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<br />Jul-30-97 01:46P City of Oakdale <br /> <br />612 730 2616 <br /> <br />P.Ol <br /> <br />July 1997 <br /> <br />e Sec. 23-40. Purpose, <br /> <br />The City Council finds that jt is in the public interest and desirable in order to promote and <br />preserve the general welfare, assure the orderly development of the City, and provide for the <br />safety and convenicnce of its inhabitants, that new transmission lines of electrical utilities, <br />excluding high voltage transmission lines of 15,000 volts or more be placed, constructed and <br />installed underground. <br /> <br />See. 23-41. Underground Electric Wire Installations. <br /> <br />In addition to any other requirements of this code, the following shall be applicable to the <br />installation of electric distnoution systems of all electrical utilities ellcluding high voltage circuits <br />and transmission lines of 15,000 volts or more. <br /> <br />1, Every permanent extension of any distnoution lines, circuits and systems and any service <br />lateral providing pennanent electric power service shall be installed underground when <br />for: <br /> <br />(a) Any new installation of buildings, signs, streetlights or other structures where the <br />service lateral is strcct fed; <br /> <br />(b) Any new subdivision <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />(c) <br /> <br />Any new development or industrial park containing new commercial or industrial <br />buildings. <br /> <br />2, Any permanent replacement, relocation or reconstruction of more than 400 yards of any <br />distribution line, circuit or system of any such utility and any service lateral shall be <br />installed underground when for or made in connection with street paving, street widening, <br />public utility installation and other such projects. Such requiremenlS may be waived by the <br />City Engineer when it is not technically or economically feasible. <br /> <br />3. Wherever any part or portion of the distribution system of any such utilities in the <br />municipality is now 100ated underground, such part or portion shaIl remain underground <br />and any replacement, relocation, reconstruction, repair and extension thereof shall be <br />installed underground. <br /> <br />4. All high volta~ cirCUits and transmission lines of 15,000 volts or more which are <br />constructed within the corporate limits of this municipality after obtaining approval of the <br />City Engineer, if; however, not feasible to be place underground, shall be placed whenever <br />possible on two-legged or single-pole structures of metal or wood unless the City <br />Engineer approves of other structural techniques, <br /> <br />---- <br /> <br /> <br />330 <br />