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Title 13 — Planning, Zoning and Development›Chapter V — DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS›Article 9 — General Site Improvement Standards

§ 13-71. Utility requirements.

Costa Mesa Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · updated 2026-07-25 · Costa Mesa

  • (a) No utility equipment or facility such as gas meters, electrical meters, telephone pedestal mounted terminal boxes, surface mounted electrical transformers, fire hydrants or any other potential obstruction shall be located within the approved parking and/or turn radius area unless installed underground in a vault having an approved traffic lid. All such equipment or facilities located aboveground shall comply with the requirements and meet with the approval of the planning division and serving utility.

  • (b) Installation or relocation of all utility equipment or facilities shall be performed in a manner so as to obscure the installation of said equipment or facility from view from any place on or off the property. The installation or relocation of the equipment or facility shall comply with the requirements and meet with the approval of the public utility and planning division.

  • (c) Sewer and water system improvements shall comply with the requirements and meet with the approval of the serving utility.

  • (d) As an additional requirement only for new developments, new construction or as a condition of approval of a new tract, a revised or reactivated tract or any parcel map, all utilities shall be installed underground on the building site in accordance with the serving utilities' rules, regulations and tariffs on file with the state public utilities commission. The development services director may waive the required undergrounding whenever it is found and determined that such installation is not practically feasible due to economic or technological factors found to exist at the site. Provided, however, that all required termination facilities on the structure and conduit, at least to the outer wall, at a point designated by the serving utility, shall be furnished and installed to facilitate future connection to an underground system.

  • (Ord. No. 97-11, § 2, 5-5-97; Ord. No. 01-19, § 1, 8-20-01)

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▸ Contents — Costa Mesa Zoning Code
Costa Mesa Zoning Code
  1. ▸ Title 13 — Planning, Zoning and Development
    Overview
    1. Chapter I — IN GENERAL
    2. Chapter II — ZONING DISTRICTS ESTABLISHED
    3. Chapter III — PLANNING APPLICATIONS
    4. Chapter IV — CITYWIDE LAND USE MATRIX
    5. ▸ Chapter V — DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
      Overview
      1. Article 1 — Residential Districts
      2. Article 2 — Residential Common Interest Developments
      3. Article 2.5 — Residential Small lot Subdivisions
      4. Article 3 — Commercial Districts
      5. Article 4 — Establishments Where Food or Beverages are Served
      6. Article 4.5 — Development Standards for Churches and Other Pla…
      7. Article 5 — Industrial Districts
      8. Article 5.5 — Non-Residential Common Interest Developments
      9. Article 6 — Planned Development
      10. Article 7 — Institutional and Recreational, Institutional and …
      11. Article 8 — Floor Area Ratios
      12. ▸ Article 9 — General Site Improvement Standards
        Overview
        1. § 13-70. Purpose.
        2. § 13-71. Utility requirements.
        3. § 13-72. Off-site improvement requirements.
        4. § 13-73. Trash enclosures.
        5. § 13-74. Elevation and screening requirements.
        6. § 13-75. Fences and walls.
        7. § 13-76. Right-of-way dedications.
      13. Article 10 — Floodway and Floodplain Districts
      14. Article 11 — Mixed-Use Overlay District
      15. Article 12 — Residential Incentive Overlay District
      16. Article 1 — Residential Districts
      17. Article 2 — Non-Residential Districts
      18. Article 3 — Development Standards
    6. Chapter VII — LANDSCAPING STANDARDS
    7. Chapter VIII — SIGNS
    8. Chapter IX — SPECIAL LAND USE REGULATIONS
    9. Chapter X — NONCONFORMING USES, DEVELOPMENTS AND LOTS
    10. Chapter XI — SUBDIVISIONS
    11. Chapter XII — SPECIAL FEE ASSESSMENTS
    12. Chapter XIII — NOISE CONTROL
    13. Chapter XIV — OIL DRILLING
    14. Chapter XV — GROUP HOMES
    15. Chapter XVII — AFFORDABLE HOUSING ORDINANCE

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