(a) Required. The subdivider, developer, and landowner shall make the necessary cost and other arrangements with each of the public utility companies for the installation of underground facilities and appropriate relocation and the undergrounding of existing adjacent facilities in conformance with the respective operating company’s rules and regulations then on file and approved by the Public Utilities Commission of the State. If such rules and regulations provided to the City preclude the undergrounding of certain facilities, then, in that event, the undergrounding of those facilities shall not be required, and no formal waiver hearing, as set forth in Section 7-5.203 of this article, shall be necessary, except that adequate security for possible future undergrounding may be required.
(b) Exceptions. The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
(1) Overhead facilities approved by the Community Development Director to be installed and maintained for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days in order to provide emergency service;
(2) Temporary poles, overhead wires, and associated structures used, or to be used, in conjunction with construction projects; and
(3) Power transmission lines of 66,000 volts or more if it is determined by the Community Development Director that such undergrounding is not technically or economically feasible at the time the development is to take place.
(§ 2, Ord. 31, as amended by § 1, Ord. 147-NS, eff. May 7, 1970, and § I, Ord. 507-NS, eff. December 12, 1974)