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Cover page to Ordinance 1607
The full text of the ordinance follows this cover page.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, A AEN.DING ORDINANCE
1321, SECTION V; ORDINANCE 924, SECTION 1;
ORDINANCE 486, SECTION V AND CHAPTER 13.88180
OF THE TUKWILA MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING
PARAGRAPHS D} AND E TO SECTION V THAT
AUTHORIZES DEFERRAL OF UNDERGROUNDING FOR.
INDIVIDUAL. SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND FOR
INSTALLATION OF NEW OR UPGRADED UTILITY
LINES.
Ordinance 1607 was amended or repealed by the
following ordinances.
AMENDED BY: REPEALED BY:
1796 1995
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1908
CITY OF TUM/ILA
WASH! N //G``TON
ORDINANCE NO. 1 7
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, AMENDING ORDINANCE
1321, SECTION V; ORDINANCE 924, SECTION 1;
ORDINANCE 486, SECTION V; AND CHAPTER 13.08.100
OF THE TUKWILA MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING
PARAGRAPHS D) AND E) TO SECTION V THAT
AUTHORIZES DEFERRAL OF UNDERGROUNDING FOR
INDIVIDUAL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND FOR
INSTALLATION OF NEW OR UPGRADED UTILITY
LINES.
WHEREAS, undergrounding requirements have been found to create undue hardship
and are impractical for new individual single family homes and for installation of new or
upgraded individual utility lines where overhead lines exist; and
WHEREAS, deferring the undergrounding requirements for those two types of work by
agreement to participate in future undergrounding will better serve the City, individual
homeowners, and utilities; and
WHEREAS, providing the deferral authority to the Public Works Director will
accomplish this revision;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA,
WASHINGTON, DO HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. TMC Ch.13.08.100 is hereby amended to include a new subsection (d):
d) With respect to applications for short plat or individual single family houses, the
undergrounding may be deferred until all utilities on the street are placed underground. The
Public Works Director is authorized to approve a deferral based on the following:
1) Application for the deferral is submitted with a drawing showing underground
utilities and where they would be placed underground;
2) The application identifies undue hardship that would be incurred in placing the utility
underground currently. Hardship is identified as a technological difficulty associated
with the facility or with the property or the cost;
3) The undergrounding may be deferred if in the Public Works Director's opinion, the
hardship is deemed to outweigh the benefit of the underground installation or the
undergrounding. The deferral may be granted only after consideration of the variance
criteria identified in Section 18.72.020 (1) (6); and
4) The applicant signs an agreement to participate in future undergrounding through a
No Protest LID agreement or other appropriate agreement approved by the Public Works
Director.
Section 2. TMC Ch.13.08.100 is hereby amended to add a new subsection (e):
e) With respect to utility applications for new or increased lines where overhead lines exist,
the undergrounding requirement may be deferred until all utilities on the new route are placed
underground. The Public Works Director is authorized to approve a deferral based on the
following:
1) Application for the deferral is submitted with a drawing showing underground
utilities and where they would be placed underground;
2) The application identifies undue hardship that would be incurred in placing the utility
underground currently. Hardship is identified as a technological difficulty associated
with the facility or with the property or the cost;
3) The undergrounding may be deferred if in the Public Works Director's opinion, the
hardship is deemed to outweigh the benefit of the underground installation or the
undergrounding. The deferral may be granted only after consideration of the variance
criteria identified in Section 18.72.020 (1) (6); and
4) The applicant signs an agreement to participate in future undergrounding through an
agreement to pay a proportionate share of the underground trenching costs based on the
number of utilities going into the trench and would pay their respective costs for any
portion of that route if the City undergrounds any portion of that route.
This ordinance or a summary thereof shall be published in the official newspaper of the City, and
shall take effect and be in full force five (5) days after passage and publication as provided by
law.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON,
at a Regular Meeting thereof this _Lo "'day of 1991
ATTEST /AUTHENTICATED:
E. Cantu, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM'
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY:
By
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FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: y /2-9/
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL; 9-
PUBLISHED: 7-
EFFECTIVE DATE:9 30 i
ORDINANCE NO.: /6 0 7
G L. 'Van Dusen, Mayor
SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. A, 2 7
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, AMENDING ORDINANCE 1321,
SECTION V; ORDINANCE 924, SECTION 1; ORDINANCE
486, SECTION V; AND CHAPTER 13.08.100 OF THE
TUKWILA MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING PARAGRAPHS
D) AND E) TO SECTION V THAT AUTHORIZES DEFERRAL
OF UNDERGROUNDING FOR INDIVIDUAL SINGLE
FAMILY HOMES AND FOR INSTALLATION OF NEW OR
UPGRADED UTILITY LINES.
On ke o4 /9g the City Council of the City of Tukwila passed Ordinance
No. emending current undergrounding policy and adding provisions for deferral of
undergro nding requirements for single family homes and for installation of new or upgraded
utility lines, and providing for an effective date.
The full text of this ordinance will be mailed without charge to anyone who submits a
written request to the City Clerk of the City of Tukwila for a copy of the text.
APPROVED by the City Council at its meeting of //f, -99/
Cantu, City Clerk
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