A. Application: The provisions of this Section shall not be construed as to limit or interfere with the construction, installation, operation and maintenance of any use coming under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission, which uses are related to the public utility purposes or water and gas pipes, mains and conduits, telegraph and telephone lines, pole-mounted repeaters, telephone booths, sewers and sewer mains, electric light and power distribution and transmission lines, except as provided in subsection B of this Section.
B. Procedure: The routes of proposed gas or electric transmission lines be submitted to the Planning Director for review and recommendations. The Planning Director shall confine review of an application to the route, placement and height of such towers or lines and effect on land use.
1. Power transmission lines shall be those lines which are intended to transmit gas or electric energy from:
a. The source of such energy to a receiving substation.
b. A receiving substation to a distribution substation.
2. Prior to the acquisition of rights of way, the following plans and information shall be submitted to the Planning Department for review and recommendations:
a. The location of the proposed route.
b. Type of towers and transmission lines.
c. Approximate height of towers or size of lines.
d. Widths of right of ways.
e. Other pertinent data.
3. The Planning Director may, when in the public interest, recommend such modifications as deemed necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare.
4. The Planning Director shall complete the review and make findings within sixty (60) days after the filing of said plans and data.
C. Appeals: The recommendations of the Planning Director may be appealed to the City Council within fifteen (15) days of the completion of the review and findings. The appeal shall be placed on the agenda of the next regular meeting of the City Council. The Council shall review the findings and recommendations and shall act to uphold, modify or disapprove the recommendations of the Planning Director. (Ord. 527, 8-4-1997)