This division shall apply to all persons owning and/or operating
commercial properties (referred to in this division as “customer”)
within the corporate limits of the City of Lubbock and who receive
electric utility service from either an electric utility, as that
term is defined in the Texas Utilities Code, or a municipally owned
utility, each operating within their respective certificated service
territories within the corporate limits of the City of Lubbock (collectively
referred to in this division as “utility”).
(1983 Code, sec. 9-40; Ordinance
2004-O0100, sec. 1, adopted 9/28/2004)
A customer owning a commercial property within the corporate
limits of the City of Lubbock that is one acre or less in size shall
be subject to the following provisions:
(1)
The customer shall install, own and maintain and be solely responsible
for providing all underground secondary service conductors from the
customer’s facility receiving the electric service to the appropriate
facilities of the utility located in the public right-of-way and as
designated by the utility.
(2)
The customer shall, at no cost to the utility, grant, convey and/or
otherwise devise to the utility any and all necessary right-of-way
easements and/or covenants, if any, at or near the customer’s
property line so that the utility may properly install any and all
utility equipment necessary to provide proper electric utility service
to the customer.
(1983 Code, sec. 9-41; Ordinance
2004-O0100, sec. 1, adopted 9/28/2004)
A customer owning a commercial property within the corporate
limits of the City of Lubbock that is more than one acre in size shall
be subject to the following provisions:
(1)
The utility shall provide overhead primary or secondary service,
as determined solely by the utility, to the customer at no cost to
the customer. Such overhead wires, equipment shall be installed, owned
and maintained by the utility up to the customer’s entrance
fitting.
(2)
If the customer requests that underground service be provided by
the utility, whether primary or secondary, the customer shall be subject
to the following regulations:
(A)
The utility shall collect from the customer thirteen dollars and
forty cents ($13.40) per linear foot times the number of feet from
the customer’s facility receiving the electric service to the
appropriate facilities of the utility located in the public right-of-way
and as designated by the utility. The city may review this fee annually
and may make any adjustments the city deems necessary to reflect the
actual costs incurred by the utility. Additionally, on behalf of the
city’s municipally owned electric utility, Lubbock Power and
Light, the electric utility board can request that this fee be adjusted
by the city as it applies to Lubbock Power and Light to reflect the
actual costs incurred by Lubbock Power and Light. These adjustments,
if any, will go into effect on October 1 of each subsequent year.
(B)
The customer, solely at the customer’s cost and expense, shall
provide all ditching/trenching services, backfill, compaction and
install any and all transformer pads necessary to provide underground
secondary service (collectively referred to as the “ditching
work”). All ditching work is required to meet the specifications
of the utility and subject to inspection and approval by the utility.
Should the ditching work fail to meet the specifications of the utility,
the utility shall provide written notice to the customer what is required
to correct all or parts of the ditching work. Should the customer
refuse or be unable to meet the specifications of the utility, the
utility may provide the ditching work and assess the customer the
actual cost for providing such work.
(C)
Once the ditching work is complete the utility shall install any
and all equipment necessary to provide service to the customer. The
customer shall, at no cost to the utility, grant, convey and/or otherwise
devise to the utility any and all necessary right-of-way easements
and/or covenants to the utility for the utility to properly serve,
repair and maintain the equipment providing service to the customer.
The service wires, equipment shall be owned and maintained by the
utility up to the customer’s entrance fitting.
(D)
Any and all other requests by the customer of the utility related
to providing service to the customer (including but not limited to
loop feeds, manholes, automatic transformer switches) shall be charged
to the customer at the actual cost incurred by the utility for providing
such service.
(1983 Code, sec. 9-42; Ordinance
2004-O0100, sec. 1, adopted 9/28/2004; Ordinance 2012-O0027, sec. 1 (ex. A),
adopted 4/10/2012)
The utility is under no obligation to energize the electric
distribution line for secondary service until such time as the customer
meets the specifications and requirements contained in this division.
If the customer fails to meet the requirements listed above and refuses
or is unable to comply with the requirements listed above, the utility,
solely at the discretion of the utility, may provide the necessary
services and assess the customer the actual cost incurred by the utility
in providing such services.
(1983 Code, sec. 9-43; Ordinance
2004-O0100, sec. 1, adopted 9/28/2004)
The customer and/or the utility may work with other types of
utilities (cable, telephone, etc.) to install their facilities, when
appropriate, in a joint trench and coordinate the installation of
the electric utilities.
(1983 Code, sec. 9-44; Ordinance
2004-O0100, sec. 1, adopted 9/28/2004)
This division is not intended as and is subject to any and all
existing written ordinances and policies of the City of Lubbock, including,
without limitation, the Underground Utilities Policy of 1977.
(1983 Code, sec. 9-45; Ordinance
2004-O0100, sec. 1, adopted 9/28/2004)
This division shall be in full force and effect for all final
plats filed with the City of Lubbock on or after October 1, 2004.
(1983 Code, sec. 9-46; Ordinance
2004-O0100, sec. 1, adopted 9/28/2004)
