When a utility system is required to be placed underground by this article, the owner and operator of such utility system shall have the duty to apply for space for the utilities system. Persons or companies making application for spaces for underground facilities shall present their application and location drawings to the Planning Commission clearly indicating the type of underground system to be used, whether the system is to be a joint system to include electric supply and communications facilities, and specifying the proposed start and duration of the construction and the part of the street needed for construction. When such system, plans and specifications have been approved by the Planning Commission, applicants who are unable to show financial responsibility to the satisfaction of the Planning Commission may be required to deposit with the City a sufficient sum to defray the cost of re-paving that portion of the street, sidewalk, or other surface used by them in case such paving is required. Repaving of surfaces must match the paving material and style that existed prior to the undergrounding of utility systems.
(Passed 4-19-10.)