12.05.010 Expense of conversion to underground utilities.
All water, gas, wastewater pipes and electrical lines or wires, including communications and cable television, shall be placed underground at the owner’s expense.
A. In any new residential construction as feasible;
B. In any new construction containing three or more living units in any one structure or group housing development.
C. Any remodeling of an existing structure which shall have as a result thereof three or more living units in any one structure.
D. In any remodeling of a now existing structure containing three or more living units, when the cost of remodeling is more than 50% of the real market value of the structure prior to the remodeling.
E. In any new commercial or industrial development or existing commercial or industrial development undergoing remodeling when the cost of such is more than 50% of the assessed real market value of the structure prior to remodeling.
For purposes of this Section 12.05.010, all costs incurred for improvement of the property in the preceding two years shall be included in determining the cost of remodeling.