5.3.8 Electrical, Telephone and Cable Communications Systems

1. Underground wiring services from an underground distribution system located within a public or private street right-of-way shall be provided for all subdivision and/or resubdivision of land involving new streets.  Such systems shall provide underground wiring services to each lot.  All such underground wiring systems shall be in accordance with the requirements of the Mayor’s Office of Utilities, the Council Utility Regulatory Office, or successor entities.  This section shall apply to all cables, conduits or wires used as feeders, primaries, secondaries or similarly designated conductor systems forming part of an electrical distribution system; provided further that it shall not apply to wires or conductors, and associated apparatus and supporting structures, whose exclusive function is the transmission of electrical energy between generating stations, substations and transmission lines or other utility systems.
2. Underground wiring services from an underground distribution system shall be provided for Street Lighting Systems which must be designed in accordance with the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, ANSI, AASHTO, and IEEE standards and installed in accordance with the requirements of the Department of Utilities under the conditions set forth above in Section 5.3.9.a.
3. Subdivisions located in Heavy Industrial Zoning Districts will be exempted from the above requirements of underground electrical and telephone distribution systems, provided such subdivisions will be serviced by overhead utilities located within servitudes along rear or side lot lines.  Such overhead utility systems shall be mounted on poles without cross arms or extensions.
4. Underground cable communication system service from an underground distribution system located within a street right-of-way shall be provided for all subdivision and/or resubdivision of land involving new streets.  Such systems shall be installed so as to provide the opportunity of underground cable communications to each lot.  All such underground cable systems shall be in accordance with the applicable regulations and subject to approval by the Department of Utilities.