Alameda County Municipal Code Art. III Regulations

Whenever any underground district shall have been created by the board of supervisors in accordance with the provisions of Article II of this chapter, all utility distribution facilities in and for the purpose of supplying distribution service to properties adjacent to county roads or streets shall be placed underground in accordance with the ordinance establishing the underground district, except as said overhead facilities may be required to furnish distribution service to the owner or occupant of property prior to performance by such owner or occupant or building official of underground work necessary for such owner or occupant to continue to receive distribution service as provided in Section 13.16.120 of this article, and for such reasonable time as is required to remove said facilities after said work has been performed, and except as otherwise provided in this chapter.

(Prior gen. code § 5-515)

All underground construction and conduits, conductors and associated equipment necessary to receive distribution service between the service facilities referred to in Section 13.16.130 of this article and the service facilities in the building or structure being served shall be provided by the person owning, operating, leasing or renting said property, subject to applicable rules, regulations and tariffs of the respective utilities on file with the State Public Utilities Commission. If the above is not accomplished by any person within the time provided for in the ordinance adopted pursuant to Article II of this chapter and the notice provided for by Section 13.16.140, the building official shall give notice in writing pursuant to Sections 13.16.150 and 13.16.160, to the person in possession of such premises, and a notice in writing to the owner thereof to provide the required underground facilities within ten days after receipt of such notice.

(Prior gen. code § 5-515.1)

If, within the right-of-way, underground construction is necessary to provide distribution service within the area designated as an underground district by any ordinance adopted, pursuant to Article II of this chapter, the supplying utility shall furnish that portion of the conduits, conductors and associated equipment required to be furnished by it under its applicable rules, regulations and tariffs on file with the State Public Utilities Commission. Construction by the utility companies of the facilities required to be put underground by any ordinance enacted pursuant to Article II of this chapter shall be accomplished in accordance with established construction standards and in accordance with the rules and regulations authorized by the State Public Utilities Commission.

(Prior gen. code § 5-515.2)

Within ten days after passage of an ordinance pursuant to Article II of this chapter, the county clerk shall notify all affected utilities and all persons owning real property within the area designated in said ordinance, of the adoption thereof. Said county clerk shall further notify such affected property owners of the necessity that under the ordinance adopted pursuant to Article II of this chapter, they shall provide all necessary facility changes on their premises necessary to receive distribution service at least thirty (30) days before the time set therein for completion of the undergrounding by utilities or as soon as service from the facilities undergrounded by the supplying utility or utilities is available, subject to applicable rules, regulations and tariffs of the respective utility or utilities on file with the State Public Utilities Commission. Such written notice shall be approved as to form and content by the building official and shall be made by said county clerk. A copy of said ordinance adopted pursuant to Article II of this chapter shall be sent to affected utilities and to affected property owners in the manner set forth In Section 13.16.160.

(Prior gen. code § 5-515.3)

Upon the expiration of the period specified in the notice provided for in Section 13.16.140, the county clerk shall certify to the building official the name and address of each person to whom such written notice has been given who has not completed all work required by Section 13.16.120. Upon receipt of such list of names the building official shall give notice in writing to the person in possession of such premises, and a notice in writing to the owner thereof, to make such facility changes within ten days after receipt of such notice.

(Prior gen. code § 5-515.4)

Except as otherwise provided herein, the notice provided for in Section 13.16.140 may be given either by personal service or by mail. In case of service by mail, the notice must be deposited in the United States mail in a sealed envelope with postage prepaid, addressed to the person in possession of such premises at such premises. If the person in possession is not the owner, a notice must also be addressed to the owner thereof, as such owner's name appears, and must be addressed to such owner's last known address as it appears on the last equalized assessment rolls of the county. Such notice or notices shall be by registered mail or certified mail with a return receipt acknowledgment to be returned to the county director of public works and road commissioner. If notice cannot be given by personal service or by mail, the building official shall cause a copy thereof printed on a card not less than eight by ten inches in size to be posted in a conspicuous place on said premises.

(Prior gen. code § 5-515.5)

The notice given by the building official provided for in Section 13.16.150 shall particularly specify what work is required to be done, and shall state that if said work is not commenced and completed within ten days after receipt of such notice, the building official will make such connection, in which case the cost and expense of said connection will be assessed against the property benefited and become a lien upon such property.

(Prior gen. code § 5-515.6)

If, upon the expiration of the ten-day period provided for in Section 13.16.150, the said facility changes have not been made, the building official shall forthwith proceed to make such facility changes. Upon completion of such facility changes by the building official, he shall file a written report with the board setting forth the fact that the facility changes have been completed and the cost thereof, together with a legal description of the property against which such cost is to be assessed. The board shall thereupon fix a time and place for hearing protests against the assessment of the cost of such facility changes upon such premises which said time shall not be less than ten days thereafter.

(Prior gen. code § 5-515.7)

The building official shall forthwith, upon the time and place for hearing of protests having been fixed pursuant to Section 13.16.180, give a notice in writing to the person in possession of the premises, and a notice in writing to the owner thereof, in the manner provided in Section 13.16.160, of the hour and place that the board will pass upon such report and will hear protests against such assessments and of the amount of the proposed assessment.

(Prior gen. code § 5-515.8)