AGENDA REPORT
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 9/19/2018
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Public Works Department
SUBJECT:
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City Council consideration to waive the Corona Municipal Code Section 15.60.080 requirement to place underground the overhead utility lines along the south side of Rincon Street fronting Assessor's Parcel Number 119210026 - Corona Industrial Park, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company.
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council waive the requirement to underground the overhead utility lines along the south side of Rincon Street fronting Assessor's Parcel Number 119210026 - Corona Industrial Park, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company.
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ANALYSIS:
Corona Industrial Park, LLC, is the developer of a project located on the south side of Rincon Street, east of Smith Avenue and west of Lincoln Avenue in the M-2 (General Manufacturing) Zone, as shown on Exhibit "A." The project proposes to construct three (3) industrial buildings totaling 727,316 square feet on this parcel.
As shown on Exhibit "B," Corona Industrial Park, LLC has submitted a request to waive their requirement to underground overhead utility lines fronting the property. Corona Municipal Code Section 15.60.080 stipulates that the owner of a property is obligated to comply with the requirement to place all overhead utility lines less than 34 kilovolts underground when a proposed addition exceeds 50 percent of the cost of replacing the existing building. The existing power lines along Rincon Street carry both distribution and transmission lines, some of which are greater than 33 kilovolts. The undergrounding of the lines less than 34 kilovolts that front the property will not result in the removal of the poles as transmission lines will remain. In addition, the removal of the overhead lines in front of the property would not provide benefit to the surrounding area.
In response to the request, staff ...
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