HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 987 - Fail -9- ~ ~~ ~~ ORDINANCE N0. 987
,~ AMENDING SECTION 12.16.040 OF THE LAUREL MUNICIPAL
~~- ~ % CODE TO REQUIRE A PERMIT FOR ANY ENCROACHMENT ON
~D ~ ~; ANY PUBLIC PROPERTY.
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I~/n_~ ~ E IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Laurel,
\ )O,/-91 a, that Section 12.16.040 of the Laurel Municipal Code
be amended to read as follows:
Section 12.16.040- Encroachment permit required.
A) No encroachment on any public right-of-way, public
sidewalk or other public property shall be allowed except
by authority of an encroachment permit issued by the City
of Laurel or its designee. Application for an encroachment
permit shall be made on the forms and in accordance with
the procedure prescribed by the Street and Alley Committee.
A fee for the permit application shall be charged to cover
the administrative costs of processing as prescribed by
council resolution. The Street and Alley Committee shall
review the application with the applicant. If the issuance
of the permit is approved, the Street and Alley Committee
shall issue the permit. If the permit is denied, the
Applicant shall be provided with a statement of the reasons
therefor; which reasons shall be entered in writing on
the application. The applicant shall be entitled to appeal
the denial of the permit to the city council as provided
in subsection B below.
B) From the date of denial of the permit, the applicant
shall have ten (10) days in-which to submit a written
notice appealing such denial to the city council. The
notice of appeal shall be filed with the City Clerk and
shall state reasons supporting the grant of the encroachment
permit, the applicant's correct mailing address and telephone
number, shall be signed.by the applicant and shall be
accompanied by the processing fee as prescribed by council
resolution. The appeal shall be placed on a city council
agenda not more than twenty-one (21) days after receipt
of notice. The applicant shall be notified in writing
by certified mail, return receipt requested, of the date
and time the matter will be considered on the agenda.
In addition, notice of hearing shall be published once
in the official city legal newspaper prior to the hearing.
The notice shall exclude the proposed encroachment
encroaches, the extent of the encroachment and the duration.
The applicant and all other interested persons may appear
at the time and place and be heard either for or against.
This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days
after final passage of the City Council and approval by the
Mayor.
Introduced
City Council on
PASSED and
reading this
by Alderman
APPROVED b
day of
on first reading at a regular meeting of the
September 17th by Alderman Teeters
ADOPTED by the Laurel City Council on second
day of 1991, upon a motion
y the Mayor of the City of Laurel on the
1991.
CITY OF LAUREL
Bob Gauthier, Mayor
ATTEST:
Donald L. Hackmann, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Joseph M. Bradley, City Attorney