The Council hereby finds and determines that the public interest requires, except as otherwise provided in this article, that all facilities and wires for the supply and distribution of electric energy and service, television cable service, and telephone and telegraph service for all new construction and land developments shall be placed underground in order to promote and preserve the health, safety, and general welfare of the public and to assure the orderly development of the City.
The Council also hereby finds that the public interest requires, except as otherwise provided in this article, that all facilities and wires for the supply and distribution of electric energy and service, television cable, service, and telephone and telegraph service adjacent to new construction and land development shall be placed underground in order to promote and preserve the health, safety, and general welfare of the public and to assure the orderly development of the City.
(§ 1, Ord. 31, as amended by § I, Ord. 507-NS, eff. December 12, 1974)