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Home My WebLink AboutITEM VIII-A-1* CI7Y OF WASHWGTON AGENDA BILL APPROVAL FORM Agenda Subject: Date: Ordinance No. 6258 Au ust 12, 2009 Department: Attachments: Budget Impact: Public Works Ordinance No. 6258 $ 0 Administrative Recommendation: City Council introduce and adopt Ordinance No. 6258. Background Summary: Ordinance No. 6258 provides for the revision of certain sections of Chapter 12.04, Public Works Construction, of the Auburn City Code. The recent adoption of revisions to Title 17 and Title 18 included the incorporation of various design standards related to land use and zoning separate from the engineering design and construction standards. The proposed revisions to Chapter 12.04 provide for the distinction of the Engineering Design and Construction standards from these other design standards. W0908-13 04.11, A3.13.8 Reviewed by Council & Committees: Reviewed by Departments & Divisions: ❑ Arts Commission COUNCIL COMMITTEES: ❑ Building ❑ M&O ❑ Airport ❑ Finance ❑ Cemetery ❑ Mayor ❑ Hearing Examiner ❑ Municipal Serv. ❑ Finance ❑ Parks ❑ Human Services E Planning & CD ❑ Fire ❑ Planning ❑ P li e ❑ Park Board ZPublic Works ❑ Planning Comm. ❑ Other o c ❑ Legal ED Public Works ❑ Human Resources Action: Committee Approval: ❑Yes ❑No i ng Council Approval: ❑Yes ❑No Call for Public Hear Referred to Until Tabled Until Councilmember: Wa ner Staff: Dowd Meetina Date: September 8, 2009 Item Number: VIII.A.1 AU$[JRN *MORE THAN YOU IMAGINED ORDINANCE NO. 6 2 5 8 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON, AMENDING CHAPTER 12.04 OF THE AUBURN CITY CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION WHEREAS, the City Council has recently adopted revisions to Title 17, Land Adjustments and Divisions, and Title 18, Zoning; and WHEREAS, these revised Titles adopted a naming convention for City of Auburn design and construction standards under which the documents set forth in ACC Chapter 12.04, Public Works Construction, are designated as Engineering Design Standards and Engineering Construction Standards; and WHEREAS, it is necessary to rename the documents set forth in ACC Chapter 12.04 to conform to the new naming convention, NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN as follows: Section 1. Amendment to Citv Code. That Chapter 12.04, Public Works Construction, of the Auburn City Code be and the same hereby is amended to read as follows: Chapter 12.04 PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION Sections: 12.04.010 Adoption of standa-rd---p4a-n-s-,- enqineerinq constructian standardsspeGAGat+ens, A°ta4ts, and engineerinq design standards. 12.04.020 Contracts - Conformance to enqineering constructian standards--pk , and engineering design standards. 12.04.030 Severability. 12.04.040 Enqineerinq construction standards and StapAar-d design standards - Copies filed. Ordinance No. 6258 August 31, 2009 Page 1 of 7 12.04.050 Authorities for public infrastructure and right-of-way management. 12.04.010 Adoption of engineering construction standards standard , , " , and enqineering design standards. A. Adopted - Enqineering Constructian Standards. at~~da-rd P-4ans:-The engineering construction standards include the followingdocuments and manuals which are herein referred to as the "enqineering construction standards" and are adapted bv reference: 1. - ac~opted-and t+t{ed-The "Standard Plans (M21-01) for Road, Bridge, and Municipal Construction" prepared by the Washington State Department of Transportation A:seGiatiep;---W , the latest publication and amendments thereto, as determined apprapriate for ciy infrastructure by the city engineer and for conformance with adopted city engineerinq design standards,--h°cC°maftor rnfnrrorl +~~-'°p~dard. pI-w~ ~ep,Ge. 2. . '#i~~~--The Standard Specifications for Road, Bridge and Municipal Construction, the latest (English) edition publication and amendments thereto yj";r" ;^^'~id° s the ° as issued by the Washington State Department of Transportation and , Stata--GhaptL; ; as supplemented and amended throuqh special provisions by the city engineer for specific construction applications and for conformance with adopted city engineerinq design standards.-,-"~;n.,~,-,~,z~-;°~r~a--*~ 3. C,-Adeoed-----~t~rd-DeiaT;s-The City of Auburn Engineerinq Standard Details, aA manual of specific plans or drawings developed and adopted by the city of Auburn department of public works which show frequently recurring components of work that have been standardized for repetitive use, as supplemented and amended by the city engineer for specific construction applications and for conformance with adopted city engineerinq design sta n d a rd s, herein-afte~-4-efw-red-4o--a~-Ihe---`~s~~ Ordinance No. 6258 August 31, 2009 Page 2 of 7 BD. Adopted - Enqineerinq Design Standards. The enqineerinq ~ desiqn standards include the following documents and manuals which are herein referred to as the "engineerinq desiqn standards" and are adopted by reference-4e-4he 1_ A manual of specific design requirements plap,& -er drawings adopted by the city of Auburn which show frequently recurring public transportation and utilitV infrastructure standards as approved by the Public Works Committee supplemented and amended by the city engineer for specific design applications to the extent authorized by the Public Works Committee.-#e~ a-s --G3~r3mi++- -SUPP4 d-----#ef , a„ CE. Adopted - Highway Access Management. Chapter 468-52 WAC, Highway Access Management - Access Control Classification System and Standards, and amendments thereto, with the exception of WAC 468-52-060 and 468-52- 070, is adopted by reference with the following amendments: 1. All references to the "DepartmenY" shall be changed to "city of Auburn." 2. All references to Chapter 468-51 WAC or sections thereof shall be changed to "City of Auburn Enqineerinq Design Standards." (Ord. 6157 § 1, 2008; Ord. 5042 § 1(Exh. B), 1998.) 