HomeMy WebLinkAbout84-80 - Underground Utility District 10RESOLUTION NO. 84 -80
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH ESTABLISHING UNDERGROUND
UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 10 AND ORDERING THE
REMOVAL OF POLES, OVERHEAD WIRES AND ASSOCI-
ATED OVERHEAD 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 hear-
ings 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 9th day of July, 1984, the City Council took action
to set a public hearing on the 23rd day of July, 1984, at 7:30 p.m. for the
purpose of determining whether an underground utility district should be es-
tablished within that certain territory referred to as Underground Utility
District No. 10, 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. 10, 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 and welfare require
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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, County of
Orange, State of California:
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That portion of land in the City of Newport Beach, County of
Orange, State of California, described as a whole as follows:
Beginning at the southwest corner of Lot 12, Block 25,
East Side Addition to the Balboa Tract, as per map recorded
in Book 4, Page 20, of Miscellaneous Maps, Records of said
Orange County; thence northerly along the easterly line of
H Street (30 feet wide, as shown on said map) to the southerly
line of Bay Avenue (30 feet wide as shown on said map); thence
easterly along said southerly line of Bay Avenue to the
northeasterly corner of Lot 2, Block 26, of said East Side
Addition to the Balboa Tract; thence southerly along the
easterly line of said Lot 2 and the southerly prolongation
of said easterly line of Lot 2 to the southerly line of
Parcel 1 as per parcel map recorded in Book 48, Page 6, of
Parcel Maps of said County; thence easterly along the
southerly line of said Parcel 1 to the southeasterly corner
of said Parcel 1; thence southerly at right angles to said
southerly line of Parcel 1 to the northerly line of Lot 27,
Block L, Tract 518, as per map recorded in Book 17, Page 35,
of Miscellaneous Maps, Records of said Orange County;
thence westerly, southwesterly, southerly, and southeasterly
along the boundary line of said Block L, and following the
same through all of its various curves and courses to the
northeasterly corner of Lot 1, said Block L; thence west-
erly along the westerly prolongation of the northerly line
of said last- mentioned Lot 1 to the center line of I Street
as said center line is shown on said map of Tract 518;
thence northwesterly along said center line of I Street to
the center line of Balboa Boulevard (70 feet wide, shown as
Central Avenue on said map of Tract 518); thence westerly
thereon to the southerly prolongation of the westerly line
of said Lot 12, Block 25, East Side Addition to Balboa;
thence northerly thereon to the point of beginning.
For reference, the land included within the boundaries of Under-
ground Utilities District No. 10 are shown on City of Newport
Beach Drawing No. R /W- 5484 -L, revised July 13, 1984, a copy of
which is on file in the office of the City Clerk.
The City Council further finds that:
(1) The streets on which the work is to be performed are exten-
sively used by the general public and carry a heavy volume of pedestrian or
vehicular traffic;
(2) The undergrounding will avoid or eliminate an unusually heavy
concentration of overhead facilities; and
(3) The streets adjoin or pass 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 Utilities District
No. 10, and the affected utility companies and property owners are ordered to
cause the required removal and underground installation work to be done.
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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, 1984.
Section 4: The City Clerk is directed to notify all 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 accor-
dance with Section 15.32.080 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
ADOPTED this 23rd day of July , 1984.
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