The records published so far do not show whether Victorville let LGI Homes keep the Mesa Street power poles. The proposal would put about half the pole line underground and leave half overhead for now.
What the city is deciding
The Planning Commission was asked on October 14 to approve a partial exception to the city’s rule that utility lines go underground. Victorville says its Engineering Department issued a utility permit by mistake, and about 2,600 feet of overhead electrical poles went up between Highway 395 and Mesa Linda Street. After a nearby homeowner complained, the city issued a stop work order on August 24. LGI Homes asked to drop the underground requirement; staff recommended only a partial waiver.
Where and who it affects
The poles serve Lane’s Crossing, eight connected tracts approved for 589 single family lots. Staff asked to leave Tract 17516 out because a separate company developed it. The tracts sit north of the California Aqueduct and east of Highway 395. Part of the pole line faces existing homes across Mesa Street; the rest borders vacant land.
What it could mean for your property
Under a condition staff revised on October 14 (replacing an earlier 50th home deadline), about 1,300 feet of utility lines next to existing homes would have to move underground. The work would have to finish before Phase 1A is complete and within 24 months of approval. The City Engineer could extend it for substantial progress.
The developer would have to provide a bond worth one and a half times the cost of unfinished work. Missing the milestones or failing to repair damage would trigger an immediate hold on further building permits or certificates of occupancy in the affected tracts.
The other roughly 1,300 feet could remain overhead until the adjoining vacant parcels are developed. The documents give no date for that.
Along the underground section, the developer would not have to build permanent street widening, streetlights, curbs, gutters or sidewalks, only the work Southern California Edison needs.
Questions to ask before you buy or build
- Is the property within one of the affected Lane’s Crossing tracts?
- What approval date starts the 24 month deadline?
- Is any permit or occupancy hold affecting the tract?
What happens next
No minutes or signed resolutions have been published, so the records do not show the commission’s vote or whether it adopted the revised condition. The documents also do not say whether the commission’s decision is final or can be appealed.