20.80.1830

Utility structures that contain power generating equipment shall meet all of the following applicable minimum criteria: 1. Utility structures shall contain an automatic excess flow gas shutoff valve or other comparable equipment. 2. Maximum noise levels emanating from the utility structure shall be subject to the general plan noise policies. 3. The cabinet exhaust system and port: a. The exposed exhaust stream temperature shall not exceed one hundred fifty eight degrees Fahrenheit and b. The exhaust port shall be affixed with a warning label to indicate the danger of exposure to the exhaust temperature. c. Backup batteries shall be programmed to vary their duration of operation with the length of power outage up to a maximum of thirty minutes. As technology allows and without increasing the size of the cabinets, cabinets should be retrofitted with higher capacity batteries capable of providing full service operation for a maximum of two hours a full (6.1fW) load. (Ord. 26248.)