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Home My WebLink About634 Underground of utilities,a,.~[ ORDINANCE N0. 634 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF UKIAH, ADDING ARTICLE 6 TO CHAPTER 3, DIVISION 4 OF THE UKIAH CITY CODE _ PROVIDING FOR THE UNDERGROUNDING OF UTILITIES ON NEW CONSTRUCTION AND FOR REMODEL OR REPAIR CONSTRUCTION, AND PROVIDING EXEMPTIONS THEREFROM The City Council of the City of Ukiah does Ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Article 6 is added to Chapter 3 of Division 4 of the Ukiah City Code and reads as follows: ARTICLE 6. UNDERGROUNDING OF UTILITIES Section 3850 - Title This ordinance shall be referred to as the Underground Utilities Ordinance. Section 3851 - Definitions Definitions as used in this ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and phrases (and any variants thereof) shall mean: (a) "Communication Service" means the transmission of intelligence by electrical means, including, but not limited to, telephone, telegraph, messenger-call, clock, police, fire alarm and traffic control circuits and circuits for the transmission of standard television or radio signals. (b) "Electric Service" means the distribution of electricity for heat, light or power. Section 3852 - Underground Service: Building Permits: New Construction: It shall be a condition of permits issued for the construction of new homes and other buildings which will require electrical or communication services provided by cables and wires, that facilities necessary to re- ceive utility cables and wires be installed underground by the permittee from the building to the service point to be determined by the City of Ukiah. If the serving utility pole is located on the same side of the street as, and between the extended side lot lines of the property in- volved, the utility service shall thereafter be connected underground. If the serving utility pole is located elsewhere, underground connection of the utility service shall be made at the time the aerial lead of the serving utility is removed and replaced by an underground lead by said utility. Connection to the underground lead is an expense to be borne by permittee at time of connection. Section 3853 - Same: Remodel or Repair Construction It shall be a condition of any permit for the repair or remodeling of a building or sign, requiring communication service or electric service, which repair or remodeling shall be in an amount exceeding 50% of the market value of the property (as determined by applying the last avail- able assessment ratio to the last available assessment by the Assessor of Mendocino County), that facilities necessary to receive such services be placed underground from the building to the serving point designated by the City of Ukiah. (a) If the serving utility pole is located on the same side of the street as, and between the extended side lot lines of the property in- volved, the utility service shall be connected underground upon the com- pletion of the work authorized by the building permit. r a (b) If the serving utility pole is located elsewhere, the utility service shall be connected underground at the time the serving utility aerial lead is removed and replaced with an underground lead. Connection to the underground lead is an expense to be borne by permittee at the time of connection. Section 3854 - Exemptions The provisions of Section 3852 and 3853 shall not apply to the following types of facilities and situations: (a) Poles without overhead lines used exclusively for fire and/or police alarm boxes, lighting purposes or traffic control. (b) Overhead wires attached to the exterior surface of a building by means of a bracket or other fixture and extending from one location on the building to another location on the same building. (c) Radio Antennae, their associated equipment and supporting structures, used by a utility or person for furnishing communication services. (d) Equipment appurtenent to underground facilities, such as surface mounted transformers, pedestal mounted terminal boxes and meter cabinets, and concealed ducts. (e) Where the City Engineer expressly finds that topographical or soil conditions make such application unreasonable or impractical. (f) Where the City Engineer, upon application of the applicant for a building permit or the City of Ukiah expressly finds that such application cannot be accomplished feasibly and practically within applicable safety regulations and other laws applying to the installation, will cause unnecessary or unusual hardship. Section 3855 - Penalties Any person, firm or corporation who shall either violate or neglect or refuse to comply with any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500.00, or, if a person, by imprisonment for a period not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day during any portion of which any violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance is committed, continued or permitted by such person, and shall be punishable therefore as provided for in this ordinance. SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective 30 days after adoption and shall be published once in the Ukiah Daily Journal a news- paper of general circulation published in said City. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 21st day of March, 1973 by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilman Weinkauf, Pearson, Mayor pro tempore Simpson NOES: None ABSENT: Councilman Norgard and Mayor Buxton s/Ralph I. Buxton ATTEST: Mayor s/Hattie M. Tillotson City Clerk C/7Y Ci~RK City Of Ukiah, California CertiFied To Be A True And Exact Copy // ~' L -- T '~ C. _ ~-~~ C7-~ Date Hattie M. Tillotson