(A) All utilities installed after the effective date of these regulations, including but not limited to electrical, telephone and cable television lines, shall be buried unless otherwise approved by the City Council.
(B) Existing overhead utilities within road right- of-ways which are not in conformance with overhead utility corridors as stipulated in § 155.336(A)(4) and of a capacity less than 15 kilovolts are declared to be nonconforming and must be buried at the time they are replaced due to aging or capacity limitations, or relocated due to road construction or reconstruction within the rights-of-way in which they share space, unless otherwise approved by the City Council. This provision shall not apply to existing overhead utilities located on rear or side lot line easements which directly serve adjacent properties.
(C) Existing overhead utilities which are to be buried in conformance with division (B) preceding shall be done so under the terms and scheduling requirements as listed within the applicable franchise agreement for the affected utility, if so stipulated. In the absence of franchise agreement stipulations for the affected utility, the burial shall occur under the terms and scheduling requirements stipulated by the city at the time the overhead utility is replaced or relocated; the substitute stipulations to be arrived at through negotiation between the affected utility and the city, which shall not otherwise be prohibited from contributing toward the cost of burial.
(‘81 Code, § A1-17) (Ord. 291, passed 4-21-83; Am. Ord. 514, passed 5-23-91)