15.32.150 Districts designated when – Resolution – Recording and contents required.
If, after the public hearing, the Council finds that the public health, safety or general welfare requires removal of poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures and underground installation of wires and facilities for supplying electric, communication, community antenna television or similar or associated service within a designated area, the Council shall, by resolution, declare the designated area an underground utility district and order the removal and underground installation. Immediately following its adoption, the City Clerk shall cause a certified copy of the resolution to be recorded in the office of the county recorder. The resolution shall include a description and map of the area comprising the district. It shall also provide that the Council shall by subsequent resolution fix the time within which:
A. Property in the district must be ready to receive underground service; and
B. It is estimated that poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures shall be removed. A reasonable time shall be allowed for removal and underground installation and installation/relocation of streetlights by the City, having due regard for the availability of labor, materials and equipment necessary for such removal and for the installation of such underground facilities as may be occasioned thereby. (Ord. 3096, 2007; Ord. 1587 § 1, 1974; Ord. 1460 § 2, 1973; Ord. 1128 § 1, 1968; prior code § 34.3.8).