The following are terms and definitions that apply to this chapter:
BOROUGH
The Borough of Park Ridge Electric Department.
CUSTOMER
Any person, business, or corporation being served, or to
be served, from the Borough's electric system.
DEVELOPER/BUILDER
Any person, agent, firm or corporation having a legal or
equitable interest in the property and legally responsible to the
owner.
LOAD MANAGEMENT
A program by which the Borough cycles residential and commercial
appliances for the purpose of reducing kilowatt demand.
N-1 REDUNDANCY
Resilient design that ensures system availability in the
event of component failure. Components (N) have at least one independent
backup component.
OWNER
Any person, agent, firm or corporation having a legal or
equitable interest in the property.
POINT OF DELIVERY
The place where the Borough's responsibility terminates
and the customer's responsibility begins.
RISER POLE
A utility pole which serves primary and/or secondary voltage
to underground facilities.
SECONDARY SYSTEM VOLTAGE
The Borough service to customers with configurations of voltages
less than or equal to 600 volts.
SERVICE CONNECTIONS
The point in which the customer's equipment comes into
electrical contact with the Borough's facilities.
The applicable rules and regulations of the American National
Standards Institute (ANSI) and Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers (IEEE) titled "National Electrical Safety Code," are hereby
adopted by reference as the electric safety construction rules of
the Borough and are applicable to this chapter or any subparts.
The developer will be required to grant adequate easements to
the Borough for the installation, operation and maintenance of all
electrical facilities, including transformers, riser poles, cable
runs for primaries, secondaries, manholes, handholds and vaults. Easements
must grant the Borough ingress and egress rights to its facilities
at all times for operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement and
must be duly recorded in the proper County Clerk's office. Width
of all easements shall be a minimum of 20 feet. No structures, walls
or obstacles are to be so located as to interfere with the Borough's
ability to operate, repair, replace or maintain its facilities.
In all cases where it is the responsibility of the contractor
to provide trenching for the Borough, the following guidelines must
be followed:
A. The applicant may not start the excavation for the electric utility
installation until the following requirements are met:
(2) The curbing for the development has been installed.
(3) The site is graded to plus or minus six inches of the final grade.
(4) All property lines have been surveyed and marked.
B. The contractor is required to excavate the trench a minimum of one
foot wide and 24 inches deep in locations approved by the Electric
Department.
C. The contractor shall supply and install a six-inch sand bedding in
the bottom of the trench before the Electric Department provides and
installs the primary conduits (and secondary conduits for new residential
subdivisions).
D. Once the conduits are installed, the contractor shall provide an
additional six inches of sand backfill over the conduit and then fill
the remainder of the trench to grade with clean backfill.
E. The contractor shall be responsible for the installation of all materials
required at the final grade (e.g., grass, asphalt, concrete).
F. A minimum separation of 12 inches must be provided between the electric
conduit and all other communications utilities.
G. Gas and water distribution and services may not be installed in the
same trench as the electric utilities.
H. Any additional requirements for installation and backfill for other
utilities must be coordinated directly by the developer/builder with
those utility companies.
I. It shall be the responsibility of the developer to secure the area
and provide all safety measures for the trenching operation.
J. In certain circumstances, the applicant may be required to provide
concrete to encase the conduit in concrete.