1968-008 No .
A~ ORDINANCE A~EI~DING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
DENTO~ TEXA~ SO A~ ~O PROVIDE FOR DIRECT BURIAL OF HIGH
VOLTAGE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES UNDER STRICT SUPERVISION~ AND
ACCORDING TO CITY SPECIFICATIONS DETERMINED BY THE DIRECTOR
OF UTILITIES, PROVIDING REDUCED YARD LIGHT BURIAL REQUIRE-
MENTS; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND DECLARING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON~ TEXAS~ HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I
That the Code of ordinances of the City of Denton~ Texas~
is hereby amended and supplanted by repealing the fourth para-
graph of Section 9-6~ which reads as follows
Ail underground electrical wiring shall be installed
in rigid metal conduit with water proof threaded
connections, at adept of not less than 24 inches (24"),
and by substituting new subsections (c) of Section 25-118~
and by adding subsection (k) to said Section 25-118 and sub-
stltutlng new subsection (f) to Section 25-119 of said Code
which sections shall hereafter read as follows
Section 25-118 High Voltage Installations
(c) The cable or cables shall have a metal conduit
protection at all points where mechanical damage
is likely to occur~ and all cable or cables shall
conform to all utility department requirements
and specifications regarding such metal condults~
and same shall be installed when required by the
inspector of underground utll~tles
(k) Ail underground dlrect burial shall be under the
strict supervision of the lnspector of underground
ut~llt~es~and shall conform to all utility depart-
ment requirements, and be in accordance w~th the
plans and spec~flcatlons previously submitted there-
for by the installer or developer~ and approved by
the director of utilities All underground d~rect
burial of high voltage systems shall be marked
above ground at locations and in the manner directed
by the said inspector
Section 25-119 Low Voltage Installations
(f) Ail conduit systems shall be buried at minimum
depth of forty-two (42) ~nches below finished grade,
except electric yard lights which shall be buried
at m~nlmum depth of twenty-four (24) inches below
finished grade~ without conduit If rock or similar
substance is present to prevent bur~al at such depth~
three (3) inches of concrete shall be poured over
conduit at such above-minimum levels After excavation
the first slx (6) inches of refill earth shall be of
selected material free of stones and sharp objects
The remainder of the refill may be of the excavated
materials
SECTION II
That the above quoted fourth paragraph of Section 9-6 of
the Code is hereby expressly repealed~ and the heretofore
existing subsection (c) of Section 25-118 and subsection (f)
of Section 25-119 are hereby expressly repealed and supplanted,
and all other ordinances or parts of ordinances ~n conflict
herewith are hereby expressly repealed to the extent of any such
conflict
SECTION III
That if any sectlon~ subsect~on~ paragraph~ sentence~
clause~ phrase~ or word in this ordlnance~ or application
thereof to any person or clrcumstances~ is held invalid by
any court of competent 3urlsdlction such holding shall not
affect the validity of the remaining port ions of this ordlnance~
and the City Council of the C~ty of Denton hereby declares it
would have enacted such remaining portion or portions despite
any such invalidity
SECTION, IV
That this ordinance shall become effective fourteen (14)
days from the date of 1ts passage~ and the City Secretary
· s hereby directed to cause the caption of this ordinance to
be published twice ~n the Denton Record-Chron~cle~ the official
newspaper of the City of Denton~ Texas~ within ten (10) days
of the date of its passage
PASSED AND APPROVED this /~ , day of February~ A D 1968
%~_.~Tty of Denton~ Texas
City of Denton~ Texas
APPR~D ASIO LEGAL FORM
~ Q Barton~ ~Clty Attorney
~lty of Denton~ Texas