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a.From and after the effective date of this article, no new utility encroachment may be placed aboveground in a street unless a deviation is granted, except in those areas excluded from this article pursuant to Section 32-08.05, where undergrounding shall be controlled by the City Code provisions and plans applicable to those areas.

b.Repair or replacement of existing aboveground facilities in the same location that does not significantly alter the cumulative visual impact of aboveground facilities shall not be considered as a new utility encroachment.

c.Without limitation, the following are presumed to alter the cumulative visual impact of existing aboveground facilities, and require a request for a deviation where the impact of the addition may be considered. Cumulative impacts take into account the effect of a proposed repair or replacement on the overall viewshed in a particular area:

1.New attachments to aboveground facilities, other than equipment mounted flush to a pole or on strand and less than one cubic foot in size;

2.Overlashing that increases the diameter of facilities lashed to a strand by more than one inch. (Ord. 3609 § 2, 2020)