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RESOLUTION NO. 1187
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF THE
TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS ESTABLISHING UNDERGROUND UTILITY
DISTRICT NO. 3 IN THE CITY OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS
RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of the Town of Los
Altos Hills , as follows :
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 1178, a public hearing to be held
by the City Council was called for Wednesday, February 7, 1979 , at
the hour of 7 : 30 o 'clock p.m. , to ascertain whether the public
necessity, health, safety or welfare requires the removal of poles,
overhead wires and associated overhead structures and the under-
ground installation of wires and facilities for supplying electric,
communication, or similar or associated services within the area as
shown and delineated on the map entitled "DIAGRAM OF UNDERGROUND
UTILITY DISTRICT No. 3" , a copy of which marked "A" and attached
hereto hereby is incorporated herein and made a part hereof by
reference; and-
WHEREAS, notice of such hearing has been given to all affected
property owners as shown on the last equalized assessment roll and
utilities concerned in the manner and for the time required by law;
and
WHEREAS, such hearing was continued but subsequently on March
7 , 1979 , has been duly and regularly held, and all persons interested
have been given an opportunity to be heard,
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND DETERMINED that the
Council of the City of the Town of Los Altos Hills hereby finds
and determines that the public necessity, health, safety and welfare
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require the removal of poles, overhead wires and associated over-
head structures, and the underground installation of wires and
facilities for supplying electric, communication or similar or
associated services within the area described in Exhibit "A" ,
and such described area is hereby established as Underground Utility .
District No. 3,
The Council HEREBY FURTHER FINDS AND DETERMINES as follows :
The Underground Utility District herein created is in the
general public interest for the following reasons :
1. The undergrounding to be accomplished will avoid or
eliminate an heavy unusually concentration of over-
head
head distribution facilities; and
2 . The streets, roads, or rights of way in the District
are extensively used by the general public and carry
a heavy volume of pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED AND DETERMINED that the following
exceptions in said Underground Utility District No., 3 be and they
are hereby authorized:
(a) Any municipal facilities or equipment installed
under the superivision and to the satisfaction of
the City Engineer.
(b) Poles , or. electroliers used exclusively for street
lighting.
(c) Overhead wires (exclusive of supporting structures)
crossing any portion of the above-described District
within which overhead wires have been prohibited/ or
connecting to buildings on the perimeter of said
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District when such wires originate in an area from
which poles, overhead wires and associated overhead
structures are not prohibited.
(d) Poles, overhead wires and associated overhead
structures used for the transmission of electric
energy at nominal voltages in excess of 34 ,500
volts.
(e) Overhead wires attached to the exterior surface of
a building by means of a bracket or other fixture
and extending from one location on the building to
another location on the same building or to an
adj:acent building without crossing any public street.
(f) Antennae, associated equipment and supporting struc-
tures used by a utility for furnishing communication
services.
(g) Equipment appurtenant to underground facilities ,
such as surface mounted transformers, pedestal mounted
terminal boxes and meter cabinets and concealed ducts .
(h) Temporary poles, overhead wires , and associated
overhead structures used or to be used in conjunction
with construction projects .
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED AND DETERMINED that all poles,
overhead wires and associated overhead structures shall be removed
! and underground installation made in said underground utility dis-
trict within the following times :
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(a) Underground installation by utility companies and
property owners and reconnections not later than
October 1, 1979 .
(b) Removal of poles , overhead wires and other associated
overhead structures not later than December 31, 1979 .
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED AND DETERMINED that the City Clerk,
within ten (10) days after the adoption of this Resolution, shall
(a) mail a copy hereof and a copy of Chapter 4 of Title 7 of the
Los Altos Hills Municipal Code to affected property owners as such
are shown on the last equalized roll and to the affected utilities;
and (b) post, or cause to be posted a copy of this Resolution, along
all open streets within the District established at not more than
• ' three hundred (300) feet apart and not less than three (3) in all.
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED AND DETERMINED that this Resolu-
tion shall be posted within the City of the Town of Los Altos Hills
in three (3 ) places .
REGULARLY passed and adopted this 7th day of March,. 1979 .
Mayor
ATTEST: -
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City<C12rk - -
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed
and adopted_at<_a regular meeting of the City Council of the City
of the Town of Los Altos Hills held on the 7th day of March,
1979 . '
City Clerk
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