File #: 2015-1424   
Type: Consent Calendar Item
Body: City Council
On agenda: 3/17/2015
Title: Final Passage of Ordinance Amending Alameda Municipal Power Code Chapter XIX, Section 19-4 (Underground Utility Districts) to Approve the Redesigned Underground Utility District Policy. (Alameda Municipal Power)
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Final Passage of Ordinance Amending Alameda Municipal Power Code Chapter XIX, Section 19-4 (Underground Utility Districts) to Approve the Redesigned Underground Utility District Policy. (Alameda Municipal Power)

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CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO. ________
New Series
AMENDING ALAMEDA MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER XIX, SECTION 19-4 (UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICTS)

BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Alameda that:
Chapter XIX of the Alameda Municipal Code is amended by amending section 19-4:
19-4 UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICTS.
19-4.1 Definitions.
19-4.2 Public Hearing and Notification.
19-4.3 Reports.
19-4.4 Resolution.
19-4.5 Policy Implementation and Master Plan.
19-4.6 Responsibility of Property Owners.
19-4.7 Responsibility of Utility Companies.
19-4.8 Responsibility of City.
19-4.9 Extension of Time.
19-4.10 Unlawful Acts.
19-4.11 Exception. Emergency or Unusual Circumstances.
19-4.12 Other Exceptions.
19-4.13 Penalty.
19-4.14 Financial Obligations
19-4.1 Definitions.
As used in this section:
Commission shall mean the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California.
Committee shall mean the Technical Advisory Committee which shall consist of representatives of the Public Works Director, the General Manager of Alameda Municipal Power (as chairperson) and the other affected utilities.
Conversion shall mean the removal of existing poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures and the installation of new underground facilities to serve new or existing customers.
District shall mean that area in the City within which poles, overhead wires, and associated overhead structures are prohibited as such area is described in a Resolution adopted pursuant to the provisions of subsection 19-4.4 of this section.
Person shall mean any private or governmental entity including individuals, firms, corporations, partnerships, and their ...

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