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Chico, CA Code of Ordinances
CHICO MUNICIPAL CODE
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CHICO
Title 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Title 2 ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL
Title 3 REVENUE AND FINANCE
Title 4 (RESERVED)
Title 5 BUSINESS REGULATIONS1
Title 6 (RESERVED)
Title 7 ANIMALS
Title 8 HEALTH AND SANITATION1
Title 9 PUBLIC PEACE, SAFETY AND MORALS
Title 10 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Title 11 AIRPORT1
Title 12 PARKS
Title 13 (RESERVED)
Title 14 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
Chapter 14.04 PUBLIC STREETS - GENERAL PROVISIONS1
Chapter 14.08 ENCROACHMENT AND EXCAVATION PERMITS
Chapter 14.14 PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS - BUILDING PERMITS2
Chapter 14.20 SIDEWALK REPAIR3
Chapter 14.36 MOVING BUILDINGS
Chapter 14.40 STREET TREES4
Chapter 14.44 UNDERGROUND WIRING DISTRICTS5
Chapter 14.50 USE OF STREETS AND SIDEWALKS FOR PARADES AND PUBLIC ASSEMBLIES
Chapter 14.55 USE OF STREETS FOR ATHLETIC EVENTS
Chapter 14.60 USE OF CITY STREETS AND SIDEWALKS FOR SALES OF FOOD, CUT FLOWERS, BEVERAGES, OR MERCHANDISE AND/OR RENTALS OF EQUIPMENT OR OTHER THINGS
Chapter 14.70 USE OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR OPERATION OF OUTDOOR CAFÉS
Chapter 14.80 PLACEMENT OF SIDEWALK PLANTERS WITHIN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
Chapter 14.90 SMALL CELL WIRELESS FACILITIES
TITLE 14 FOOTNOTES
Title 15 UTILITY SERVICES
Title 16 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION1
Title 17 (RESERVED)
Title 18 SUBDIVISIONS
Title 19 LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS1
Title 2R ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL AND EMPLOYEE RELATIONS RULES
Title 3R REVENUE AND FINANCE RULES AND PROCEDURES
Title 5R BUSINESS RULES AND REGULATIONS
Title 8R SOLID WASTE COLLECTION RULES
Title 10R VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC RULES AND PROCEDURES
Title 11R CHICO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT RULES AND REGULATIONS1
Title 12R RULES AND REGULATIONS OF BIDWELL PARK AND OTHER PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS1
Title 14R BUILDING IN STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES
Title 15R WATER AND SEWERS
Title 16R BUILDING STANDARDS
Title 18R DESIGN CRITERIA AND IMPROVEMENT STANDARDS1
TABLES
Chico, CA Comprehensive Ordinance Table
Chapter 14.44
UNDERGROUND WIRING DISTRICTS5
Section:
14.44.010   Definitions.
14.44.020   Declaring and determining areas as underground districts.
14.44.030   Removal of poles, wires and overhead structures - Hearing - Resolution ordering removal.
14.44.040   Removal of poles, wires and overhead structures - Notification of affected property owners and utilities.
14.44.050   Removal of poles, wires and overhead structures -Time limitations.
14.44.060   Erection or maintenance of poles, wires and overhead structures - Prohibited.
14.44.070   Erection or maintenance of poles, wires and overhead structures - Exception to prohibitions when.
14.44.080   Inapplicability of chapter to fire alarm system or street lighting.
14.44.090   Inapplicability of chapter to certain wires and equipment.
14.44.100   Reservation of duct for city.
14.44.110   Underground construction.
14.44.120   Responsibility of property owners.
14.44.130   Obligation of city to remove poles and fire alarm circuits.
14.44.140   Removal of utility mains and conduits.
14.44.150   Location of wires, cables and other conductors.
14.44.160   Extension of time limitations.
14.44.170   Conditions constituting nuisances.
14.44.180   Electrical installations - Compliance required.
14.44.010   Definitions.
   A.   “Commission” as used in this chapter, shall mean the Public Utilities Commission of the state of California.
   B.   “Person” as used in this chapter shall be deemed, and is hereby declared, to include individuals, firms, corporations, partnerships, and their agents and employees.
   C.   “Underground district” as used in this chapter shall be deemed to, and is hereby declared to, designate areas determined and described in the manner herein provided.
