Title 13 - Streets and Sidewalks

13.12 Construction on Rights-of-Way

13.12.310 Purpose.

  1. A.
    To recognize the City’s primary role as chief steward of the Right-of-way and its duty to its citizens to recover the costs of managing the Right-of-way and incursions into it;
  2. B.
    To clarify and regulate conditions of occupancy and construction for those ROW-users occupying space within the City’s Right-of-way given the anticipated increased use of the Right-of-way by various ROW-users throughout the country;
  3. C.
    To recognize the necessity for sound management practices in light of the increased use of the Right-of-way and the fact that the Right-of-way is a limited resource;
  4. D.
    To treat each ROW-user equitably and in a competitively neutral and nondiscriminatory manner with considerations that may be unique to the technologies and situation of each particular ROW-user;
  5. E.
    To minimize disruption, visual impact or inconvenience to the public, and to preserve the public health, safety and welfare; and
  6. F.
    To comply with state and federal legislation.

(History: Ord. RW-2410 §1, 2002; RW-2184, 2000)

Effective on: 1/1/1901