HomeMy WebLinkAbout1035 ORDINANCE NO. 1035
ORDINANCE OF THE CiTY COUNCIL OF THE CiTY OF UKIAH
ADDI'NG ARTTCLE 6 TO CHAPTER 7 OF DiViSiON 4 OF
THE UICTAH CTTY CODE ESTABLISHI'NG SPECIAL RULES
FOR ELECTRICAL SERVICE TO "HARD TO SERVE AREAS"
The City Council of the City of Ukiah hereby ordains as follows.
SECTI~ON ONE. FTNDI'NGS.
The City Council of the City of Ukiah finds:
1. The City of Ukiah has received requests to extend its electric utility to
portions of the City not currently served.
2. Some of these areas, such as unserved portions of the western hills, present
unique difficulties in constructing or in maintaining and repairing distribution lines and
related facilities due to physical conditions, such as steep terrain, heavy vegetation, and
limited access.
3. The City Council finds that the expense of constructing and maintaining
electric service to these areas should not be borne by all customers of the City's electric
utility, but rather should be borne by the customers who have chosen to develop
property in these areas.
SECTION TWO. ORDTNANCE
A new Article 6 is hereby added to Chapter 7 of Division 4 of the Ukiah City Code
to read as follows:
ARTtCLE 6.
HARD TO SERVE AREAS
4070: "HARD TO SERVE AREAS" DEFINED:
"Hard to Serve Area" means a geographic area within the City limits or an area outside
the City limits served or proposed to be served by the City's electric utility in which the
City Manager or his or her designee has determined, in the exercise of his or her
discretion, that physical conditions make the extension, maintenance, repair or
replacement of electrical distribution lines and related facilities unusually difficult or
expensive.
4071: RIGHT TO REFUSE ELECTRIC SERVICE TO OR TO iMPOSE CONDtTtONS
ON THE EXTENSION OF ELECTRIC SERVICE TO HARD TO SERVE AREAS:
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The City shall have the right to refuse to extend electric service to Hard to Serve Areas.
The City may impose reasonable conditions on the extension of electric service to Hard
to Serve Areas, including, but not limited to, the agreement of the applicant or
applicants for electric service to:
construct, own, maintain, repair and replace electrical distribution lines
and related facilities, such as conduit, trenches, vaults, switches, poles
and transformers;
indemnify, defend and hold the City harmless from any expense or liability
arising from the use of designated electrical distribution lines and related
facilities for which the applicant or applicants assume responsibility under
this Section 4071;
design and construct electrical distribution lines and related facilities in
accordance with specifications prescribed by the City, including, but not
limited to, specifications that insure that all electrical service to a service
location or structure will be accurately metered;
provide arrangements and assurances, satisfactory to the City Manager or
his or her designee, that the electrical distribution lines and related
facilities will be adequately maintained to provide safe and reliable
transmission of electrical energy to the customers served by said facilities
and will not create an unreasonable risk of damage to the City's electric
system or the general public; and
provide the City with access to all electrical distribution lines and related
facilities, and to all electric meters for purposes of inspection, meter
reading or termination of electric service.
Section 4072: WRTn'EN AGREEHENT REQUZRED OF APPLZCANTS FOR
SERVICE IN HARD TO SERVE AREAS:
The City Manager or his or designee may require an applicant or applicants for service
in Hard to Serve Areas to sign a written agreement in recordable form setting forth the
terms as authorized by this Article. The City may refuse to provide service until the
agreement in the required form has been executed and recorded in the Official Records
of Mendocino County.
4073: APPLICATION OF ART]'CLE:
This Article 6 shall apply to any request for service to Hard to Serve Areas not already
receiving electric service from the City's electric utility on the effective date of this
Article 6.
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SECTION THREE. PUBLTCATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Ordinance shall be published as required by law and shall become effective
30 days after it is adopted.
This Ordinance was introduced by title only at a regular City Council meeting on
March 6, 2002, by the following roll call note.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
A -I-TEST:
Councilmembers Smith, Libby, and Mayor Ashiku
Councilmembers Larson and Baldwin
None
None
This Ordinance was adopted on March 20, 2002, by the following roll call vote:
Councilmembers Smith, Libby, Baldwin, and Mayor Ashiku
Councilmember Larson
None
None
Marie Ulvila, City Clerk
Phillip AJ'hiku, Mayor
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