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07-13-05-Ordinance-Installation of Underground Electrical Services-07/05/2005ORDINANCE No. 07-13-05 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 13, ARTICLE 13.1300 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS, "INSTALLATION OF UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL SERVICE"; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS: Section 1. That Chapter 13, Article 13.1300, of the Code of Ordinances, City of Sanger, Texas, Installation of Underground Electrical Service, is hereby amended to read as follows: "ARTICLE 13.1300 INSTALLATION OF UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL SERVICE (A) The pre -construction requirements are outlined below, and construction is to be according to the specifications required by the city. 1. Present names and numbers of all contractors involved in the development/business. 2. Present drawing of development including -all utility easements, roads and fire protection. 3. Businesses will give the load factor for the facility. Developments with any special needs, such as 3-phase equipment, will need to provide voltage and load factor. 4. Business developers will be required to install the ductwork and the secondary service to the position designated by the City of Sanger Electric Department. 5. Developers will provide ductwork for the electric system and this duct shall be trenched to a minimum depth of 5' for primary and a minimum depth of 3' for secondary at final grade. Also, 1 foot of cushion sand cover will be required on all of the ductwork. 6. The city will require 2 runs of conduit for a single-phase primary line and 1 run on a secondary line. A development that requires 3-phase will place 4 runs of conduit. 7. The contractor installing the ductwork shall contact the city electric department upon the placement of conduit in the trench before cover up begins. Red electric burial tape shall be placed a minimum of 12" above all electrical conduit. 8. Transformer pads will be provided by the city and shall be placed and leveled by the developer. Secondary pedestals will be provided by the city and shall be set and leveled by the developer. 9. Transformer stub -ups shall be placed by the developer as directed by the Electric Department. 10. Street lighting must meet city ordinances and must be stubbed and marked at those locations by the developer. The cost for street lighting will be the developer's responsibility. 11. The City of Sanger does provide all primary and secondary service lines intended for residential service and will also install the secondary conduit from the pedestal to the residence. A meter base is also included. Primary and secondary service conductors are to be pulled into the conduit and to be marked and terminated by the developer. 12. Cover up and clean up of all electrical trenches will be completed by the developer. 11 The developer will be responsible for maintaining trench lines that may settle and for transformers and pedestals that also settle for a period of one year after completion. 14. The City of Sanger reserves the right to refuse permits to any contractors involved in the placement of conduit or utility lines based on qualifications and referrals." (B) The customer or developer shall be responsible for furnishing and installing and the expenses related thereto, of conduit for the installation of all on -site underground development feeder, lateral and service lines utilized to provide electric utility service to the subdivision. The specifications for the conduit shall be approved by the electrical department prior to installation. Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed, Section 3. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases and words of this ordinance are severable and, if any word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining portions of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section. Section 4. Any person, firm, or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance or the Code of Ordinances as amended hereby shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in accordance with the general penalty provision found in Section 1.109 of this Code. Section 5. This ordinance will take effect immediately from and after its passage and the publication of the caption, as the law and Charter in such cases provide PASSED AND APPROVED this 5th day of July, 2005, by the City Council of the City of Sanger, Texas. ATTEST: 0 Rosalie Chavez, City S C) • ti,r c- X IN 001 AP OVED S d F er f City Attorney (75532) APPROVED: ommy incaid, Mayor ORDIN ANCE NO. #07-13-05 THAT CHAPTER 13, ARTICLE 13.1300 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS, INSTAL- LATION OF UNDERGROUND SERVICEREPEAL ; IS OF HEREBY AMENDED; PROVIDING FOR THE ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING A SEVER - ABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FORA PENALTY, AND PRO- VIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.