§ 19-4.1. Definitions.

As used in this section:

Commission shall mean the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California.

Committee shall mean the Technical Advisory Committee which shall consist of representatives of the Public Works Director, the General Manager of Alameda Municipal Power (as chairperson) and the other affected utilities.

Conversion shall mean the removal of existing poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures and the installation of new underground facilities to serve new or existing customers.

District shall mean that area in the City within which poles, overhead wires, and associated overhead structures are prohibited as such area is described in a resolution adopted pursuant to the provisions of subsection 19-4.4 of this section.

Person shall mean any private or governmental entity including individuals, firms, corporations, partnerships, and their agents and employees.

Poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures shall mean poles, towers, supports, wires, conductors, guys, stubs, platforms, crossarms, braces, transformers, insulators, cutouts, switches, communication circuits, appliances, attachments and appurtenances located above ground within a District and used or useful in supplying electric, communication or similar or associated service.

Resolution shall mean a resolution adopted by the City Council pursuant to subsection 19-4.4 of this section.

Underground Utility District Policy or UUD Policy shall mean the policy approved and adopted by the City Council by passage of this ordinance.

Utility shall mean all persons supplying electric, communication or similar or associated service by means of electrical materials or devices. For the purposes of this section and without limitation of the definition herein, Alameda Municipal Power, Public Utilities Board of the City of Alameda, shall be a "utility."

UUD in Areas of General Public Interest and Benefit shall mean an Underground Utility District in which the City has determined that such undergrounding is in the general public interest and benefit for one or more of the following reasons:

a.

Such undergrounding will avoid or eliminate an unusually heavy concentration of overhead electrical facilities.

b.

The street or road right-of-way is extensively used by the general public and carries a heavy volume of pedestrian or vehicular traffic.

c.

The street or road right-of-way adjoins or passes through a civic area or public recreation area or an area of unusual scenic interest to the general public.

UUD in Areas of General Public Interest, but Primarily of Local Benefit shall mean an Underground Utility District in which the City has determined that such undergrounding is in the general public interest, but primarily of local benefit.

UUD in Areas of Insufficient General or Local Public Benefit shall mean all other underground conversions in which the City has determined lack sufficient general or local public benefit.

(Ord. No. 3121 N.S., 3-17-2015)