O-2013-3465 Right-of-Way Ordinance and Utility Permit Process

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Facilities. Includes personal property owned by a provider of a utility including but not limited to electric, gas, telecommunications, or cable television services including but not limited to pipe, conduit, ducts, cables, wires, lines, towers, wave guides, optic fiber, microwave, any associated converters, and all equipment located in the Rights of Way. Right of Way. All area on, below, or above present and future public property containing roadway, highway, street, public sidewalk, alley, waterway, or existing utility easement in which the City of La Porte has a legal interest including the City interest in the easements or right-of- way for the La Porte Area Water Authority. Road or Roadway or Street. The surface of and the space below or above the width between the boundary lines of a publicly maintained way any part of which is open to the public for vehicular travel. Shoulder. For roads without a curb, the paved or unpaved area maintained along the traveled road surface located between the edge of the roadway and the slope down to the flow line of a drainage ditch. The maximum shoulder width shall be considered to be 10 -feet from the edge of roadway. Sec. 62-101. Exempted Facilities. Transmission pipeline facilities that are governed by Chapter 102 of the La Porte Code of Ordinances are exempted from this Article. Sec. 62-102. Excavation, Boring and Tunneling. (a) When an excavation is planned to be made in a Street or Right -of -Way under a paved surface, such excavation shall be accomplished by trenchless methods except for those locations where the Director has determined that trenchless methods would not be technically or economically practical for the Utility or where otherwise exempted by the Director. This provision does not apply to emergency repairs, in-kind replacement and other proposed work that meets the qualifications for a permit exemption provided in Section 62-104 (A.2) of this chapter. (b) All Excavation, backfill and restoration of a Right of Way area in connection with Utility's Facilities shall be the same as the City of La Porte Water Line Backfill detail or as otherwise specified in an approved permit. (c) Where a Utility is working in the Street, the Utility will utilize all applicable signage and appurtenances required by, and in conformance with, the Texas Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). (d) Requests for field locate requests of the City of La Porte storm sewer, sanitary sewer and water main and the La Porte Area Water Authority water main must be called in to the Public Works Department at (281) 471-9650 at least 48 -hours in advance of construction. 2