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HomeMy WebLinkAbout6414 ORDINANCE NO. 6 41 4 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON, AMENDING SECTION 12.64A.030 OF TME AUBURN CITY CODE AND CREATING A SECTION 13.40.040 AND A NEW CHAPTER 17.28 OF THE AUBURN CITY CODE, RELATING TO THE INSTALLATION OF CITY-OWNED IMPROVEMENTS WHEREAS, the City Council finds that enhancing the City's data and communications infrastructure allows the City to provide services to the public in a more effective and e�cient manner; and WHEREAS, making remote data access available to the City's police officers, inspectors, utility staff, and other field personnel allows them to devote more time to providing services to the community and less time traveling to and from City offices and facilities; and WHEREAS, the City has a number of utiliry faoilities, traffic control devices, and other equipment located throughout the City that are monitored and operated remotely; and WHEREAS, increasing the number of such remote facilities connected to the City's data and communications infrastructure allows for system-wide, coordinated management of such facilities; and WHEREAS, new technologies may present additional opportunities for the City to use its data and communications infrastructure to enhance its provision of public services; and Ordinance No. 6414 May 30, 2012 Page 1 of 5 WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the installation of City-owned conduit throughout the City would enhance the City's data and communications infrastructure; and WHEREAS, requiring the placement of City conduits in trenches opened in City rights-of-way as part of a development project allows for expansion of the City conduit system at a lower cost to the public and with fewer opening of the City's streets; and WHEREAS, the cost of adding such conduit to an already opened trench would be proportional to the benefd of enhanced public services received by the owner of the developing property; and WHEREAS, it is important to the City and to those persons and entities within the City who depend on the availability of the data and communications infrastructure services that would be able to be provided through the conduits in City streets to have those conduits and infrastructure in as many streets as possible, and all due consideration shall be given to the need for the installation of City-owned conduit in street improvements, in terms of the improvements that should tie required in connection wifh the related development or permit activity NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN as follows: Section 1. Amendment to Citv Code. That Section 12.64A.030 of the Aubum City Code be and the same hereby is amended to read as follows: 12.64A.030 Requirements. The city engineer shall detemiine in consultation with police; parks, ar�, and recreation; planning and developmerrt department; information services; and the local fire authority whetFier orie or more of the following public right-of-way improvements are necessary to mitigate the impacts of a permitted action set forth in ACC 12.64A.020. which imnrovements shall. after construction and installation, be dedicated to and owned bv the Citv Ordinance No. 6414 May 30, 2012 Page 2 of 5 Construction or provision of those improvements in the manner spec�ed by the city engineer shall be a condition of grarrting said permit: A. Paved roadway on the same side of the street as the subject property; B. Street lighting; C. Sidewalks on the same side of the street as the subject property; D Concrete curbs and gutters on the same side of the street as the subject property; E. Storm drainage systems; F Street landscaping and appurtenances on the same side of the street as the subject property; G. Traffic control and other safety devices including, but not limited to, provisions for channelization, pavemerit markings, signage, pedestrian safety, and tra�c calming; H. Dedication of public right-of-way on the same side of the street as the subject property; I I. Conduit at least three inches in diameter in a�teaaE-�� streets/oublic riaht-of-wav being improved under this chapter (Ord. 6287 § 2, 2010; Ord. 6112 § 1, 2007; Ord. 6083 § 2, 20U7 ) Section 2. New Section to Citv Code. That a new Section 13.40.040 of the Aubum City Code be and the same hereby is created to read as follows: 13.40.040 Dedication and ownership of improvements. Unless otherwise expressly provided, the improvements required pursuarrt to this Chapter 13.40 shall, after construction and installation, be dedic�ted to and owned by the City Section 3. New Chauter to Citv Code. That a new Chapter 17.28 of the Aubum City Code be and the same hereby is created to read as follows: Chapter 17.28 Infrastructure Conduit Section: 17.28.010 Infrastructure conduit in streets. 17.28.010 Infrastructure conduit in streets. In addition to the other requirements set forth in this Title 17, any time street improvements or right-of-way improvements are to be provided in connection with development activiry govemed hereby, the City review process shall determirie in consultation with public works, police, parks, arts, and recreation; planning and development departments, information services, and with the local fire authority, whether conduit at least three Ordinance No. 6414 May 3U, 2012 Page 3 of 5 inches in diameter should be inGuded therein, in which cases, 'rf so required, the applicant shall construct said improvement in conformance with the public facility extension requirements of Chapter 13.40 of the City Code. Section 4. Imalementation. The Mayor is hereby authorized to implement such administrative procedures as may be necessary to carry out the directions of this legislation. Section 5. Severabilitv. The provisions of this ordinance are declared to be separate and severable. The invalidity of any clause, sentence, paragraph, subclivision, section or portion of this ordinance, or the invalidity of the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this ordinance, or the validity of its application to other persons or circumstances. Section 6. Effective date. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force five days from and after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law. DATED and SIGNED this �lo day of , 2012. INTRODUCED: .IUL 16 2012 PASSED• JUL 16 2012 APPROVED: .IUL 16 ZU12 ITY �.�A(�URN �� —r�' PETER B. LEWIS MAYOR Ordinance No. 6414 May 30, 2012 Page 4 of 5 _. I ATTEST /�U� ��4�1i� Danielle E. Daskam, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: Daniel B. Heid, City Attomey .� Pubtished: ����_/-��-u`-�v`-�' /-Lr�-�-J t, Ordinance No. 6414 May 30, 2012 Page 5 of 5