Ord 1213 - ESTABLISHING UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1975 -1 ALONG SANTA CRUZ AVENUE BETWEEN SARATOGA AVENUE AND ANDREWS STREET.ORDINANCE NO. 1213
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
ESTABLISHING UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT
NO. 1975 -1 ALONG SANTA CRUZ AVENUE BETWEEN
SARATOGA AVENUE AND ANDREWS STREET.
WHEREAS, Article III of Chapter 32 (Sections 32 -14 through
32 -23), of the Los Gatos Town Code, provides procedures for the
establishment of Underground Utility Districts and requires a public
hearing for consideration of such districts; and
WHEREAS, the Town Staff has proposed the establishment of
Underground Utility District No. 1975 -1, and has recommended that
the boundaries of said District be as described on the attached
Exhibit "A"; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Los Gatos Town Code (Sections
32 -14 through 32 -23), a public hearing was held on April 7, 1975,
to determine whether or not the public necessity, health, or safety
requires the removal of poles and overhead wires and associated
overhead structures from the public streets, alleys or ways, and
the underground installation of wires, and facilities for supplying
electric, communications, or similar associated services within the
area hereinafter described, after notice duly given by the Town Clerk
of the Town of Los Gatos, as prescribed by said Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos does
hereby find that the public necessity, health, or safety does require
said removal and said underground installations within said area; and
WHEREAS, the above finding is made in part for the following
reasons:
(1) Such undergrounding will avoid or eliminate an un-
usually heavy concentration of overhead distribution
facilities;
(2) Said street or road or right -of -way is extensively
NOW, THEREFORE, THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Designation of Area as Underground Utility
District:
The area of the Town of Los Gatos, County of Santa Clara,
Mate of California, described in the attached Exhibit "Alt , is
hereby designated, pursuant to the Los Gatos Code (Section 32 -14
through Section 32 -23), as an Underground Utility District, and
shall bear the name "Underground Utility District No. 1975 -1 ".
Section 2. Exception for Transmission Lines:
In addition to the exceptions listed in Section 32 -33 of
the Los Gatos Code,
overhead wires, and
transmission of ele
34,500 volts.
Section 3.
this Ordinance shall not apply to all poles,
associated overhead structures used for the
uric energy at nominal voltages in excess of
Time of Removal of Poles and Overhead Wires
and Structures Within Underground Utility
District No. 1975 -1:
(a) March 1, 1976, is hereby fixed as the time within
which utility companies shall provide necessary facilities to
serve their customers underground, and the time within which affected
property owners must be ready to receive underground service.
(b) April 1, 1976, is hereby fixed as the time within which
all poles and overhead wires and associated overhead structures shall
be removed.
Section 4. Publication - Effective Date:
The Town Clerk of the Town of Los Gatos shall cause this
Ordinance to be published once, within fifteen (15) days after its
adoption, in the Los Gatos Times- Saratoga Observer, a newspaper of
general circulation, published and circulated in the Town of Los Gatos.
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INTRODUCED at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the
Town of Los Gatos, held on the 7th day of April , 1975.
PASSED AND ADOPTED AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE TOWN COUNCIL
OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS held on the 21st day of April P 1975,
by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Ruth cannon
Mark B. Di.Duca
John B. Lochner
Albert B. Smith
Egon Jensen
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None.
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: None.
ATTEST:
H
naiR OF THE TOWN OF B& GATOS
EXHIBIT ttA"
DESCRIPTION
UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1975 -1
All that real property lying within the Town of Los Gatos,
County of Santa Clara, State of California, more particularly
described as follows:
BEGINNING at the intersection of the centerlines of
Andrews Street and Santa Cruz Avenue, as shown on that
certain Record of Survey filed in Book 220 of Maps, at
Page 56, in the Office of the Santa Clara County Recorder;
thence North 68 25 West along the centerline of Andrews
Street, 110 feet; thence South 21 35 West along a line
parallel with and 110 feet Westerly, measured at right
angles from the centerline of Santa Cruz Avenue 1,065 feet,
more or less, to the Northeasterly line of Saratoga Avenue,
as it presently exists; thence South 52 56 East along said
Northeasterly line and the Southeasterly prolongation thereof,
197 feet, more or less, to the intersection of said prolonga-
tion and a line parallel with and 80 feet Easterly measured
at right.angles from the centerline of Santa Cruz Avenue;_
thence North 21 35t East along last said parallel line
1,117 feet, more or less, to the intersection of last said
parallel line with the easterly prolongation of the center-
line of Andrews Street; thence North 68 25 West along the
said prolongation feet the Beginning.