1113.07 ELECTRIC AND TELEPHONE SERVICE.
The developer shall submit preliminary plans of proposed subdivisions to the utility companies which will service the subdivision for the preparation of a layout of their distribution system.
In all new major subdivisions and all new minor subdivisions which are adjoining and fronting on the same street as a subdivision in which underground communication, electric power and street lighting distribution systems are in place, it shall be required that all telephone, electric power and street lighting wires, conduits or cables, along with equipment and housing necessary in the distribution system to serve lots in such subdivision, shall be constructed underground and upon easements provided for utilities, except that those wires, conduits or cables owned by or serving individual customers and located wholly on the customer's property, need not be located upon easements.
(a) Underground Electric Service. The recorded plat for the subdivision shall contain utility easements ten feet in width for all required communication, electric power and street lighting distribution lines, equipment and its housing. All underground telephone, electric power and street lighting wires, conduits or cables and transformers shall be installed in accordance with the standards required in Administrative Order No. 72 and other applicable regulations of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. Transformers shall be located in underground vaults under the public walk or in an approved location in a nearby easement.
The developer shall make arrangements to have gas mains installed and shall submit drawings to the Engineer for approval.
(b) Overhead Electric Service. Where permitted in business and industrial areas, overhead electric and telephone service lines should be located in easements along interior lot lines, and occasionally on a side lot line, in order to keep the number of poles along streets to a minimum. In order to allow a reasonable minimum clearance from structures and adjacent trees, easements should be six feet wide on each parcel, total minimum width twelve feet. Easements should be continuous from block to block, and in some blocks ingress only may be necessary. Street lighting wires shall be extended along side lot lines to lighting standards along the street rights of way.
(c) Street Lighting System. In subdivisions served by underground electric service, provisions shall be made for the ultimate installation of street lighting standards on local streets by the electric utility serving the subdivision spaced no farther apart than every fourth lot.
Provisions shall be made for the ultimate installation of street lighting standards on arterial and collector streets by the electric utility serving the subdivision to provide lighting intensity meeting the minimum recommendations of American Standard Practice for Roadway Lighting.
Until used, the wiring so provided shall be safely insulated and de-energized.
(Ord. 1967-37. Passed 1-9-68.)