Title 18 - Unified Development Ordinance

18.460.290 Required Improvements -- Underground Utilities

1. A.
   Except as otherwise provided in this Section, all utilities shall be installed underground within designated easements by the subdivider or utility company prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy. For purposes of this Section, the term "utilities" shall include, but not be limited to, all pipes, poles, wires, connections, conductors, switchers, line transformers and insulators which supply natural gas, electricity, sewage or water, or which may be used for communications transmission.
2. B.
   The subdivider, developer or owner of any such area or portion thereof shall make the necessary arrangements for the installation of underground utilities. Such arrangements shall be made with the utility company. A letter from the utility company confirming that such underground insulation as required by this Section has been completed shall be submitted to the Code Administrator at the time that a certificate of occupancy is requested. A certificate of occupancy shall not be granted absent such confirmation.
3. C.
   The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any of the following uses:

   1. 1.
      All electrical power lines rated at or above "feeder" line class. For purposes hereof, a "feeder" line is defined as that portion of an electrical circuit which provides power from a power substation and which has a rated capacity of 3,000 KVA or more.
   2. 2.
      All telecable lines rated at or above "trunk" line class. For purposes hereof, a "trunk" line is defined as that portion of a telecable systems line that is .750 inches in diameter.
   3. 3.
      Existing poles, overhead wires, and associated overhead structures, when part of a continuous line, or services to individual properties from such existing overhead lines that are within a subdivision previously approved in accordance in conformance with existing regulations.
   4. 4.
      Existing poles, overhead wires, and associated overhead structures, when part of a continuous line, or services to individual properties from such existing overhead lines that serve properties adjacent to but not within areas being subdivided.
   5. 5.
      Any communication line which would otherwise be required by this Section to be underground that uses an overhead pole or structure exempted by this Section.
   6. 6.
      Radio and television antennas.
   7. 7.
      Structures on corner lots, in streets and alleys, and on easements adjacent thereto, and in cases where electrical and communication wires cross a street or other district boundary from an area where overhead wires are not prohibited, may be connected to said overhead wires.
   8. 8.
      Overhead lines attached to the exterior surface of a building by means of a bracket or other fixture and extending from one location of the building to another location of the building or to an adjacent building without crossing a property line.
   9. 9.
      Poles used exclusively for street or area lighting or for traffic control facilities.
   10. 10.
       Service terminals, transformers, regulators, meters or other on- and above-ground appurtenances normally used with and as a part of an underground distribution system.
4. D.
   Nothing in this Section will prevent the replacement of poles, overhead wires, and associated overhead structures on these lines when necessary for the purpose of maintaining the line or upgrading the capacity thereof or, in the case of single-phase lines, the addition of the necessary facilities to three-phasing of the line.

(History: Ord. ZRR-1725; ZRR-1637; ZRR-1218 §17.16)

Effective on: 1/1/1901