REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 06/05/2024
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Planning and Development Department
SUBJECT:
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WAIVER FROM CORONA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 15.60.080 ON THE UNDERGROUNDING OF EXISTING OVERHEAD UTILITY WIRES LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF VICENTIA AVENUE AND RAILROAD STREET (APN 117-031-040) (APPLICANT: AMER MAKKAWI)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This staff report asks the City Council to consider a waiver from Corona Municipal Code Section 15.60.080 on the requirement to underground overhead utility wires located along Railroad Street and Vicentia Avenue adjacent to APN 117-031-040 (project site). Overhead wires that transmit less than 34,000 volts are to be placed underground when an addition is made to an existing building, or a new building is being proposed. In this case, the applicant is proposing to construct two new structures on the project site. However, CMC Section 15.60.060 allows the City Council to grant a waiver from this provision if it finds that the application of this requirement would be unreasonable, impractical, and cause undue hardship to the applicant or the public.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council grant a waiver from Section 15.60.080 of the Corona Municipal Code for the undergrounding of the overhead utility wires located on Vicentia Avenue and Railroad Street adjacent to APN 117-031-040.
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BACKGROUND & HISTORY:
The project site is 0.49 acres and located at the southeast corner of Vicentia Avenue and Railroad Street. It is vacant, and the owner is proposing to do an urban lot split to subdivide the property into two parcels and construct two new single-family houses. The zoning of the project site is R-1-7.2, which permits single-family residential.
Existing overhead utilities parallel the property's frontage along Vicentia Avenue and Railroad Street. Three existing utility poles with overhead wires exist on Vicentia Avenue and one with ov...
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