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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CENTRAL POINT MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 12.12
PERTAINING TO EXCAVATION PERMITS IN CITY STREETS
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF CENTRAL POINT, OREGON, DO ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 12.12 of Title 12 of the Central Point Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
12.12.010 Permit —Application
No person, firm, or corporation shall open a street surface, dig within the feadway right
of way (R. O. W.) of a street or otherwise substantially alter a public road or street
surface without first obtaining a R. 0. W. permit from the City Administrator. Application
and R. 0. W. permit forms shall be provided by the City Administrator in a feFM format
designed to obtain and present the information deemed by the City Administrator to be
reasonably necessary to carry out the purpose of this chapter.
12.12.020 Permit — Granting
The City Administrator is authorized and directed to grant a R. 0. W. permit to do those
things set out in Section 12.12.010 where it appears to the satisfaction of the City
Administrator that reasonable requirements of public safety will be complied with and
where it appears to the satisfaction of the City Administrator that, upon the completion
of the construction by the applicant, the street surface and/or R. 0. W. strip located
behind the curb will be replaced in substantially its original form. Notwithstanding the
forgoing provisions, a R. 0. W. permit shall not be granted in cases in which toe a street
surface sought to be exravated has been newly paved or overlaid within twe five years
of the date of the application unless the City Administrator determines that an
emergency, requiring such excavation, exists endangeFiAg the health,
12.12.030 Permit — Exemptions
During the last three years of the five-year street cut moratorium described in Section
12.12.020, an applicant may be granted a R. 0. W. permit provided the applicant pays a
street maintenance fee in the amount of $500 plus $25 per square foot of area
excavated.
A R. O. W. permit shall not be required for the following:
• Regular lawn or landscape maintenance.
• Any excavation outside the traveled way that does not require an excavation of
more than twelve inches below the surface of the ground.
• Any excavation on private property.
The City Administrator may designate other managers within the City to act in his/her
capacity in maters related to this ordinance.
Passed by the City Council and signed by me in authentication of its passage
this day of v ,20004'
Mayor Hank Williams
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City Recorder
Approved by me thisCi day of 1 1200
Mayor Hank Williams