Editor's note—Ord. No. 82-61, § 8, enacted
Aug. 11, 1982, repealed former Art. III, relative to excavations,
derived from Code 1957, §§ 7301, 7311, 7323, 7331,
7332, 7341—7343, 7345, 7351—7354; and Ord. No. 79-5, §§ 1—4,
adopted Feb. 7, 1979.
(a)
All
development projects within the City of Escondido which are either
new subdivisions or subject to section 23-119 or 23-120 shall be required
to underground all utility distribution facilities, including cable
television and other communication facilities.
(b)
The
developer shall make the necessary arrangements with each of the serving
utilities, including those providing cable television, telephone,
and other utility services, for the installation of such facilities.
All transformers, terminal boxes, meter cabinets, pedestals, concealed
ducts, and any other related facilities appurtenant to such underground
utilities shall also be placed underground except in circumstances
permitting above ground installations pursuant to conditions established
by the director of community development.
(c)
Projects
developed under the provisions of sections 33-116 of the Escondido
Zoning Code shall be exempt from the provisions of this section. Easement(s)
may be required for future public facilities, utilities, and/or access.
(Ord. No. 2005-02, § 2; Ord. No. 2022-18, § 13, 9-28-22)
The undergrounding requirements for existing overhead utilities
as set forth in section 23-47 may be waived as part of the project
approval process in the event the utility line to be underground is
a 69 kilovolt (kV) transmission line, or subject to determination
by the city that the actual undergrounding work is infeasible except
in regards to a larger undergrounding project. No such waiver shall
be granted unless the developer shall have first paid an undergrounding
in lieu fee which shall be established by the city council by resolution
from time to time.
(Ord. No. 2005-02, § 2)
