§ 16.04.070. Utilities.

New construction or rehabilitation or remodeling in excess of fifty percent of the valuation of the existing structure requires that all utilities on the site for direct service to the area therein shall be installed underground except as otherwise approved by the city council. The owner or developer is responsible for complying with the requirements of this section and shall make the necessary arrangements as required by the serving utilities for the installation of such facilities. For the purpose of this section, appurtenances and associated equipment, such as, but not limited to, surface-mounted transformers, pedestal-mounted terminal boxes and meter cabinets, and concealed ducts in an underground system may be terminated aboveground.

(Ord. 460 § 1, 1979)

( Ord. No. 842, § 1, 10-22-2013 )

Editor's note

Ord. No. 842 , § 1, adopted Oct. 22, 2013, repealed the former §§ 16.04.070—16.04.086 and § 16.04.100 which pertained to building code amendments, residential and commercial roofs, and driveways and parking aprons, and satellite receiving antennas, and derived from Ord. No. 439 § 1 (part), 1978; Ord. No. 516 § 2, 1981; Ord. No. 517 § 2, 1981; Ord. No. 518 § 2, 1981; Ord. No. 559 §§ 1, 2, 1982; Ord. No. 577 § 1, 1983; Ord. No. 597, § 2, 1984; Ord. No. 603 §§ 3—5, 1985; Ord. No. 797 §§ 7—10, 2007; and Ord. No. 824, §§ 6—9, adopted Dec. 14, 2010. Said ordinance further renumbered §§ 16.04.092 and 16.04.095 as §§ 16.04.070 and 16.04.080 as set out herein. The historical notation has been retained with the amended provisions for reference purposes.