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CITY OF EUGENE <br />Department of Public Works <br />Policies and Procedures <br />Utility and Right-of--Way Permits <br />Construction Within and Use of the Public Way <br />Section 1: GENERAL. <br />The provisions herein shall go into effect January 11, 2004. <br />1.A AUTHORITY. <br />This operational policy and procedure document was prepared and enacted under the administrative <br />and rule-making authority granted the City Manager by Section 2.019 of the Eugene Code,1971 and <br />the authority granted the City Engineer by Section 7.007 of the Eugene Code, 1971. <br />1.B INTRODUCTION. <br />Streetrights-of--way and public utility easements (PLJE) are part of the public way and intended for <br />the use of all citizens for vehicular and pedestrian movement, access to private property and the <br />delivery of essential utility, fire, police, and transportation services. Section 7.007 of the Eugene <br />Code, 1971 charges the City Engineer with the responsibility of protecting the public's rights within <br />the public way for these purposes. That responsibility is discharged in part by controlling <br />construction and special uses of the public way through the issuance of permits. Section 7.302 of <br />the Eugene Code, 1971 specifies that the City Manager issue administrative rules related to <br />construction within and use of the public way. This manual has been adopted as a part of <br />Administrative Rule R-7.302 under the rule-making authority granted the City Manager. <br />The primary concern when exercising this authority is to prevent personal injury, property damage <br />and inconvenience to the public resulting from improper construction practices andright-of--way uses <br />by contractors, public utilities, public agencies, and property owners. The objective is to accomplish <br />this without discouraging reasonable requests for public and private improvements and special uses <br />of the public way. <br />In this document the pertinent section of the Eugene Code,1971 is cited at the end of each paragraph <br />Utility & R/W Permit Manual <br />Exhibit A - 1 <br />C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files\OLKB202\03rowrlexa.wpd -Manual (03ROWR 1).WPD(11/07/03) <br />