DIVISION 6. SITE DESIGN STANDARDS

The site design standards for utilities and utility facilities are as follows:

(a) All on-site utility facilities including but not limited to wires, cables, pipes, conduits and appurtenant equipment, carrying or used in connection with the furnishing of electric, telephone, telegraph, cable television or similar service to a development subject to the provisions of this chapter shall be placed underground except, however, the following shall be permitted above ground:

(1) Electric transmission lines and facilities in excess of fifty (50) kilovolts;

(2) Equipment such as electric distribution transformers, switch gear, meter pedestals, telephone pedestals, CATV pedestals and power supplies, outdoor lighting poles or standards, radio antennae, traffic control devices, and associated equipment, which is, under accepted utility practices, normally installed above ground;

(3) Meters, service connections and similar equipment normally attached to the outside wall of the customer's premises;

(4) Temporary aboveground facilities required in conjunction with an authorized construction project.

(b) Existing utilities located above ground may be maintained or repaired provided that such repair does not involve relocation or expansion.

(c) Whenever any existing on-site above ground utilities require relocation for any reason, they shall be removed and placed underground. In the event a development project impacts existing off-site above ground utilities and necessitates their relocation onto the development site, such utilities shall be placed underground.

(d) All utilities shall be placed within easements or public street rights-of-way in accordance with "Typical Curb and Gutter Details CGD-1, CGD-2, CGD-3, or CGD-4" as published by the department of environmental and development services or as may be otherwise approved by the zoning administrator.

(e) Sewage pump and lift stations and communication switching and relay facilities larger than one-hundred fifty (150) square feet [14m²] in building area shall, at a minimum, be surrounded by a landscaped buffer no less than twenty-five feet (25') [7.5m] in width and landscaped in accordance with the provisions of section 24-242 of this chapter.