(A) It shall be unlawful to install, construct, erect, alter, revise, reconstruct or move any pipeline, underground telephone line, underground electric transmission line or overhead electric transmission line without first obtaining a permit from the Apple Valley Public Works Director. In issuing a permit, the Public Works Director shall find that:
(1) The proposed location of the essential service shall not reasonably interfere with present or future development;
(2) The depth of any buried essential services shall be at a depth that will not cause future problems with roads, streets, utilities or buildings;
(3) The width of any linear easements or rights-of-way shall not be such that it will unreasonably interfere with future development;
(4) The location of any essential service is in accordance with the overall utility location plan(s) as adopted by the City Council, when the plan is in existence, or the designated utility corridors as identified in the utility chapter of the city’s comprehensive plan; and
(5) The location of any essential service is in accordance with § 155.340 concerning utility line burial.
(B) The Director of Public Works shall refer any application for a utility permit to the Planning Commission for its review and recommendation where there is a question about compliance with the above criteria in division (A). The Planning Commission findings and recommendations shall then be forwarded to the City Council for final action.
(‘81 Code, § A1-12) (Ord. 291, passed 4-21-83; Am. Ord. 514, passed 5-23-91) Penalty, see § 155.999