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February 23, 2009 Item No. 7C Page 4 x Driveway widening within City Code requirements Discussion was held on the specific situation of a property owner with a conforming driveway who wished to widen their driveway, within the maximum width allowed by the City Code. The private improvement that would be provided under the public City contract would only be for the curb cut and the 5-foot deep concrete apron for this “extra width”. Completion of the rest of the driveway for this “extra width” portion would be the responsibility of the property owner. Staff and Council concurred that a time limit should be set by which the property owner should be required to complete the remainder of the driveway. Council stated their opinion that the time limit should be one year. If the property owner does not complete the remainder of the driveway within the time limit, the intent is that the City would have the right to remove the “extra width” of the driveway apron, reducing it back down to the width of the existing driveway. The cost of this removal would also be the responsibility of the property owner. x Work within public right-of-way only It was discussed that for non-conforming driveways approved for this program, as well as for new sanitary sewer and water services, the work would not extend beyond the public right-of-way line. Due to liability, permission, and other reasons, it is not recommended that the City contractor perform work under the City contract on private property. Although not expressly discussed during the Work Session, it must be noted that Staff recommendation is that this condition be applied to replacement of existing sanitary sewer services as well. The work included under the City contract should be limited to that portion within the public right-of-way only. If a property owner wishes to have the segment of their sanitary sewer service from the right-of-way line to their home replaced, they would need to have that work performed under a private contract. The property owner could hire the City contractor to do the work, however the policy should be set such that the portion of the work on the private property be a private contract between the property owner and the contractor. Policy Documents Resolution 7415 has been prepared in accordance with the previous discussion. The Resolution would be intended to adopt the parameters for application of this program for all projects within the overall Street and Utility Improvement Program.