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.