   D.   “Utility” shall be deemed, and is hereby declared, to include all persons supplying electric, telephone, telegraph, cable television, or other similar or associated service by means of electrical materials or devices, including, but not limited to, wires, cables, or conduits.
   E.   “Poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures” shall mean poles, towers, supports, wires, conductors, guys, stubs, platforms, crossarms, braces, transformers, insulators, cutouts, switches, communication circuits, appliances, attachments and appurtenances located aboveground within a district and used or useful in supplying electric, communication or similar or associated service.
(Prior code § 23.110 (Ord. 1076 §4, Ord. 1133 §9, Ord. 1277 §l, Ord. 1724))
14.44.020   Declaring and determining areas as underground districts.
   The council is hereby authorized to, from time to time in the manner hereinafter provided, by resolution after a public hearing, notice of which hearing shall be given at least fifteen days before the date of hearing by publication in newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the city once each week prior to said hearing, declare and determine certain areas within the city, underground districts for conduits, wires and cables and associated appurtenances, for the purpose of supplying electric, telephone, telegraph and other similar associated service by means of electrical materials or devices.
(Prior code § 23.111 (Ord. 1076 §4, Ord. 1133 §9))
14.44.030   Removal of poles, wires and overhead structures - Hearing - Resolution ordering removal.
   The council may call a public hearing to ascertain whether the public necessity, health or safety requires the removal of poles and overhead wires and associated overhead structures, from any street, alley, or public way in the city. The city clerk shall notify all affected property owners and utilities by mail of the time and place of such hearing, at least ten days prior to the date thereof. If after such public hearing the city council finds that the public necessity, health or safety requires such removal, the council shall, by resolution, order such removal. Such resolution shall particularly describe the area, and which said area shall be given by said resolution a general description by letter or number, as “Underground District No. ......” Said area shall include not less than an entire street, alley or public way between intersecting streets or six hundred feet, whichever is the lesser.
(Prior code § 23.112 (Ord. 1076 §4, Ord. 1133 §9, Ord. 1277 §2))
14.44.040   Removal of poles, wires and overhead structures - Notification of affected property owners and utilities.
   Within ten days after the passage of the resolution ordering removal of poles and overhead wires and associated overhead structures, provided for in said Section 14.44.030, the city clerk shall notify all affected utilities and all persons owning real property within the affected area, of the passage of such resolution, and shall further notify such affected property owners of the necessity that if they desire to continue to receive electric, telephone, telegraph or other similar-associated service, they shall provide all necessary conduit and/or wiring and changes on their premises so as to receive service from the lines of the supplying utility at a new location subject to applicable rules, regulations and tariffs of the respective utility or utilities on file with the commission.
   Notification shall be made by mailing a copy of the resolution, together with a copy of this ordinance, to the affected utilities and to the affected property owners as such are shown on the last equalized assessment roll of the county of Butte.
(Prior code § 23.113 (Ord. 1076 §4, Ord. 1133 §9))
14.44.050   Removal of poles, wires and overhead structures - Time limitations.
   Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the council shall in such resolution fix the time within which such poles and overhead wires and other associated overhead structures must be removed. The city council shall allow a reasonable time for such removal, having due regard for the availability of necessary labor, materials and equipment for such removal, and for the installation of such underground facilities as may be occasioned thereby.
(Prior code § 23.114 (Ord. 1076 §4, Ord. 1133 §9))
14.44.060   Erection or maintenance of poles, wires and overhead structures - Prohibited.
   Whenever the city council orders the removal of poles and overhead wires, or associated overhead structures as provided in Section 14.44.030 hereof, it shall be unlawful for any person or utility to maintain any pole, overhead wire, or associated overhead structure in the designated area after the date when the same is required to be removed, except as otherwise provided in this code.
   No person or utility, after the city council has so ordered, shall erect, construct, place or keep, maintain, continue, employ or operate any such pole or overhead wire or other associated overhead structure in said area except as provided in Sections 14.44.070, 14.44.080 and 14.44.090, or shall neglect to take down and remove any such pole, overhead wire or associated overhead structure within the time designated in the resolution adopted pursuant to Section 14.44.030. Each consecutive fifteen-day period during which the failure to comply with the provisions hereof shall continue, shall constitute a separate offense.
(Prior code § 23.115 (Ord. 1076 §4, Ord. 1133 §9, Ord. 1277 §3))
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