12.22.030 Variances.
A. A variance from the underground installation requirements of this chapter may be granted by the site plan review committee upon application of the utility or property owner concerned if it is demonstrated to the satisfaction of said committee that the variance is in the interest of the general health, welfare and safety of the residents of the community and the traveling public and one of the following conditions exist:
1. It is technologically unsound to require undergrounding of a particular facility or in a particular location; or
2. That the cost of underground installation when compared to overhead installation is disproportionate in comparison to the benefit to be gained by the property and/or the public and is disproportionately high when compared to other properties or locations; or
3. Where the area in which undergrounding is required has not established a sufficient growth pattern to permit the determination of ultimate facility requirements to major transmission routes.
B. When granting a variance, the site plan review committee may attach conditions to the granting of said variance including placing a time limit on the duration of such variance. (Ord. 734 §1, 1985; Ord. 529 §1 (part), 1979).