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1 RESOLUTION NO. 87-189
2 RESOLlJTION OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADOPTING
STAtJDARD REQUIREMENT NO. 11 RELATING TO UNDERGROUNDING UTILITY
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4 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CONMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 1. PurSuant to San Bernardino Municipal Code
7 Section 18.44.070, the following requirement for uncergrounding
8 utility lines is hereby adopted:
9 "Standard Requirement No. 11
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11. All existing overhead utility lines, including, but
11 not limited to electrical, telephone, cable television, and
12 street light service, shall be placed underground. This
13 requirement shall apply to all such lines traversing the
14 developnent, or installed along either side of streets
15 adjoining the development, except for electrical transmission
16 lines of 33 KVA ane. above; distribution lines of 33 KVA and
17 below shall be undergrounded. Where one line is exempt, all
18 lines on that pole shall be exempt. Arrangements, including
19 payment of costs, shall be made by the developer with the
20 serving utility company (s}. Undergrounding of utili ty
21 structures may be done by the developer, with pernission from
22 .!che serving utility.
23 For developments with small frontages, the Director of
24 Public Works/City Engineer may accept a cash payment from the
25 developer, in lieu of undergrounding the lines. Payments will
26 be based upon a written estimate of the short form unit cost
27 from the serving utility company(s), and will reflect the
28 development's proportionate share of the estimated cost for
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undergrounding the lines over the entire section.
In the event that property on the opposite side of the
street is vacant, the developer shall pay fifty percent of the
estimated cost of undergrounding. When the vacant property is
developed it will pay the remaining fifty percent of the cost of
undergrounding. The cost of undergrounding shall be calculated to
exclude the cost of street crossings; the entire cost to under-
ground street crossing lines shall be borne by the property serv-
ed by the crossing lines.
Such funds shall accrue interest at the annual investment
portfolio rate as accornplisheq by the City Treasurer's Office. All
payments will be deposited into a line item account for under-
grounding utilities within the area. In no event shall the pay-
ments from developers on both sides of the street exceed the
total estimated cost for undergrounding utilities along that
section of street.
Standard Requirement No. 11 shall not apply to the remodeling
of existing buildings where the cost of remodeling is less than
50% of the replacement cost of the existing structure.
Standard Requirement No. 11 shall apply to any project for
which a building permit has not been issued.
An appeal from this requirement may be submitted to the ~~ayor
and Common Council pursuant to San Bernardino Municipal Code
Section 18.44.070 Subsection N."
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly
adopted by the Mayor and Con~on Council of the City of San
Bernardino at a requ1ar meeting thereof, held on the 15th
day of June , 1987, by the following
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1 vote, to wit:
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Council Members Estrada. Reilly. Flores.
AYES:
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Maudslev. Minor. Pope-Ludlam. Miller
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NAYS:
None
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ABSENT:
None
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./ Ci ty Clerk
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The foregoing resolution is hereby approved this
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of
, 1987.
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Mayor o~ the City of San Bcrnardino
Approved as to form:
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Clty A torney
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