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That the City Solicitor draft language to amend Ordinances 11-51 and 11-71 to require that all new building construction provide utilities that are underground.
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That the City Solicitor draft language to amend Section 11-51 and Section 11-71 of the Code of Ordinances to require that all new building construction in the City of Somerville must provide utilities that are underground and that overhead lines will only be permitted when the construction is the result of a fire or natural disaster and the same type structure is replacing what was removed; and further, that all utilities, including but not limited to, electric, telephone and cable tv/internet shall have the location of these services approved by the Superintendent of Highways, Eelectric Lines and Lights, or his designee, and the final Grant of Location approved by the Board of Aldermen.