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HomeMy WebLinkAbout7444 - Underground Utility District 2RESOLUTION NO. 7444 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH ESTABLISHING UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 2 AND ORDERING 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 SERVICE WITHIN THAT AREA OF THE CITY LOCATED WITHIN SAID DISTRICT WHEREAS, Chapter 15.32, entitled "Underground Utilities ", of the Newport Beach Municipal Code, authorizes the City Council to call public hearings to ascertain whether the public health, safety or welfare require the removal of poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures within designated areas of the City, and underground installation of wires and facilities for supplying electric, communication, or similar services; and WHEREAS, on the 25th day of January, 1971, the City Council took action to set a public hearing on the 8th day of March, 1971, at 7 :30 p.m., and subsequently continued to the 24th day of May, 1971, at 7 :30 p.m., for the purpose of determining whether an underground utility district should be established within that certain territory referred to as Underground Utility District No. 2, which is hereinafter described; and WHEREAS, notices have been sent to all property owners within the territory proposed to be included within said underground utility district, in the manner prescribed by said Chapter 15.32 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code, and WHEREAS, after consideration of all protests to the formation of said Underground Utility District No. 2 the City Council has determined that the public health, safety and welfare require the formation of said District; • NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council hereby FINDS, • DETERMINES AND ORDERS: Section 1: The public necessity, health, safety -1- • • C J 0 and welfare require the removal of poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures used to supply electric and telephone service and their installation underground within the following described area of the City of Newport Beach: Beginning at the intersection of the centerline of West Coast Highway (100 feet in width) with the southwesterly prolongation of the northwesterly right of way line of Riverside Avenue (80 feet in width); thence northeasterly along said southwesterly prolongation and along said northwesterly right of way line of Riverside Avenue to a line that is parallel with and distant northeasterly 20 feet, measured at right angles, from the northeasterly right of way line of said West Coast Highway 100 feet in width; thence southeasterly along said parallel line to the northwesterly line of Lot 29, Tract No. 1210; thence southwesterly along said northwesterly line and its southwesterly prolongation to a line that is parallel with and distant southwesterly 20 feet, measured at right angles, from the southwesterly right of way line of said West Coast Highway (100 feet in width); thence northwesterly along last said parallel line to said southwesterly prolongation of the northwesterly right of way line of Riverside Avenue; thence northwesterly along said southwesterly prolongation to the point of beginning. The City Council further finds that: (1) The street on which the work is to be performed is extensively used by the general public and carries a heavy volume of pedestrian or vehicular traffic; and (2) The street adjoins or passes through a public recreation area and an area of unusual scenic interest to the general public. Section 2: The above described area is hereby declared to be an underground utility district, to be known as Underground Utility District No. 2, and the affected utility companies and property owners are ordered to cause the required removal and underground installation work to be done. Section 3: The date by which the required removal and underground installation work is to be accomplished and by which the affected property owners must be ready to receive underground service is December 31, 1971. Section 4: The City Clerk is directed to notify all -2- 8/23/71 r affected utility companies and all persons owning property within said District of the adoption of this resolution within • ten (10) days after its effective date, in accordance with Section 15.32.080 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code. ADOPTED this 14th day of June, 1971. efqa Mayor ATTEST: ity Clerk TIFIED AST #K1AL CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ME J, . B6ACH AUG 3 0 1LOR PAYEE ._.,_....•.....,..e.... a. ._..._.....— ._...........a..ru, • mh • 8/26/71 -3-