HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 3951CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE NO. 3951
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON
AMENDING A PORTION OF CHAPTER 18 OF TITLE IV
(BUILDING REGULATIONS) OF ORDINANCE NO. 1628
ENTITLED "CODE OF GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
OF RENTON" RELATING TO THE COST OF UNDERGROUNDING
AND STATING EVENTS REQUIRING UNDERGROUNDING OF
OVERHEAD FACILITIES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I: Existing Section 4-1802 of Title IV (Building
Regulations) of Ordinance No. 1628 entitled "Code of General
Ordinances of the City of Renton" is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Section 4-1802: COST: The cost and expense of converting
existing overhead facilities to underground, or installing new
facilities underground, shall be borne by the serving utilities, or
the owners or occupants of the real property served, or persons
applying for such underground service.
(A) However whenever the City determines that the public
health, welfare, convenience and pedestrian and vehicular traffic
safety in any street or road widening or relocation project requires
conversion of existing overhead facilities to an underground
installation, then in any such event, the utility or utilities
affected shall provide such work at its own cost and expense.
(B) The requirement of Section 4-1802 (A) shall apply to
all major or arterial streets or roadways carrying an average of
five thousand (5,000) vehicles or more per day and shall be limited
to two miles (2) of such street or roadway per annum.
ORDINANCE NO. 3951
SECTION II: Existing subsection (D) of Section 4-1801
of Title IV (Building Regulations) of Ordinance No. 1628 entitled
"Code of General Ordinances of the City of Renton" is hereby amended
by adding the following subsections:
Section 4-1801 (D) 6. When undergrounding is required
due to extensions, duplications, relocations or rebuilds to existing
overhead electrical and communication facilities but the poles to be
removed following undergrounding would not be removed because of
continuing requirements for such poles, such as services to residences
of King County when those residences are not required to be undergrounded.
However, if there is a reasonable likelihood that undergrounding would
occur in the foreseeable future, conduit for underground crossings
should be installed whenever feasible as part of any ongoing street
construction, reconstruction or overlayment project.
7. When undergrounding is required due to extensions,
duplications, relocations or rebuilds to existing overhead electrical
and communication facilities and there are existing overhead electrical
or communication facilities that will not be removed, such as high
tension wires, and the electrical and communication facilities to be
removed by undergrounding parallel the facilities that will not be
removed and are on the same street right-of-way or are immediately
adjacent thereto, either on the same side of the right-of-way or
on the opposite side of the right-of-way. However, the owners of
the property that would be required to underground under Section
4-1803 (H) will be given the option to request such undergrounding and
if the majority of them agree, then the undergrounding shall occur.
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ORDINANCE NO. 3951
SECTION III: This Ordinance shall be effective upon its
passage, approval and thirty days after publication.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 21st day of October,
1985.
Marilyn ^^etersen, Deputy City Clerk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 21st day of October, 1985
Barbara Y. Shinpoch, Mayor
Approved as to form:
Lawrence J. Warren, City Attorney
Date of Publication: October 25, 1985
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