HomeMy WebLinkAbout97-064 CC ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 97-64
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF TEMECULA, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING ITS
INTENTION TO ESTABLISH UNDERGROUND UTILITY
DISTRICT NO. 1 AND ORDER THE REMOVAL OF
OVERHEAD UTILITY FACILITIES AND THE
INSTALLATION OF UNDERGROUND FACILITIES WITHIN
SAID DISTRICT
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA, CALIFORNIA, DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That a public hearing is hereby called for July 8, 1997, at the hour of 7:00
p.m., in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 43200 Business Park Drive, Temecula, California,
to ascertain whether the public necessity, health, safety, or welfare requires the removal of poles,
overhead wires and associated overhead structures and the underground installation of wires and
facilities for supplying electric, communication, or similar or associated service as more fully
shown on the attached map marked Exhibit "A".
Section 2. That a notice of such hearing shall be given to all affected property owners as
shown on the last equalized assessment roll and to all utilities concerned, in the manner and for
the time required by law.
Section 3. That such hearing shall be duly and regularly held, and all persons interested
shall be given an opportunity to be heard.
Section 4.That the City Council of the City of Temecula hereby declares its intention to
find and determine whether the public necessity, health, safety and welfare require the removal
of poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures, and the underground installation of
wires and facilities for supplying electric, communication, or similar or associated service for
properties fronting on:
1. Winchester Road from Ynez Rod to 300 feet easterly of Margarita,
2. Margarita Road from Overland Drive to Winchester Road, and
3. North General Kearney Road from Margarita Road to a point 2,600 feet easterly
of Margarita Road,
and more fully shown on the attached map marked Exhibit "A"; and such described area
is hereby established as Underground Utility District No. 1.
Section 5. That such utility undergrounding shall include up to 100 feet of the customer's
service lateral.
Section 6. That if so established, such undergrounding of utilities to be accomplished in
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said District will avoid or eliminate an unusually heavy concentration of overhead facilities.
Section 7. That the streets, roads, or right-of-way in the District are extensively used by
the general public and carry a heavy volume of pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
Section 8. That if so established, the following exceptions in said Underground Utility
District No. 1 will be authorized:
(a)
Any municipal facilities or equipment installed under the supervision and to the
satisfaction of the City Engineer;
(b) Poles, or electroliers used exclusively for street lighting;
(c)
Overhead wires (exclusive of supporting structures) crossing any portion of a
District within which overhead wires have been prohibited, or connecting to
buildings on the perimeter of a District, when such wires originate in an area from
which poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures are not prohibited;
(d)
Overhead wires attached to the exterior surface of a building by means of a bracket
or other fixture and extending from one location on the building to another location
on the same building or to an adjacent building without crossing any public street;
(e)
Antennae, associated equipment and supporting structures, used by a utility for
furnishing communication services;
(f)
Equipment appurtenant to underground facilities, such as surface-mounted
transformers, pedestal-mounted terminal boxes and meter cabinets, vent pipes, and
duets; and
(g)
(h)
Temporary poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures used or to be
used in conjunction with construction projects.
Overhead wires and poles supporting 66KV transmission facilities.
Section 9. That if so established, all poles, overhead wires and associated overhead
structures shall be removed and underground installations made in said Underground Utility
District within the following times:
(a)
Underground installation by utility companies of facilities within the said District
not later than December 31, 1998.
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Underground installation by property owners and re-connections, removal of poles,
overhead wires and other associated overhead structures not later than March 31,
1999.
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All utility companies operating within said Underground Utility District as shown on the
attached map marked Exhibit "A", and all owners of property located within such area will be
instructed and directed to carry out the terms of this Resolution as above set forth and pursuant
to Riverside County Ordinance No. 517, adopted by reference by Section 1.08.010, of the
Temecula Municipal Code; failure to do so will incur the sanctions and penalties as set forth in
said Chapter 1.01, including the loss of electric current to non-complying properties. Instructions
for property owners on the removal of aboveground facilities and installation of underground
utilities in connecting from utilities to private buildings will be available in the office of the
Engineering Superintendent.
Section 10. That the City Clerk shall notify all owners of the property located within said
Underground Utility District of the necessity that if they or any person occupying such property
desires to continue to receive electric, communication, or similar or associated service, they or
such occupant shall provide all necessary facility changes on their premises so as to receive such
service from the lines of the supplying utility or utilities on file with the Public Utilities
Commission of the State of California.
Section 11. That the City Clerk, within ten (10) days after the adoption of this resolution
shall mail a copy hereof, together with a copy of said Chapter 1.01, Sections 1.01.020 and
1.01.030, of the Temecula Municipal Code, to the affected property owners (as shown on the last
equalized assessment roll) and to the affected utilities.
Section 12. That this resolution shall take effect immediately.
Section 13. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution;
shall cause the same to be entered in the book of original resolutions of said City; shall make a
minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of the City Council
of said City in the minutes of the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted.
Passed, approved and adopted, by the City Council of the City of Temecula at a regular
meeting heldonthe24thdayofJune, 1997 "'~-~~c,,_~('~~ ~
Patricia H. Birdsall, Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) SS
CITY OF TEMECULA )
I, June S. Greek, City Clerk of the City of Temecula, hereby do certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 97-64 was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Temecula on the 24th day of June, 1997 by the following vote:
AYES: 5
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Ford, Lindemans, Roberts, Stone,
Birdsall
NOES:
0 COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT:
0 COUNCILMEMBERS: None
City Clerk
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LEGEND
DISTRICT
BOUNDARY
EXHIBIT "A"
UNERGROUND UTILITY DIST. NO. 1
CITY OF TEMECULA
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