(A) The town hereby establishes an Underground and Buried Utilities District (“area”) to be in effect and apply throughout the town’s right-of-way, within the municipal corporate boundaries, and is herein defined as follows:
(1) In all areas of the town where no overhead or aboveground utilities, utility facilities, overhead lines or associated overhead structures used or useful in supplying electric, communication or similar and associated services currently exist;
(2) In all areas of the town where planned road projects, redevelopment areas and/or economic development areas provide for and require underground buried utilities and utility facilities, including but not limited to electric, communication or similar and associated services; and
(3) All other areas of right-of-way or proposed right-of-way throughout the town, whether or not aboveground utilities or utility facilities currently exist.
(B) The purpose of this subchapter is to implement regulations and procedures to provide for sensible and reasonable land use standards to:
(1) Allow for the provision of adequate reliable public and private electrical supply and telecommunication services;
(2) Provide for and serve the needs of the town through the use of small cell facilities for telecommunications; and
(3) Minimize the adverse and undesirable visual effects of said provisions for said facilities within the town.
(Ord. 1266, passed 4-28-17; Am. Ord. 1269, passed 6-20-17)