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A. Transmission Lines. All electrical and communication facilities other than electrical or communication services located on private property shall be installed underground by the utility owning said facility in the following cases:

1. When it becomes necessary to remove existing overhead facilities for a distance of five hundred feet because of a roadway widening project or other similar reason;

2. When existing overhead facilities for a distance of over five hundred feet are to be replaced; provided, however, this provision shall not apply to replacements due solely to casualty damage nor to replacement of wire only;

3. When any electrical or communication facilities are extended beyond those facilities existing on the effective date of this chapter; provided, however, that this subsection shall not apply to the extension by a cable television utility of facilities by the use of existing overhead poles of another utility;

4. When another utility having facilities along the same street or easement places its facilities underground for a distance of over five hundred feet.

All undergrounding of facilities initiated by a utility company must have approval of the city council or its representative prior to undertaking such project.

B. Services. All electrical and communications services located on private property shall be installed underground by the owner of the property in the following cases:

1. All new electrical and communication services from an overhead or underground facility to service connections of structures shall be installed underground;

2. All rebuilt or relocated electrical or communication service lines from an overhead or underground facility to service connections of structures shall be installed underground unless such rebuilding or relocation involves a change in the overhead service line only without a change in the corresponding service entrance facilities;

3. All existing electrical and communication services shall be converted to underground by the owner or owners of the property upon which said services are located within 90 days after notification by the city in accordance with RCW 35.96.050 that underground facilities are available. (Ord. 734 §1, 1985; Ord. 529 §1 (part), 1979).