REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 05/17/2023
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 REGARDING THE UNDERGROUNDING OF EXISTING OVERHEAD UTILITY WIRES LOCATED ALONG 135 N. VICENTIA AVENUE (APPLICANT: ARASH GOSHTASBI)
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This staff report asks the City Council to consider waiving the requirement of Corona Municipal Code Section 15.60.080 to place underground the overhead utility lines located along the frontage of 135 N. Vicentia Avenue. This section requires overhead wires that transmit less than 34,000 volts to be placed underground when an addition is made to an existing building, which in this case, is the construction of a new single-family dwelling. 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 along the frontage of 135 N. Vicenta Avenue.
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BACKGROUND & HISTORY:
The property owner of 135 N. Vicentia Avenue plans to construct a new single-family residence on the 0.38-acre property. Corona Municipal Code (CMC) Section 15.60.080 requires existing overhead utility wires of less than 34,000 volts to be placed underground when any building or structure to which any utility facility provides any service is enlarged or an addition is made thereto is constructed. The overhead utilities run perpendicular to the property in a north - south direction along the frontage of the property. There are existing power poles located along the frontage of the adjacent properties to the north and south of said property, in the public right-of-way for N. ...
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