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January 22, 2019
Matthew Travis, Zayo Group
c/o Compliance Solutions, Inc
242 Rangeline Road
Longwood, FL 32750
Via Email: matthew.travis@zayo.com
SUBJECT: Request for Undergrounding Exemption (Bridge WA-B13 Overbuild, MFP18005801, 19201 108th Avenue SE)
Dear Mr. Travis:
The City of Renton has reviewed your request to grant Zayo Group an exemption from Renton Municipal Code (RMC) 4-6-090(C) which states that all new electrical or communication facilities
shall be required to be installed underground, pursuant to the standards of the section of RMC.
Zayo proposes to install a new replacement 144-count overlash fiber connection on existing Puget Sound Energy (PSE) power poles along SE 192nd Street beginning on the northeast corner
of 19201 108th Ave SE. The new fiber connection will extend west approximately 106 lineal feet to the northwest corner of 19201 108th Ave SE.
ANALYSIS: The City has considered the request for an exemption from RMC 4-6-090(D)(1)(g). Ordinance 5497 grants Zayo Bandwidth Northwest, Inc., the right to construct, operate, maintain,
repair, alter , remove and repair one or more fiber optics communications facilities together with all equipment, support structures, conduit, cables and appurtenances of Zayo’s systems,
under, along, over, below and through certain public right of ways and other public lands within the City of Renton.
The proposal would utilize existing poles and attach to the existing aerial path for a replacement line between two poles of just over one hundred lineal feet. A minimum vertical height
clearance of 15’-6” would need to be provided for; therefore, staff recommends this as a condition of approval. Therefore, the staff recommends that the City grant an exemption with
conditions, per RMC 4-6-090(D)(1)(g) which allows a replacement of overhead facilities for a distance of three (3) or fewer spans (four (4) poles) or five hundred feet (500’).
DECISION: The requested exemption from underground utility installation requirements RMC4-6-090 (C) as requested by the applicant for the Project Reach is approved with conditions subject
to the conditions below as the request complies with exemption criteria of RMC 4-6-090(D)(1)(g).
Conditions of Approval
Any existing height violations within the Project Reach must be resolved at the time of construction. New aerial lines within the Project Reach must have a minimum vertical clearance
of 15’-6”.
Any abandoned or unused lines within the Project Reach must be removed at the time that construction is taking place.
A traffic control plan must be separately submitted to the City, and no construction may take place until the City has approved a traffic control plan.
The new aerial fiber lines within the Project Reach must be converted to underground facilities in the future, at Zayo’s cost, when any one of the following events occurs: (1) any other
utilities are undergrounded within the Project Reach, (2) a joint use trench is proposed by a franchisee within the Project Reach, in which case Zayo shall participate in the joint
use trench installation for the purpose of undergrounding its aerial lines, or (3) a conduit is made available within the Project Reach that will accommodate the aerial lines. The
new aerial lines must be undergrounded within one year, or approved otherwise by the City’s Community and Economic Development Administrator or their designee, from the first event
triggering the requirement to underground the aerial lines.
This decision to approve the exemption with conditions is subject to a fourteen (14) day appeal period from the date of this letter per RMC 4-8-110. Any appeals of the administrative
decision must be filed with the City Clerk, along with the required appeal fee, by 5:00 pm, February 5, 2019.
Sincerely,
Brianne Bannwarth, PE
Development Engineering Manager
cc: C.E. “Chip” Vincent, CED Administrator
Gregg Zimmerman, PW Administrator
Jennifer Henning, Planning Director
Justin Johnson, Civil Engineer II
Scott Warlick, Engineering Specialist II
Holly Powers, Permit Technician
Pat Miller, Construction Inspection Supervisor
Franchise Permits