Underground Utility Waiver - 2006November 09, 2006
Francisco Guzman
1073 Ridgeley Drive
Campbell, CA 95008
Re: Underground Utility Waiver -File No: PLN2006-164 -1073 Ridgeley Drive
Dear Mr. Guzman:
Please be advised that the Community Development Director has reviewed your request to
permit overhead utility services in conjunction with the construction of a new residence on
the above-referenced property in lieu of the requirement to underground the utilities.
Pursuant to Campbell Municipal Code Section 21.18.140 (Undergrounding of Utilities), this
request has been granted for the following reasons:
1. The existing utility pole is across the street from the property;
2. The significant time delay of installing utilities underground relative to the project
schedule; and
3. The significant cost of installing utilities underground relative to the project cost.
4. Due to the established character of the neighborhood, it is not likely that other utility
services will be underground in this neighborhood.
If you should have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned at (408)
866-2142 or via email at stevep (a~cityofcampbell.com.
Since ly,
Steve Prosser
Planner I
cc: Jackie Young Lind, Senior Planner
Building Division
70 North First Street Campbell, California 95008-1 4 3 6 'ret. 408.866.2140 Fnx 408.871.5140 Too 408.866.2790
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November 6, 2006
City of Campbell
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Underground Utilities Waiver
Dear Sir or Madam:
I am the owner of record of the property located at 1073 Ridgeley Drive in Campbell. We are
currently undergoing a major remodel of the property. The home renovations involve updating
the home to current building and seismic standards. During the permit process with the City,
we were notified of the City's request for us to underground our utilities to the home. Upon
examination, we have found that this request would require us to experience an undue increase
in our project cost, and subject our project and our neighbors to project delays and disruption.
The practicality of such a solution at the current time on Ridgeley Drive is also in question,
due to the arbitrary nature of such projects. Most of the neighbors up and down the street have
not had their utilities undergrounded, and to place someone in the middle of the street in the
position of doing it appears to subject our project to an unusual increase in costs. ($25,000-
$35,000) The transformer pole is not even adjacent to the property, but is located across and
down the street, which would require us to undertake extensive trenching. Besides the cost,
the traffic disruption and noise involved in this trenching would be in opposition to how we
have run our project in the past. Although we agree that the aesthetic benefits of underground
utilities would benefit all in the neighborhood, we feel that the current status of the utilities is
in keeping with the existing use of Ridgeley Drive. It would seem that the solution to this
issue could be better mitigated in a general way at a later time.
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