17.228.500   Purpose and intent.
It is the intent of this article to implement with a single procedure section 12808.5 of the California Public Utilities Code and sections 53091 and 53096 of the California Government Code, which authorize the city to review and to approve or disapprove the location and construction of facilities for the transmission of electrical energy, operating at 100,000 volts or more, such as substations, transmission lines and poles, and accessory structures, by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District. It is the purpose of this article to provide for these facilities in the city in the most compatible and least obtrusive manner, while insuring that electrical energy is made available to every part of the city. The procedural rules in this article are designed to insure that sufficient information is provided in a timely manner to allow the city to make a reasonable and informed decision on applications submitted. The provisions of this article shall not be construed as to interfere with the use of property in any zone for public underground and aerial transmission or supply lines or transmission structures required to provide a service to the immediate area, provided that such lines and structures do not carry 100,000 volts, or more, of electricity. (Ord. 2013-0020 § 1; Ord. 2013-0007 § 1)