Who pays when a utility must be moved for county work

Whenever, as the result of the work of construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of any County property, it is necessary to provide for or require the removal, relocation, replacement, or reconstruction of any existing utility facility located in, on, over, or under County property, the utility shall bear the first ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) cost of the removal, relocation, replacement or reconstruction of its facilities and the balance of the cost shall be borne equally by the owner and the County computed in accordance with Section 264-33(c), H.R.S. when the adjustment is made without changing the type of construction. If a change in the type of construction (i.e. overhead to underground) is requested by the County, the additional costs involved will be borne by the County.Whenever five hundred (500) or more voters registered in the last general election petition the County requesting the removal, relocation, replacement or reconstruction of any existing utility facility located in or on County property and said work is not the result of construction, reconstruction or maintenance of County property pursuant to Subsection of this Section, the County Council may, in the interest of public safety, require such removal, relocation, replacement or reconstruction provided however that all related cost shall be borne by the County.