Chapter 18.21
UTILITIES

Sections:

18.21.010    Underground utilities.

18.21.010 Underground utilities.

In all new construction in the city of Pacific Grove, except for the construction of single-family dwellings in an R-1 zone, all utilities shall be placed underground on the building site. Any remodeling of a use other than a single-family use in an R-1 zone where there is a requirement that the electrical system be brought up to code standards, or where the remodeling is for the purpose of changing a structure to a use other than a single-family use in an R-1 zone, all utilities shall be placed underground on the building site.

Equipment appurtenant to underground facilities such as surface-mounted transformers, pedestal-mounted terminal boxes, meter cabinets and concealed ducts are exempted from the provisions of this section.

Service from facilities installed pursuant to this section shall be in accordance with the rules and regulations of the supplying utilities on file with the Public Utilities Commission of the state of California.

Where the word “utilities” is used in this chapter, it means all means of conveying or supplying electric, telephone, communication, or cable television service (other than wires, antennas, or supports used to conduct television signals from an antenna located on the premises), or similar or associated services, and also includes such utilities running from one building to another on the premises irrespective of the location of the service head. An electrical system in any existing structure may be improved without the undergrounding of utilities when the chief building inspector determines that the cost of all improvements to the property, including the new electrical service, to be made, within one year of such determination, will not exceed 50 percent of the value of all real property improvements for the property, as value is defined and determined in Chapter 23.08 PGMC. [Ord. 13-003 § 12, 2013; Ord. 98-34 § 5, 1998; Ord. 1108 N.S. § 1, 1979; Ord. 864 N.S. § 1, 1975; Ord. 600 N.S., 1968; Ord. 547 N.S. § 1].