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ORDINANCE N0. G Y 1 4
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA
MESA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE SUBDIVISION ACT TO
PROVIDE FOR UNDERGROUND UTILITIES.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subsection 15 of Section 9104, Article 1-A of Chapter IX
of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"15. UTILITY EASEMENTS. Utility lines, in all cases, shall be
located underground and at the rear of all lots wherever said
location is practical."
Section 2. Section 9130 of Article 1-C of Chapter IX of the Costa
Mesa Municipal Code is hereby renumbered as Section 9131.
There is hereby added to Article 1-C of Chapter IX, Section 9130
which shall read as follows:
"Section 9130. UNDERGROUND UTILITIES
Utility lines, including but not limited to electrical, communications,
street lighting and cable television shall be required to be placed underground
as a condition to the approval of a new tract, a revised or reactivated tract
or any parcel map. The subdivider is responsible for complying with the
requirements of this section, and he shall make the necessary arrangements with
the utility companies for the installation of such facilities, subject to the
applicable rules, regulations and tariffs of the respective utility or utilities
on file with the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California. For
the purposes of this section, appurtenances and associated equipment such as,
but not limited to, surface mounted transformers, pedestal mounted terminal
boxes and meter cabinets, and concealed ducts in an underground system may be
placed above the ground.
Where the enforcement of the provisions of this section would result
in undue hardship, the City Council, upon recommendation of the Planning
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Commission, may waive the requirements of this section. Such undue hardship
may be found to exist if topographical, soil or any other conditions make
such underground installations unreasonable or impractical.
This section shall not apply to utility lines which do not provide
services to the area being subdivided."
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force thirty
(30) days from and after its passage and prior to the expiration of fifteen
(15) days from its passage be published once in the Orange Coast Daily Pilot,
a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the City of Costa
Mesa, together with the names of the members of the City Council voting for
and against the same.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this /,r7- day of ✓� ,1968.
ATTEST:
Mayor of the City of Costa.Mes
City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) as.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, C. K. PRIEST, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and ex -officio
Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the
above and foregoing Ordinance No. I =l G was introduced and considered
section by section at a regular meeting of said City Council on the .1'/ r.
day of (/y p r , 1968, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a
regular meeting of said City Council held on the /!7 day of 4} 4 ,
1968, by the following roll/call vote: V r—
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa, this �_ day of , 1468.
City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
2- of Costa Mesa.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the
County aforesaid; I am over the age of eighteen years, and
not a party to or interested in the below entitled matter. I
am he Legal Advertising Manager
of the ORANGE COAST DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of gen-
erol circulation, printed and published in the City of Costa
Mesa, County of Orange, State of California, and I certify
.City Ordinanee Number 68-26
of which the copy attached hereto is a true and complete
copy, was printed and published in the regular issues) of
said newspaper on July 4,1968
I declare, under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing
is true and correct.
Executed on
July 4
at Costa Mesa, California.
(sip tura
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I 9 68.
1, C. K. PRIEST, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the
City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that Ordinance No. 68-26 was introduced and considered,
section by section, at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, held on the 1%th
day of June , 196 8, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular
meeting of said City Council held on the 1st _day of July 1961, by the
following roll -call vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN - WILSON TUCKER ST. CLAIR. JORDAN, PINKLEY
NOES: COUNCILMEN - NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN - NONE
I FURTHER CERTIFY that said Ordinance No 68-26 was published in the ORANGE COAST
DAILY PILOT, o newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the City of Costa Mesa, on the
4th day of July , 1968.
City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council
of the City of Costo Mesa
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