CITY OF HOMER
HOMER, ALASKA
City Manager
ORDINANCE 02-33
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
HOMER AMENDING HOMER CITY CODE SECTION 11.04.030, DEFINITIONS, REPEALING
SUBSECTIONS Q. PERMANENT MAINTENANCE AND CC. WINTER MAINTENANCE, AMENDING
SUBSECTIONS S. ROAD AND V. STREET AND AMENDING HOMER CITY CODE SECTION
11.04.055, OFFICIAL MAINTENANCE MAP.
WHEREAS, After review of the Alaska State Statute, the
Homer City Code there appears to be no distinction between streets and roads;
and
WHEREAS, Permanent and winter maintenance designations
are obsolete pursuant to the new road categories of urban road maintenance and
rural road maintenance.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF HOMER HEREBY ORDAINS:
Section 1. Homer City Code Section 11.04.030 is
hereby amended to reads as
follows:
11.04.030 Definitions. In this chapter, unless otherwise provided,
or the contest otherwise requires, the following words and phrases shall have
the meanings set forth below:
a. “Arterial” means a street or highway
which provides as a major function the transmission of vehicular through
traffic along its prolongation or length (in preference to traffic entering the
street or highway from an abutting lot or intersecting road), and which
performs a major role in serving the transportation needs of the community (by
serving relatively longer trip lengths with minimal interference and higher
speeds), and which is identified as an arterial on the Homer Master Roads and
Streets Plan.
b. “As-built drawings” means the plan
and profile drawings of the improvements as constructed, drawn to the same
level of detail as the original design drawings.
c. “Base Course” means a layer of
crushed aggregate placed atop the subbase, according to a specified gradation.
d. “City” means the City of Homer, a
municipal corporation, acting through the City manager and/or his designees.
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e. “Collector”
means a street which collects traffic from local streets and/or relatively
large traffic generators, and channels it into the arterial system, and is
identified as a “commercial/industrial collector” or is a “residential
collector” in the Homer Master Plan for Roads and Streets. (A “commercial/industrial collector” is a
collector located in a commercial or industrial zoning district, while a
“residential collector” is a collector located in a residential, district.)
f.
“Cross culvert” means a
culvert which crosses beneath the traveled way of street, such that its ends
are exposed on the embankment of each side of the street.
g. “Cul-de-sac” means a street that is
closed at one end and which is therefore required to provide a circular
turnaround.
h. “Design Criteria Manual” means a
publication issued by the City of Homer entitled “Design Criteria Manual for
Streets and Storm Drainage,” dated April, 1985.
i. “Design engineer” is a professional
civil engineer, registered in the State of Alaska, who shall perform the
project design for the developer.
j. “Developer” means a person, firm,
association, partnership, corporation, governmental unit, or combination of any
of these which proposes to install street improvements, either as part of a
subdivision development or as a development project on an existing
right-of-way.
k. “Drainage Management Plan” refers to
the City of Homer’s documents entitled “Drainage Management Plan - Homer,
Alaska” (dated August, 1979) and “Revised Drainage Management Plan - Homer,
Alaska” (dated February, 1982).
l. “Driveway” means an entrance/exist
roadway which provides lateral access to a private property from a public
right-of-way, and which is located on private property except for its junction
with the public road within such right-of-way.
m. “Driveway intersection” means the
junction of a driveway with a street or other public road.
n. “Local street” is a street which
services primarily relatively short trip lengths and low traffic, allowing
transmission of traffic from abutting lots to the collector or arterial system,
and which does not qualify for designation as a collector or arterial. For the purposes of this ordinance, local
streets are segregated into two subclasses: “local residential” streets are
those local streets situated in residential zoning districts and “local
commercial/industrial” streets are those local streets located in commercial or
industrial zoning districts.
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o. “Master Roads and Streets Plan”
refers to the document labeled such, adopted by the City of Homer.
p. “Nonfrost susceptible material”
means nonorganic soil containing less than three percent by weight of grains
smaller than .02 mm obtained from minus three-inch material.
q. “Permanent maintenance” means
grading, pavement patching, ditching, culvert thawing, snowplowing, sanding,
and other work, performed on an all-seasons basis for maintenance of city
streets.
q.
r. “Right-of-way” means
land, property, or interest therein, usually in a strip, acquired for or
dedicated to the public for transportation purposes.
r.
s. “Road” is
synonymous with “street”. is
a general term denoting a public way or track, or any length thereof, generally
in rural areas, used for purposes of vehicular travel.
s.
t. “Roadway”
means the portion of a street, road, or highway, including shoulders, for
vehicular use.
t.
u. “Shoulder” means the portion of the
roadway contiguous with the traveled way for accommodation of stopped vehicles
for emergency use, and/or for lateral support of base and surface courses.
u.
v. “Street” is a general term denoting
a public way or track, or any length thereof, in urban settings, used
for purposes of vehicular travel.
v,
w. “Street intersection” means the
junction of two or more public roads, i.e., roads located within public
rights-of-way.
w.
x. “Subbase” means the
specified or selected material of planned thickness placed atop the subgrade
and below the base course.
x.
y. “Subdivider” means a
person, firm, association, partnership, corporation, governmental unit, or
combination of any of these which may hold any recorded or equitable ownership
interest in land being subdivided, The term shall also include all heirs,
assigns or successors in interest, or representatives of the subdivider, owner,
proprietor or developer.
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y.
z. “Subdivision” means the division of a
tract or parcel of land into two or more lots, sites, or other divisions for
the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale, lease, or building
development, including any subdivision, and when appropriate to the context,
the process of subdividing or the land subdivided. A “new subdivision” is an subdivision in which a plat has
received preliminary approval prior to the effective date of this chapter. There will be no time extension allowed for
said preliminary plat to be considered at a later date.
z.
aa. “Subgrade”
means the basement soil material in excavation (cuts), embankment (fills), and
embankment foundations immediately below the first layer of subbase and to such
depth as may affect the structural design of the roadway.
aa.
bb. “Traveled way” means that
portion of the roadway reserved for the movement of vehicles, exclusive of
shoulders.
cc. “Winter maintenance” means snowplowing and sanding of
roads during winter months; this definition specifically excludes culvert
maintenance and prevention or alleviation of glaciation (aufeis) affects. (Ord. 87-6(S) '1(part),
1987; Ord. 85-14 (part), 1985).
Section 2. Homer City Code Section 11.04.055 is
hereby amended to reads as follows:
11.04.055
Official Road Maintenance Map--Adopted. a. The “Official
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 “Official
Road Maintenance Map of the City of Homer. ”
c. City maintenance service, as
specified on the official map, shall be provided in two categories;
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.
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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. 02-23(S), 2002; Ord.
87-6(S) '1(part),
1987; Ord. 85-14 (part), 1985).
Section 3. 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
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
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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.