Ordinance 2371that:
CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO. 2371
AMENDING THE ALAMEDA MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING
CHAPTER 3 TO TITLE VIII, ELECTRIC SERVICE, THEREOF
RELATING TO UNDERGROUNDING OF ELECTRICAL FACILITIES
IN AERIAL DISTRICTS
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Alameda
Section 1.
by adding Chapter
CHAPTER 3.
The Alameda Municipal Code is hereby amended
3 to Title VIII thereof to read:
UNDERGROUNDING OF ELECTRICAL FACILITIES
IN AERIAL DISTRICTS
Article 1. Requirements for Undergrounding
Sec. 8 -311. All new electric service to
buildings with a main size of 400 amps and above shall
be underground and comply with any and all rules and
regulations of the Bureau of Electricity.
Sec. 8 -312. "Service" shall mean the
customer -owner conduit and wire between the meter
location and the service point designated by the Bureau
of Electricity.
Sec. 8 -313. All appurtenant facilities
incidental to such electric service shall be
underground except transformers, sectionalizing
devices, meter cabinets, concealed ducts, foundations
and pullbox or vault access covers.
Sec. 8 -314. The building owner shall provide
necessary substructures (conduits, ducts, cables,
foundations, pullboxes, vaults, etc.), easements, and
access easements as required by the Bureau of
Electricity. Transformer and /or sectionalizing device
locations shall be approved by both the Bureau of
Electricity and the Planning Department.
Article 2. Appeal
Sec. 8 -321. The requirement for undergrounding
of electrical facilities in conformance with this
Article may be appealed, within ten (10) days of
notification, to the Public Utilities Board for
technical problems which make undergrounding unusually
costly or to the Planning Board for issues which affect
project aesthetics.
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Appeal shall be made to the appropriate Board, as
defined in the preceding paragraph, by filing a notice
with the City Clerk who will forward the information to
the Board. The Board shall, within thirty (30) days,
hold a public hearing on the appeal and within seven
(7) days shall declare to affirm, deny or mitigate the
requirements of this Chapter.
Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after the expiration of thirty (30) days from the date of
its final passage.
Attest:
city Clerk
Presiding Officer of the Council
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance was duly and regularly adopted and passed by
the Council of the City of Alameda in regular meeting
assembled on the 19th of January, 1988,
by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Camicia, Haugner, Monsef, Thomas
and President Coricia - 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the official seal of said City this 20th of
January, 1988.
City Clerk of the City of Alameda