96-083 RESOLUTION NO. 96R-83
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
CREATING UNDERGROUND DISTRICT NO. 21
(BALL ROAD/WEST STREET)
WHEREAS, a public hearing was held by the City Council
of the City of Anaheim on May 21, 1996 at the hour of 6:00 P.M.,
to ascertain whether the public necessity, health, safety or
welfare requires the removal of Overhead Facilities of Utilities,
as these terms are defined in Section 17.24.010.060 and
17.24.090, respectively, of the Anaheim Municipal Code, and the
Underground installation of such Overhead Facilities, including
the property owner's service laterals, in accordance with the
provisions of Chapter 17.24 of the Anaheim Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, notice of the time and place of such hearing
was provided by the City Clerk by mail to all affected property
owners as shown on the last equalized assessment roll and to all
utility companies concerned at least ten days prior to the date
of the hearing.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ANAHEIM AS FOLLOWS:
1. The City Council hereby finds and determines that the
public health, safety and welfare as well as each of the specific
public purposes enumerated in Section 17.24.020 of the Anaheim
Municipal Code, require the removal of the Overhead facilities of
Utilities, as these terms are defined in Section 17.24.010.060
and 17.24.090, respectively, of the Anaheim Municipal Code, and
the Underground installation of such Overhead facilities,
including the property owners' service laterals, in accordance
with the provisions of Chapter 17.24 of the Anaheim Municipal
Code.
2. Pursuant to Section 17.24.040 of the Anaheim Municipal
Code, the City Council hereby declares the above-described area
to be an underground utility district, as this term is defined in
Section 17.24.010.080 of the Anaheim Municipal Code, to be known
as Underground District No. 21 (BALL ROAD/WEST STREET) (District
No. 21).
3. The City Council does hereby fix January 3101997 as the
date on which affected property owners must be ready to receive
underground service, and does hereby order the removal of
Overhead Facilities of Utilities, as these terms are defined in
Section 7.24.010.060 and 17.24.090, respectively, of the Anaheim
Municipal Code, and the Underground installation of such Overhead
Facilities, including the property owners' service laterals, in
accordance with provisions of Chapter 17.24 of the Anaheim
Municipal Code, on or before May 31, 1997.
4. The City Council hereby determines that this Resolution
shall apply to the Overhead Facilities of Utilities, including
the property owners' service laterals, 12,000 volt circuits and
associated facilities, communications lines, telecommunications
facilities, telephone lines and associated facilities, and 69,000
volt circuits and associated facilities, telegraph, cable
television, installation of street lights, and the installation
of substructures, conduits, and cable lines in the public right-
of-way.
5. The City Council hereby finds and declares that
creation of District No. 21 is consistent with the city's Five
Year Electric Underground Conversion Plan adopted by the City
Council on May 14, 1996.
6. The City Council hereby finds and declares that
creation of District No. 21 will avoid or eliminate an unusually
heavy concentration of overhead electric facilities, that said
street or road right-of-way is extensively used by the general
public and carries a heavy volume of pedestrian or vehicular
traffic, and will remove obstructions and will improve safety by
removing obstructions to pedestrian and vehicular visibility
within District No. 21.
7. The City Council hereby requests that all Utilities
with Overhead Facilities within District No. 21 underground their
Overhead Facilities, including the property owners' service
laterals, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 17.24 of
the Anaheim Municipal Code.
8. The City Clerk is hereby directed to notify all
affected utilities and all persons owning real property within
District No. 21 as provided in Section 17.24.090 of the Anaheim
Municipal Code.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Anaheim this 21st day of May, 1996.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution
No. 96R-83 was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting provided by law, of the Anaheim City
Council held on the 21st day of May, 1996, by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: Zemel, Felhaus, Lopez, Daly
NOES: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: Tait
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim signed said Resolution No. 96R-83 on
the 21st day of May, 1996.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of
Anaheim this 21st day of May, 1996.
~CITY CLERK OF THE ANAHEIM
(SEAL)
I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby cedify that the foregoing is the
original of Resolution No. 95R-83 was duly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of
Anaheim on May 21st, 1996.
~,'~t.CITY CLERK OF THE CI' ANAHEIM