(A) If the Council finds that it is in the public interest to underground all or substantially all facilities in the public right-of-way, the Council must establish a plan for such undergrounding.
(B) The plan for undergrounding must include at least the following elements:
(1) Timetable for the undergrounding;
(2) Designation of districts for the undergrounding unless, undergrounding plan is citywide;
(3) Exceptions to the undergrounding requirement and procedure for establishing the exceptions;
(4) Procedures for the undergrounding process, including, but not limited to, coordination with city projects and provisions to ensure compliance with non-discrimination requirements under the law;
(5) A financing plan for funding of the incremental costs if the city determines that it will finance some of the undergrounding costs, and a determination and verification of the claimed additional costs to underground incurred by the utility; and
(6) Penalties or other remedies for failure to comply with the undergrounding.
(Prior Code, § 911.09)