For a city-initiated and -sponsored street-widening project pursuant to LMC 12.20.020(C), the city shall be responsible for the cost and expense of placing overhead wires underground. For a combined city-initiated and -sponsored and property owner-initiated and -sponsored street-widening project pursuant to LMC 12.20.020(C), the city and the property owner shall be responsible for their respective cost and expense of placing overhead wires underground, as agreed to between the city and the property owner. For all other undergrounding of electric wires pursuant to LMC 12.20.020, the owners of such wires, to the extent authorized by state statute and regulations, and the owners of the real property abutting the right-of-way, shall be responsible for the cost and expense of placing such wires underground, as agreed to between the owners of such wires and the owners of such real property. The placement of overhead wires underground shall include but not be limited to the installation of electric wires, the removal of poles and the restoring of any road or sidewalk surface. (Ord. 2630 § 1, 2006)