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For the purpose of removing poles and placing wires underground, the City shall be divided into districts designated as Underground Districts, which Underground Districts are more particularly described in Order No. 214 (Second Series) and amendments thereto and other ordinances on file in the Office of the Clerk of the Board, in the offices of the Director, and collected in a volume entitled "Legislated Underground Districts" and maintained by the Department. The yearly rate to be accomplished by converting from overhead facilities to underground construction shall be in accordance with the limitation imposed by the funds allocated by the Serving Companies for such conversion, as ordered and required by the California Public Utilities Commission.
(Amended by Ord. 223-83, App. 4/28/83; Ord. 140-07, File No. 070621, App. 6/22/2007)
Each Underground District shall be established by Ordinance on streets, public places, or stated areas having existing poles and overhead utility facilities, when required for reasons of public necessity, health, safety, or welfare, and when in the public interest for one or more of the following reasons:
(a) To avoid or eliminate an unusually heavy concentration of overhead distribution facilities;
(b) The street, road or right-of-way is extensively used by the general public and carries a heavy volume of pedestrian or vehicular traffic;
(c) The street, road or right-of-way adjoins or passes through a civic area, public recreation area, or an area of unusual scenic interest to the general public;
(d) In connection with a public street improvement, street reconstruction between property lines, street widening or realignment.
(Added by Ord. 139-72, App. 5/26/72)
The removal of all existing surface and overhead utility facilities shall be completed in accordance with the Department of Public Works program. On/or after the date of completion in accordance with said program, no surface or overhead utility facilities shall be erected or installed for any purpose in any underground district, except as are exempted in this Article.
(Amended by Ord. 224-83, App. 4/28/83)
The following are expressly exempted from the provisions of this Article, with respect to undergrounding:
Trolley poles and trolley contact wires used exclusively for the transmission of electrical power for transit vehicles; single primary distribution circuits and single telephone, telegraph or other cables which cross designated districts or parts thereof not further than to the extent of the width of a single street; terminal cabinets and meter boxes when the size and location have been approved by the Director. The feeders or electrical service conductors for the trolley contact wires shall conform to the undergrounding requirements of this Article.
Additional variances may be granted by the Director.
(Added by Ord. 139-72, App. 5/26/72)
Public hearings shall be held by the Director before the establishment of an underground district. Notices of the public hearing shall be conspicuously posted along all the streets within the district, and each affected property owner and owner or operator in such district shall be notified by mail of the time and place of the hearing, in accordance with the provisions of Section 920. Written protests, objections or other comments regarding the proposal must be filed with the Director before the date of the hearing, or may be made in person during the hearing or on the day to which action on the proposal may be postponed. If the underground district is approved by the Director at this hearing, legislation will be forwarded to the Board of Supervisors for enactment of an ordinance establishing the district.
(Added by Ord. 139-72, App. 5/26/72; Ord. 140-07, File No. 070621, App. 6/22/2007)
The removal of overhead utility facilities shall be the responsibility of and be done by and at the cost of the owner or operator so owning, controlling, operating or using same. Before the underground installation of any utility facilities a permit for such installation shall first be secured pursuant to Section 901 hereof.
(Added by Ord. 139-72, App. 5/26/72)
In any district that the Board may designate as an Underground District, the owner of a building or other structure will provide, as necessary, at his expense, all conduit and associated equipment required to receive utility service between the facilities of the Serving Company and the terminal facility in or on the building or structure, and all trenching, excavation, backfilling and paving necessary to allow the installation of the service lateral. The installation of conduit or other enclosures within the building or structure, from the terminal facility, shall be made by the owner in accordance with the provisions of the San Francisco Electrical Code. The terminal facility shall be located at a point approved in accordance with the rules adopted by the Director of Public Works and satisfactory to the Serving Company.
(Added by Ord. 139-72, App. 5/26/72)
The Serving Company shall install the service lateral from its distribution line to the terminal facility of the building being served, and provide the conductor or conductors for such service, except as may be agreed between the owner and the Serving Company. Underground construction by the Serving Company shall be accomplished in accordance with the applicable provisions of the San Francisco Electrical Code and the rules and regulations of the California Public Utilities Commission.
(Added by Ord. 139-72, App. 5/26/72)
In the event of failure on the part of a property owner to perform the required construction in accordance with the provisions of Section 917 within 30 days after receipt of a notice to provide such facilities, in order to permit completion of the service reconnection and the removal of the overhead wires and conductors by the Serving Company or Companies, the Director may order the disconnection and removal of any and all overhead electrical or other service wires or conductors supplying electrical or other service to such building or structure. In the event of such failure by the property owner to act, the Director-may, at his discretion, perform the work required of property owners by Section 917, and is authorized to use and employ whatever labor, materials and devices may be necessary to effectually carry out the provisions of this Article. The total cost of the labor, materials and devices necessary for the performance of such work shall be paid by the owner of the building or structure for which such work was required.
(Added by Ord. 139-72, App. 5/26/72; Ord. 140-07, File No. 070621, App. 6/22/2007)
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