Unlawful Acts
San Diego Municipal Code § 61.0511
in effect§61.0511 Unlawful Acts
(a) Whenever the Council creates an Underground Utility District and orders the removal of Poles, Overhead Wires, and Associated Overhead Structures as provided in Section 61.0508 of this Code, and whenever the City Manager establishes a schedule for such removal as provided by Section 61.0509, it shall be unlawful for any person or utility company to fail to meet any of the interim or final deadlines of such removal schedule or to erect, construct, place, keep, maintain, continue, own, employ or operate Poles, Overhead Wires, and Associated Overhead Structures in the District on and after the date when overhead facilities are required to be removed by the resolution, except as otherwise provided in this Division. Commencing upon the date when the overhead facilities are required to be removed, the continued existence, presence or maintenance of Poles, Overhead Wires, and Associated Overhead Structures in the District shall be and the same is hereby declared to be contrary to the health, safety and general welfare of the public and unlawful, and the same may be abated summarily or as otherwise provided by law, including without limitation the remedies provided in Chapter 1 of this Code and administrative fines as provided by Section 61.0511(b).
(b) Any Utility Company or Affected Person who fails to meet any interim or final deadline of an Underground Utility District schedule established pursuant to Section 61.0509 shall be subject to a fine in an amount not to exceed $1,000 per day per deadline not met. Fines provided under Section 61.0511(b) shall be in addition to and not exclusive of all other remedies provided by law, including without limitation those provided by Chapter 1 of this Code. The administrative procedures provided by Chapter 1, Article 2, of this Code shall apply to Section 61.0511(b).
(“Unlawful Acts” renumbered from Sec. 61.0509 and amended 1–14–2002 by O–19032 N.S.)
Source: City of San Diego Office of the City Clerk, San Diego Municipal Code and City Charter (docs.sandiego.gov PDFs)URL: https://docs.sandiego.gov/municode/MuniCodeChapter06/Ch06Art01Division05.pdf#page=7Fetched: 10/28/2026