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SECTION 3. COUNCIL MAY DESIGNATE UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICTS BY RESOLUTION. If, after any such public hearing, the Council finds that the public necessity, health, safety or wel- fare requires such removal and such underground installation within a designated area, the Council shall, by resolution, declare such designated area an Underground Utility District and order such removal and underground installation. Such resolution shall include a description of the area comprising such district and shall fix the time within which such removal and underground installation shall be accomplished and within which affected property owners must be ready to receive underground service. A reasonable time shall be allowed for such removal and under- ground installation, having due regard for the availability of labor, materials and equipment necessary for such removal and for the installation of such underground facilities as may be occasioned thereby. SECTION 4. UNLAWFUL ACTS. Whenever the Council creates an Underground Utility District and orders the removal of poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures therein as provided in Section 3 hereof, it shall be unlawful for any person or utility to erect, construct, place, keep, maintain, continue, employ or operate poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures in the District after the date when said overhead facilities are required to be removed by such resolution, except as said overhead facilities may be required to furnish service to an owner or occupant of property prior to the performance by such owner or occupant of the underground work necessary for such owner or occupant to continue to receive utility service as provided in Section 9 hereof, and for such reasonable time required to remove said facilities after said work has been per- formed, and except as otherwise provided in this ordinance. SECTION 5. EXCEPTION, EMERGENCY OR UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES. Notwithstanding the provisions of this ordinance, overhead facilities may be installed and maintained for a period, not to exceed ten (10) days, without authority of the City Engineer in or to provide ernergency service. The City Engineer may grant special permission, on such terms as the City Engineer may deem appropriat in cases of unusual circumstances, without discrimination as to any person or utility, to erect, construct, install, maintain, use or operate poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structure SECTION 6. OTHER EXCEPTIONS. In any resolution adopted pursuant to Section 3 hereof, the City may authorize any or all of the following exceptions: (a) Any municipal facilities or equipment installed under the supervision and to the satisfaction of the City Engineer (b) Poles, or electroliers used exclusively for street lighting. (c) Overhead wires (exclusive of supporting structures) crossing any portion of a District within which overhead wires have been prohibited, or connecting to buildings on the perimeter of a District, when such wires originate in an area from which poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures are not prohibited. (d) Poles, overhead wires and associated overhead structures used for the transmission of electric energy at nominal voltages in excess of 34,500 volts.