(a) Submission of Preliminary Plan to Utility Companies. The preliminary plan with respect to any new subdivision shall be submitted to all utility companies serving the subdivision for their recommendations.
(b) Utility Easements. Utility easements ten feet in width for communication, electric power and street lighting distribution lines and facilities shall be provided on all front lot lines and along certain side or rear lot lines where necessary.
(c) Installation Upon Easements Required; Exception; Cost Increases. Hereafter, in every subdivision within the Village, all communication, electric power and street lighting wires, conduits or cables to serve the lots within such subdivision shall be constructed underground and upon easements provided for such utilities pursuant to Section 1139.02
. Wires, conduits or cables owned by or serving individual owners and located wholly on such an owner's property need not be located upon easements. The developer or lot owners within the subdivision shall bear any increase in cost over the normal mode of construction of communication or electric lines and facilities, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the telephone or electric company involved.
(d) Installation or Bond Required. Prior to the granting of final approval, the subdivider shall have installed, or shall have furnished adequate bond for the ultimate installation of, in accordance with the standards of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, the following:
(1) Underground communication cables.
(2) Underground distribution cables for power and street lighting from a common distribution system and the equipment and housing necessary in the operation of the distribution system.
(3) Adequate provision for street light lamps and standards in accordance with a design approved by the Commission.
(e) Rebuilding Systems; Permit Required. No person shall rebuild or reconstruct, or cause to be rebuilt or reconstructed, any existing communication, electric power or street lighting system, or major parts thereof, in and through the Village, without first obtaining a permit therefor from Council. The applicant for such permit shall first file with Council detailed plans and specifications in support of the request for such permit.
(f) Construction Standards. All extensions of electric power and street lighting wires, conduits or cables, including equipment, housings and transformers necessary in the operation of distribution or service systems, shall be constructed underground in accordance with the standards and regulations of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, with provision for street lighting lamps. Bases must be provided for the ultimate installation of street lights, spaced no farther apart than every fourth lot. Until used, the wiring in such bases shall be safely insulated and de- energized.
(g) Variances. The Commission may authorize a variance from the provisions of this section when undue hardship may result from strict compliance. In granting any variance, the Commission shall prescribe only conditions that it deems necessary or desirable to protect the public interest. The Commission shall grant such a variance only when it finds that there are special circumstances or conditions affecting the property such that the strict application of the provisions of this chapter would deprive the applicant of the reasonable use of his or her land.
(Ord. 2362. Passed 10-9-89.)