HomeMy WebLinkAbout1402ORDINANCE NO. i ll0
AN ORDNANCE relating to the operation of the
Engineering Department of the City of Port
Angeles providing for application forms for
the survey of line and grades for proposed
installation of sidewalk and curbing, or
both, by private property owners; creating
an Engineering Deposit Fund providing for a
deposit for such applied for survey, and
authorizing refund of such deposit and for
forfeiture thereof.
WHEREAS, in the past many requests for lines and grades
for proposed installation of sidewalks and curbs have been made
to the Engineering Department and lines and grades have been
provided by the city Engineering Department and those applying
for such lines and grades have failed to make the improvements
for which such work was performed and line and grade stakes
have been lost and has resulted in the duplication of labor and
unnecessary expense to the City's Engineering Department;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of
the City of Port Angeles at a regular meeting of said Council
as follows:
Section 1: Application: Any owner desiring installation
of line and grade stakes for either or both curbing and sidewalks
along any property shall make application therefor with the City
Treasurer, which application shall set forth the lot and block
number for which such survey is desired and shall note thereon
the estimated time within which such improvement shall be completed.
by the property owner, not exceeding ninety (90) days after
notice that such survey has been completed; and such applicant
shall deposit with the City Treasurer the sum of 35.00 for any
one survey.
Section 2: That if said application is made for separate
owners or such application requires separate surveys a separate
deposit of $35.00 shall be made for each separate ownership and
also for each separate survey.
Section 3: That the Treasurer shall immediately notify
the Engineering Department of the lot and block number for which
such survey is desired, and shall note thereon the date of such
application, and the Engineering Department shall at its earliest
possible convenience provide the line and grade stakes for the
construction of sidewalks and curbs, or either or both, along
the property described in said application, and if the street is
found open and that it is practicable that said sidewalk be
.constructed and that permanent grades therefor can be given,
notice shall be given thereof to the owner and the owner shall
complete said sidewalk or curbing within ninety (90) days from
the date of such notice of grade establishment.
Section 4.: In the event the Engineering Department shall
find that the construction of sidwalks or curbing, or both, are
not practicable at the contemplated time, he shall so advise
the Treasurer and the Treasurer shall refund to the owner the
deposit for such engineering service.
Section 5: When the owner has completed the construction
of such curbs and sidewalks, he shall notify the Engineering
Department thereof, and, if it is found by such Engineering
Department that the improvements have been completed within the
ninety (90) days as specified in this Ordinance, the Treasurer
shall, upon application of the owner, refund to the owner such
deposit.
Section 6: Forfeiture and Refunds: Any deposit made
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under the provisions of this ordinance shall be forfeited to the
General Fund of the City upon the following conditions: When the
improvement for which lines and grade have been established by
the Engineering Department have not been made and completed
within ninety (90) days of the date of notice of the establishment
of grades, such deposit shall be forfeited to the General Fund
of the City as reimbursement for expenditures incurred by the
Engineering Department in establishing such lines and grades.
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Section 7: This ordinance shall be effective five days
after its passage, approval and publication as required by law.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Par t Angeles,
Washington, and approved by its Mayor at a regular meeting of
said Council held this / 7 day of October, 1957.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Approved as t6 form:
PUBLISHED: 0 ei o b i, r , 1957.
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