Title 8 PUBLIC WORKS
Chapter 8.01 UNDERGROUNDING OF UTILITIES
8.01.060 Other exceptions.
This Chapter and any resolution adopted pursuant to Section 8.01.030
hereof shall, unless otherwise provided in such resolution, not apply to the
following types of facilities:
I. Any municipal facilities or equipment
installed under the supervision and to the satisfaction of the City
Engineer.
A. Poles or electroliers used exclusively for street
lighting.
B. Overhead wires (exclusive of supporting structures) crossing
any portion of a District within which overhead wires have been prohibited, or
connecting to buildings on the perimeter of a District, when such wires
originate in an area from which poles, overhead wires and associated overhead
structures are not prohibited.
C. Poles, overhead wires and associated
overhead structures used for the transmission of electric energy at nominal
voltages in excess of thirty-four thousand five hundred (34,500)
volts.
D. 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 or to an adjacent building
without crossing any public street.
E. Antennae, associated equipment and
supporting structures, used by a utility for furnishing communication
services.
F. Equipment appurtenant to underground facilities; surface
mounted transformers, pedestal mounted terminal boxes, meter cabinets and
concealed ducts and similar facilities as approved by the City
Council.
G. Temporary poles, overhead wires and associated overhead
structures used or to be used in conjunction with construction projects.