Any utility or public utility owning, operating or installing in the public rights-of-way or any city street, alley, sidewalk, or any other public place equipment or facilities providing water, sewer, gas or electric service, communications service, or other utility service, shall prepare and submit to the director of public works-city engineer a utility master plan, in a format specified by the city engineer, that shows the location of the utility's or public utility's equipment or facilities in the public rights-of-way or any city street, alley, sidewalk and other public place that are anticipated to exist for the five years after the plan is submitted and approved. Utilities and public utilities shall submit an initial utility master plan no later than 180 days after the effective date of the ordinance adopting this Section 12.10.050. Thereafter, each utility and public utility shall submit annually a revised and update utility master plan containing any reference to a planned major utility works. As used in this section, the term "planned major utility works" refers to any and all future excavations planned by the utility or public utility when the utility master plan or update is submitted that will affect the public rights-of-way or any city street, alley, sidewalk, or other public place for more than a total of fifteen days, provided that the utility or public utility shall not be required to show future excavations planned to occur more than five years after the date that the utility master plan or update is submitted and approved. Any and all utility master plans submitted pursuant to this Section 12.10.050 shall be deemed confidential to the fullest extent provided by law and used solely for purposes of coordination.
(Ord. 4945 § 27, 2007: Ord. 4804 § 2 (part), 2003)