CITY OF HOMER
HOMER, ALASKA
City
Manager
ORDINANCE 02-23(S)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HOMER CREATING TWO CATEGORIES OF ROAD SERVICE AVAILABLE IN THE CITY OF HOMER, ADOPTING A NEW OFFICIAL ROAD MAP AND AMENDING HOMER CITY CODE SECTION 11.04.055, OFFICIAL MAINTENANCE MAP.
WHEREAS, certain properties were annexed to the City effective March 20, 2002; and
WHEREAS, all of the annexed properties were formerly part of a road service area of the Kenai Peninsula Borough; and
WHEREAS, in the first six months of 2002 road services were provided to the annexed properties by the Kenai Peninsula Borough through its service area; and
WHEREAS, the provision of such services to the annexed properties by the Borough during the first six months of 2002 effectively means that the City of Homer is providing to that area of the City a different level of road service for the remainder of the City for calendar year 2002; and
WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds that it is reasonable and appropriate to set different categories of road service and to adopt a new Official Road Maintenance Map to incorporate the newly annexed area roads, which have been constructed and maintained at a different standard than pre March 20, 2002 City of Homer Roads.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF HOMER HEREBY ORDAINS:
Section 1. Homer City Code Section 11.04.055 is hereby amended to reads as
follows:
11.04.055 Official Road
Mmaintenance Map--Adopted. a. The AOfficial Road Maintenance Map of the
City of Homer@ is enacted by
reference and declared to be part of this chapter in its exact form as it
exists on the date that the ordinance codified in this chapter is adopted by
the City Council. This map shall be
kept in the City offices for public inspection.
b. After the effective date of the
ordinance codified in this chapter, the City shall not accept maintenance
responsibility for any roads, existing or future, which are not constructed or
reconstructed to the standards of this chapter, unless such road is shown on
the AOfficial Road
Maintenance Map of the City of Homer.@
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c. City maintenance service, as specified
on the official map, shall be provided in two categories;
on a permanent (year-around) basis and on a
winter-maintenance-only basis (snowplowing and sanding only). In no case shall a winter-maintained road be
upgraded to permanent maintenance unless it is reconstructed to the standards
of this chapter.
1. Urban Road Maintenance, full level of
service for road maintenance on streets that meet the City Standard and these
road are first priority, and
2. Rural Road Maintenance, the level of
service for roads that do not meet City standards and are determined to deserve
a reduced level of service and these roads take second priority.
d. If
the map becomes lost or damaged, the map or significant parts thereof remaining
after partial destruction shall be preserved.
The City Council may by ordinance enact a new map which shall be
consistent with and supersede the old map.
e. The map shall be signed by the City
Clerk with a note of the date of enactment by the City Council. Amendments by ordinance shall be immediately
added to the AOfficial Road
Maintenance Map of the City of Homer@ with a notation of the date of enactment
of said ordinance by the City Council.
(Ord. 87-6(S) '1(part), 1987; Ord. 85-14 (part), 1985).
Section
2. This ordinance is of a permanent and general
character and is ordinance shall be included in the City Code.
ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HOMER, ALASKA, this __________ day of ______________________, 2002.
CITY
OF HOMER
_______________________________
Jack Cushing, Mayor
ATTEST:
___________________________
Mary L. Calhoun, City Clerk
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AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
First Reading:
Public Hearing:
Second Reading:
Effective Date:
Reviewed and approved as to form:
_____________________________ ___________________________
Ronald Wm. Drathman Gordon J Tans
City Manager City Attorney
Fiscal note: See Ordinance 02-21 and back up. Projection for now is $121,848 and for 2003 is an additional $193,500.