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
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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
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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.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
ity Clerk
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ME J, . B6ACH
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