HomeMy WebLinkAboutBPW 04-28-17-01 Establishing an Underground and Buried Utility DistrictBPW RESOLUTION NO. 04-28-17-01
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF
CARMEL, INDIANA, TO ESTABLISH AN UNDERGROUND AND BURIED UTILITY DISTRICT
WHEREAS, the City of Carmel, Indiana ("City"), pursuant to I.C. 36-9-2-7, may regulate the use of
public ways; and
WHEREAS, for the past two decades, the City has established a policy and practice to require
utilities and utility facilities located in the rights-of-way ("ROW") to be buried or placed underground; and
WHEREAS, on September 18, 2000, the Common Council of the City of Carmel, Indiana,
("Council") passed Ordinance D-1479-00 that required all cable operators who provide cable service over a
cable system, to place its cables and other equipment underground in all areas of the City where both
telephone and electric utilities' facilities are placed underground; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to I.C. 36-7-4-510(b) on May 20, 2009, the Carmel Advisory Plan
Commission approved Resolution CC -05-04-09-02 adopting the Carmel Clay Comprehensive Plan ("C3
Plan 2009"), as Amended by the Council; and
WHEREAS, the C3 Plan 2009 encouraged all new utilities that supply electric, communication or
similar and associated services in newly developed or redeveloped urban areas be placed underground and
buried within the City's rights-of-way ("ROW"); and
. WHEREAS, pursuant to I.C. 36-4-9-5, the City has established the Board of Public Works and
Safety ("BPW") to administer public utilities and regulate the City's rights-of-way ("ROW"); and
WHEREAS, public necessity, health and safety now require that all new utilities located within the
City's ROW and/or a granted utility easement shall be placed underground or buried, and the City, by and
through the BPW; now finds that it is in the best interests of the public health, safety, and general welfare of
its citizens to prohibit the erection of all poles, overhead lines, and associated overhead structures used or
useful in supplying electric, communication or similar and associated services within the City's ROW or
granted utility easement; and
WHEREAS, to: further the aforementioned public necessity, and to comply with the provisions
required under I.C. 84-32.3-15, as added by P.L. 145-2015, Section 3, the BPW now hereby establishes an
Underground 'and Buried .Utilities District ("Area") and designates the Area to be in effect throughout all
ROW within the corporate boundaries of the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City of Carmel Board of Public Works and
Safety as follows:
this Resolution was prepared by Ashley M. Ulbricht, Carmel City Attorney, on 4/28/17 at 9:16 AM. No subsequent revision to
this Ordinance has been reviewed by Ms. Ulbricht for legal sufficiency or otherwise.
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Section 1. The foregoing Recitals are fully incorporated herein by this reference.
Section 2. The City hereby establishes an Underground and Buried Utilities District ("Area") to
be in effect April 30, 2017, and to apply throughout the City's ROW and granted utility easements, and is
hereinafter defined as follows:
a. In all areas of the City where no overhead or above ground utilities, utility facilities, overhead
lines, or associated overhead structures used or useful in supplying electric, communication or
similar and associated services currently exist;
b. In all areas of the City where planned road projects, redevelopment areas and/or economic
development areas provide for and require underground buried utilities and utility facilities,
including but not limited to electric, communication or similar and associated services;
c. In all areas of the City that would require compliance with Ordinance D-1479-00, as amended,
and the C3 Plan 2009, as amended;
d. All other areas of ROW or proposed ROW throughout the City, or in a utility easement granted
by the City, whether or not above ground utilities or utility facilities currently exist.
e. .Notwithstanding subsections (a) through (d) above, any utility that requires construction,
placement, or use of a small cell facility in an Area designated strictly for underground or buried
utilities, may submit an application to the BPW requesting a waiver to install new utility poles or
new wireless support structures within the Area pursuant to provisions stated in Ordinance D-
2355-17, as amended.
Section 3. From and after the effective date of this Resolution, no person, corporation, or utility
shall erect or construct within the City's ROW or granted utility easement, any pole, overhead line, or
associated -overhead structure used or useful in supplying electric, communication or similar associated
services.
Section 4. Unless otherwise expressly authorized by the City's BPW, all utilities located within
..the City's ROW or a granted utility easement shall be placed underground and/or buried.
Section 5: All existing overhead poles, wires, and/or utility transmission lines may remain within
the City's ROW or utility easement, but may not be replaced or relocated without prior written authorization
of the BPW.
Section 6. If any portion of this Resolution is for any reason declared to be unconstitutional or
invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Resolution so long as
enforcement of same can be given the same effect.
This Resolution was prepared by Ashley M. Ulbricht, Carmel City Attorney, on 4/28/17 at 9:16 AM. No subsequent revision to
this Ordinance has been reviewed by Ms. Ulbricht for legal sufficiency or otherwise.
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Section 7. This V solution shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage.
SO RESOLVED this day of A �i i` , 2017.
CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA
By and through its Board of Public Works and Safety
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This Resolution was prepared by Ashley M. Ulbricht, Carmel City Attorney, on 4/28/17 at 9:16 AM. No subsequent revision to
this Ordinance has been reviewed by Ms. Ulbricht for legal sufficiency or otherwise.
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