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In those cases where the proposed work falls within the area of a current City improvement project <br />(subdivisions, wastewater collection system or stormwater drainage system construction, street <br />paving, etc.) four copies will be made of the plans and/or drawings.. The fourth set shall be <br />forwarded to the Engineering Division Project Manager assigned to the City improvement project <br />for placement in the project office file. <br />All plans and/or drawings shall contain a north arrow. The proposed work area. shall be referenced <br />b~~ accurate dimensions to a known intersection center-point, lot corners, or to a known City manhole <br />if an intersection center-point is not available. The plans and/or drawings shall be to scale both <br />vertically and horizontally and designate with accurate dimensions the portion of the public way <br />proposed to be used and the work zone within the public way. The work zone shall be considered <br />to include 10 feet at a minimum around the perimeter of the proposed excavation or facility <br />placement and shall include staging and material storage areas within the public way. The plans <br />shall show accurate locations of curbs, sidewalks, and driveways within the proposed work zone. <br />Ifthe critical root zone of a street tree is located within the proposed work zone, the applicant shall <br />so indicate on the permit application, and the plans shall accurately depict the areas of the work zone <br />«-hich may impact street trees, along with the size, location, and species of each tree within such <br />areas. The critical root zone for trees 3 inches or smaller in caliper shall be an area with a radius of <br />at least 3 feet from the trunk. The critical root zone for trees over 3 inches in caliper shall be an area <br />«-ith a radius of at least eighteen inches from the trunk for every 1 inch of caliper size. <br />If the work zone or portions thereof are outside the public right-of--way but within a public utility <br />easement, the plans shall show any locations where the work zone falls within natural resource <br />protection areas (e.g. wetlands, rare plant areas, conservation zones, individual trees designated for <br />protection, etc.). <br />2.D.3 Review <br />Before each permit is issued, the applicant's plans are evaluated by the staff of the City Engineer. <br />I\ faintenance Division personnel research the location and size of all known City-owned facilities, <br />for which records are on file (e.g. stormwater and wastewater, telecommunications, curbs, etc.), and <br />draft the facility location on each set of the plans provided by the permittee of the proposed facility. <br />Staff also evaluate the permittee's proposed installation in relation to planned future City facility <br />placements for conflicts with location and grade. Staff have the responsibility of reviewing <br />applications for completeness, determining if an associated erosion permit or urban forestry review <br />is required, and entering the permit information into the computer plan tracking program. <br />If upon initial review of the application, the plans are found to be unclear, incomplete, or inaccurate <br />the application and plans will be returned to the applicant for correction and re-submittal. <br />Personnel of the Maintenance Planning Section perform the final review. Utility lines are evaluated <br />for the construction techniques proposed, their proposed location upon, above, or below the public <br />Utility & R/W Permit Policy <br />E~chibit A - 12 r:\adminord\rules\OOrowrlexa.wpd(09/13/00) <br />