises served may continue to be so installed. (b) The work of cOnstructing subways and manholes for conduits and of erecting poles fOr local distribution in the location of all such subways, manholes, conduits and poles shall be under the supervision and subject to the approval of the City Engineer or such other person as the City Manager may