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Ordinance No. 6258 August 12, 2009
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Administrative Recommendation:
City Council to 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.
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Wagner Dowdy
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Item Number:
: September 8, 2009
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 City 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 standard plans,engineering construction
standardsspecifications, details, and engineering
design standards.
12.04.020 Contracts – Conformance to engineering construction
standards plans, specifications, details, and
engineeringdesign standards.
12.04.030 Severability.
12.04.040Engineering construction standards and Standard
plans, specifications, details, andengineering design
standards – Copies filed.
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12.04.050 Authorities for public infrastructure and right-of-way
management.
12.04.010 Adoption of engineering construction standards standard
plans, specifications, details,andengineeringdesign standards.
A. Adopted – Engineering Construction Standards. Standard
Plans.The engineering construction standards include the
following documents and manuals which are herein referred
to as the “engineering construction standards” and are
adopted by reference:
1.A manual of specific plans or drawings developed,
adopted and titled The “Standard Plans (M21-01) for
Road, Bridge, and Municipal Construction” prepared
by the Washington State Department of
Transportationand the American Public Works
Association, Washington State Chapter, the latest
publication and amendments thereto, as
supplemented and amended by thedetermined
appropriate for city infrastructure by the city engineer
for specific construction applications and for
conformance with adopted city engineeringdesign
standards, hereinafter referred to as the “standard
plans” is adopted by reference.
2.B.Adopted– Standard Specifications. The Standard
Specifications for Road, Bridge and Municipal
Construction, the latest (English) edition publication
and amendments thereto which includes the APWA
Supplement (Section 1-99),as issued by the
Washington State Department of Transportation and
the American Public Works Association, Washington
State Chapter, as supplemented and amended
through special provisions by the city engineer for
specific construction applications and for
conformance with adopted city engineeringdesign
standards., hereinafter referred to as the “standard
specifications” is adopted by reference.
3.C.Adopted– Standard Details. The City of Auburn
Engineering 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 engineeringdesign
standards, hereinafter referred to as the “standard
details” is adopted by reference.
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BD. Adopted – EngineeringDesign Standards. The engineering
design standards include the following documents and
manuals which are herein referred to as the “engineering
design standards” and are adopted by reference to the
extent authorized by the committee:
1. A manual of specific design requirements plans or
drawings developed and adopted by the city of
Auburndepartment of public works which show
frequently recurring public transportation and utility
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. for
each respective classification of city facilitiesas
approved by the public works committee,
supplemented and amended by the city engineer for
specific construction applicationsand for
conformance with adopted city design standards,
hereinafter referred to as the “Design Standards” is
adopted by reference.
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 “Department” 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
EngineeringDesign Standards.” (Ord. 6157 § 1, 2008;
Ord. 5042 § 1 (Exh. B), 1998.)
12.04.020 Contracts – Conformance to engineering construction
standardsstandard plans, specifications, details, and engineering
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 distributionsystems, 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 engineering construction
standards or engineering design standardsstandard plans,
specifications, or details adopted by reference in ACC 12.04.020
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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.)
12.04.040Standard plans, specifications, details,Engineering
construction standards and engineeringdesign 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
aforementionedengineering construction standardsstandard plans,
specifications, or details and engineering design 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 EngineeringStandards. The city
engineer or his/her designee shall develop, implement and
publishengineering design standards manualsdetails and
specifications for all public works after review and approval
by the public works committee. The city engineer or his/her
designee shall develop, implement and publish engineering
construction standards manuals and establishengineering
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 public’s
safety, welfare and interest is protected.
B.Management of Record Drawings. The city engineer or his/her
designee shall develop office procedures for the safe
keeping of record drawings of all public infrastructure to
include, but not limited to, improvements in streets,
sidewalks, illumination systems, pavement condition
surveys, water, sanitary and storm water sewers utility
systems.
BC. 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
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will 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.
CD. 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 Drawings. The city engineer or
his/her designee shall develop office procedures for the safe
keeping of record drawings of all 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.)
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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. Severability.
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
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
_________________________
Daniel B. Heid, City Attorney
Published: _________________
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