A. Application: The provisions of this title shall not be construed as to limit or interfere with the construction, installation, operation and maintenance of any use coming under the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission, which uses are related to the public utility purposes of water and gas pipes, mains and conduits, telegraph and telephone lines, pole mounted repeaters, telephone booths, sewers and sewer mains, electric light and power distribution and transmission lines, except as provided in subsection B of this section.
B. Procedure: The routes of proposed gas or electric transmission lines shall be submitted to the planning commission for review and recommendations. The planning commission shall confine its review to the route, placement and height of such towers or lines and effect on land use.
1. Power transmission lines shall be those lines which are intended to transmit gas or electric energy from:
a. The source of such energy to a receiving substation.
b. A receiving substation to a distribution substation.
2. Prior to the acquisition of rights of way, the following plans and information shall be submitted to the planning commission for its review and recommendations:
a. The location of the proposed route.
b. Type of towers and transmission lines.
c. Approximate height of towers or size of lines.
d. Widths of rights of way.
e. Other pertinent data.
3. The planning commission may, when in the public interest, recommend such modifications as are deemed necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare.
4. The planning commission shall complete its review and make its findings within thirty (30) days after the filing of said plans and data.
C. Appeals: The recommendations of the planning commission may be appealed to the city council within twenty (20) days of the completion of the review and findings. The appeal shall be placed on the agenda of the city council's next regular meeting. The city council shall review the findings and recommendations and shall act to uphold, modify or disapprove the recommendations of the planning commission. (Ord. 622, 9-2-1980)