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All new utility service connections shall be underground unless one of the following criteria is met:

A. The existing utility system and any service connections serving the customer or subscriber are aerial and the building, structure, or facility to be served is new construction, an addition, alteration, or repair where the building permit valuation per Chapter 15.07 ACC is under $20,000 in value.

B. The installation of a new or replacement service connection in an area where the existing utility facility and/or existing service connection is aerial and meeting at least one of the following criteria:

1. The construction of a single-family residence on an existing platted lot or the addition of an accessory dwelling unit on an existing residential lot; or

2. The conversion of one single-family residence to a commercial use as defined in the residential office zoning district, Chapter 18.35 ACC; or

3. A new commercial development on a lot that is 11,000 square feet or smaller in area and located in the RO, DUC, CN, C-1, C-2 or C-3 zone; or

4. Wholly interior improvements made to an existing building; or

5. For existing building structures, where the building permit valuation per Chapter 15.07 ACC of an addition, alteration, or repair to the existing structure is less than 50 percent of either:

a. The assessed value of the existing building structure(s) on the subject property as determined by the most current property assessment by the county assessor of the county in which the property is located; or

b. The value of the existing building structure(s) as determined by an appraisal performed by an MAI appraiser certified by the state of Washington, which appraisal shall be paid for and provided by the property owner. (Ord. 6797 § 3 (Exh. C), 2020; Ord. 6238 § 2, 2009.)