§ 23-7. Criminal penalties.

Any person or persons, or corporation using, possessing, or maintaining any telegraph, telephone, electric light, or other poles in any of the streets, lanes, and alleys of the City:

(1) who fails to file a list of these poles with the Director of Transportation, as prescribed in § 23-2 of this subtitle;

(2) who fails to have stamped, printed, or painted in legible characters, the owner's name on each of these poles, as prescribed in§ 23-2 of this subtitle;

(3) who, as required by § 23-3 of this subtitle:

(i) fails to pay the prescribed fee for each pole; or

(ii) fails to have the prescribed tin plate securely fastened in some conspicuous place

by June 15 of each and every year, shall forfeit and pay a fine of $10 for each pole for which he, they, or it are so in default; this fine to be collected as other fines and penalties for the violation of City ordinances are collected.