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))