12.04.020 Contracts - Conformance to en inc eering construction standards , , , and engineerinq design standards. All public works construction contracts of the city, including but not limited to streets and sidewalks, storm water and sanitary sewers systems, and water d+str4ut3en-systems, shall conform to the specifications adopted in ACC 12.04.010. Furthermore, all work within city public ways perFormed by others subject to Chapter 12.24 ACC, Construction Permits, shall conform to the same standards. (Ord. 5042 § 1(Exh. B), 1998.) 12.04.030 Severability. If any provision of this chapter or the engineerinq construction standards or enqineerinq design standardssta-Rdard------~tan-s,, , '4s adopted by reference in ACC 12.04.020 Ordinance No. 6258 August 31, 2009 Page 3 of 7 and effective from and after January 16, 1998, or their application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this chapter or its application of the provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected. (Ord. 5042 § 1(Exh. B), 1998.) , ' ~-~etail~;En~neering 12.04.040 Stan canstruction standards and enqineerinq design standards - Copies filed. Under the provisions of RCW 35A.12.140, the ordinance codified in this chapter shall be published as required by law, but the aforementioned enqineering constructian standardsstan4ar4-phaois; ' and en inq eering desiqn standards adopted by reference in ACC 12.04.020 need not be published but shall be authenticated and recorded with the Auburn city clerk, and not less than one copy of each such standard documents in the form in which it was adopted shall forthwith be filed in the office of the Auburn city clerk for use and examination by the public. (Ord. 5042 § 1 (Exh. B), 1998.) 12.04.050 Authorities for public infrastructure and right-of-way management. A. Develop and Publish City Engineerinq Standards. The city engineer or his/her designee shall develop, implement and publish engineering desi.qn standards manualsde#a+ls--a~ ~ -woIs after review and approval SpeGifiGations by the public works committee. The city engineer or his/her designee shalt develap implement and publish enqineerinq construction standards manuals and establish enqineering standard construction practices for regulation of all work within the public way by all persons to include, but not limited to, franchise public/private utilities and entities possessing a right-of-way agreement and/or permit to assure the pubtic's safety, welfare and interest is protected. ---ts ' sFdeUVaIks; - , 8 U WB}/-S ; , sy:`7t enTI1- BG. Survey Record Controls. The city engineer or his/her ~ designee shall develop office procedures for establishing horizontal and vertical control registration of existing and future development within the urban growth areas of the city. Procedures will utilize both city and private development record drawings and survey efforts to continue to maintain an accurate current database for future reference. The city Ordinance No. 6258 August 31, 2009 Page 4 of 7 wiil provide the most current benchmark geodetic survey data to new developers and for city construction projects at the administrative cost of providing the service, and require in exchange, at no cost to the city, the developer and/or city project sponsors to provide equal quality record drawings in Autocadd drawing file format at completion of the development and/or city project to update records reflecting survey controls of the new development and/or city infrastructure. C9. Subdivision Records. The city engineer or his/her designee ~ shall develop office procedures for the safe keeping of record drawings of all recorded plats and short plats. D. Management of Record Drawinqs. The city engineer or hislher designee shall develop office procedures for the safe keepinq of record drawings of a{I public transportation, water, sanitary sewer, and storm drainage infrastructure as defined in ACC 13.40.010. E. Management of Right-of-Way, Easements, and Extensions of Public Facilities by Private Developers. The city engineer or his/her designee shall develop office procedures for the safe keeping of record drawings of all public right-of-way, public access easements, city utility easements, cross drainage easements, and public facilities developed and dedicated to the city by private developers. The city engineer may accept easements granted to the city as part of an approved development project for city utilities, drainage, slope protection, public access, and right-of-way, and may also accept public facility extensions that are not dedicated through plats and short plats. After review by the public works committee, the city engineer may execute a release or partial release of any city utility, drainage, or slope protection easements that are not needed or are no longer needed for city purposes. All other city-held easements shall be released only by city council action, and public right-of-way easements shall be subject to the vacation provisions set forth in Chapter 12.48 ACC, and in accordance with Chapter 35.79 RCW. For management of developer facility extensions, the city engineer will develop procedures to receive developer fees and/or deposits, accounting for the costs of reviewing and approving developer plans, and inspection of construction work perFormed by the developer, and reimbursement of city costs by developer funds. (Ord. 6013 § 1, 2006; Ord. 5042 § 1(Exh. B), 1998.) Ordinance No. 6258 August 31, 2009 Page 5 of 7 Section 2. Implementation. The Mayor is hereby authorized to implement such administrative procedures as may be necessary to carry out the directions of this legislation. Section 3. Severabilitv. The provisions of this ordinance are declared to be separate and severable. The invalidity of any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, 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 4. 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. INTRODUCED: PASSED: APPROVED: CITY OF AUBURN PETER B. LEWIS MAYOR ATTEST: Danielle E. Daskam, City Clerk Ordinance No. 6258 August 31, 2009 Page 6 of 7 APPROVED AS TO FORM: Daniel B. Heid, City Atto ey Published: Ordinance No. 6258 August 31, 2009 Page 7 of 7