A. All petitions shall set forth:
1. The name of the individual, company, or corporation asking for the license.
2. The principal office or place of business.
3. The starting points, routes, and termini of the proposed lines, accompanied with a map or plat showing such details, including the location of all towers, poles, and other equipment and a detailed description of all towers, poles, and other equipment to be constructed or installed.
4. A general description of the public or private lands, highways, and streams over, across, or along which any proposed line will pass.
5. General specifications as to materials and manner of construction. Whether the transmission lines will be aboveground or underground, and if aboveground, the petitioner's detailed explanation why the lines will not be underground.
6. The maximum voltage to be carried over each line.
7. An allegation that the proposed construction is in the public interest.
B. Petitions for transmission lines capable of operating at sixty nine (69) kilovolts or more shall also set forth an allegation that the proposed construction represents a reasonable relationship to an overall plan of transmitting electricity in the public interest and substantiation of such allegations, including, but not limited to, a showing of the following:
1. The relationship of the proposed project to present and future economic development of the area.
2. The relationship of the proposed project to comprehensive electric utility planning.
3. The relationship of the proposed project to the needs of the public presently served and future projections based on population trends.
4. The relationship of the proposed project to the existing electric utility, gas, stormwater, sanitary sewer, water and fiber systems and parallel existing utility routes.
5. The relationship of the proposed project to any other power system planned for the future.
6. The possible use of alternative routes and methods of supply.
7. The relationship of the proposed project to the present and future land use and zoning ordinances.
8. The inconvenience or undue injury which may result to property owners as a result of the proposed project.
C. The city council may waive the proof required for such allegations which are not applicable to a particular proposed project.
D. The petition shall contain an affidavit stating that the required informational meeting was held and the time and place of such meeting. (Ord. 15-13, 3-4-2013)