HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance 73-367ORDINANCE NO. 73 -367
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY
ADDING NEW SECTIONS 8700, 8701, 8702,
8703 AND 8704 TO THE TEMPLE CITY MUNICIPAL.
CODE RELATING TO UNDERGROUNDING OF UTILITIES.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY DOES ORDAIN:
SECTION 1. The City Council does hereby find, determine
and declare:
(a) That the public .interest and welfare
require that all utilities for any new developments
within the City be installed underground if at all
possible; and
(b) That the Temple City Municipal Code does
not, at present, so require; and
(c) That the Planning Commission recommends that
the Temple City Municipal Code be amended in the manner
hereinafter set forth.
SECTION 2. New Sections 8700, 8701, 8702, 8703 and
8704 should be added to the Temple City Municipal Code to
read as follows:
Section 8700. Undergrounding of Utilities.
Except where undergrounding of utilities shall be
required by districts established pursuant to the
provisions of Chapter 6 of Article VIII, commencing
with Section 8600 of this Code, the undergrounding of
utility facilities shall be required, except as here-
inafter provided, in all of the following circumstances,
in accordance with all applicable rules, regulations and
tariffs of the respective utility companies providing such
service:
(1) All land subdivisions of five (5) lots or more;
and
(2) All new multiple residential uses consisting
of five (5) or more dwelling units; and
(3) All new commercial or manufacturing uses.
Section 8701. Surface Equipment. Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 8700 of this Code, underground
installation shall not be required for surface mounted
transformers, pedestal mounted terminal boxes, meter
cabinets, concealed ducts in underground systems, and
other related accessory appurtenances and equipment.
Provided, however, that any of the aforesaid facilities
which are not located underground shall not be located
within any front yard area.
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Section 8702. Res onsibilit for Com liance. The
owner and /or occupant o any property to w is Section 8700
et seq. hereof applies shall be responsible for compliance
therewith, including but not limited to obtaining the
installation of required facilities by the appropriate
utility company or companies in accordance with applicably
rules and regulations set forth by the Public Utilities
Commission of the State of California.
Section 8703. Exceptions. The owner and /or occupant
of any property may, within ten (10) days of the mailing
of notice by the Planning: Director requiring complaince
with the provisions of Section 8700 et seq. hereof, file
a written request for an exemption from the provisions
thereof with the Secretary of the Planning Commissiono
The matter shall thereafter be heard by the Planning
Commission which may grant an exemption from compliance
with the provisions of Section 8700 hereof if it finds
that compliance with the provisions of Section 8700 of
this Code would render the proposed development economically
unfeasible.
The decision of the Planning Commission shall be
final and conclusive at 12 :00 P.M. of the tenth (10th)
day following the date of its decision in the absence of
a written appeal in the manner hereinafter specified.
Upon the filing of an appeal in the manner hereinafter
set forth, the decision of the Planning Commission shall
be suspended and of no force or effect.
Section 8704. Appeals. Any applicant who is
aggrieved by the decision of the Planning Commission
may file a written letter of appeal with the City Clerk
together with a filing and processing fee of. $50,
prior to the Planning Commission's action becoming final.
Upon receipt of such a written letter of appeal, together
with said fee, the matter shall be placed upon the Council,
agenda at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the
Council at which time the matter shall be heard by the
City Council and a decision rendered thereon in accordance
with the provisions specified in Section 8703 hereof.
The decision of the City Council shall be final.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this Ordinance and to its approval 07 the Mayor and shall
cause the same to be published in the Temple City Times, a
newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and cir-
culated in the City of Temple City.
APPROVED and ADOPTED this 20 day of/ February 1973.
ATTEST : C M YORE R;0;1 TEM C i ty of Temp e C e ty
(--C Je Deputy Cy y Clerk
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Ordinance No. 73 -367
STATE OF CALIFORNIA ")
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss:
CITY OF TEMPLE CITY )
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance, being Ordinance
No. 73 -367 was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council
of the City of Temple City, held on the 6th day of February, 1973,
and was duly passed, approved and adopted by said Council, approved
and signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk at a regular
meeting of the said City Council on the 20th day of February , 1973,
by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen-Dennis, Merritt, Tyrell
NOES: Councilmen-None
ABSENT: Councilmen-Gilbertson, Briggs
Ch of Deputy City- Clerk
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