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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 7: GENERAL <br />The provisions herein shall go into effect December 1, 1997. <br />'I.A AUTHORITY <br />This operational policy and procedure document was prepared and enacted under the <br />administrative and rule-making authority granted the City Manager by Section 2.019 of the <br />Eugene Code. and the authority granted the City Engineer by Section 7.007 of the Eugene <br />Code. <br />1.B INTRODUCTION <br />Street rights-of--way and public utility easements ,(public way) are intended for the use of <br />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 <br />Eugene Code charges the City Engineer with the responsbility of protecting the public's . <br />rights within the public way for these purposes. That responsibility is discharged in part by <br />controlling construction and special uses of the public way through the issuance of <br />permits. Section 7.302 of the Eugene Code specifes #hat the City Manager issue <br />administrative rules related to construction within and use of the public way. This manual <br />has been adopted as a part of Administrative Rule R-7.302 under the rule-making <br />authority granted the City Manager. <br />The primary concern when exercising this authority is to prevent personal injury, property <br />damage and inconvenience to the public resulting from improper construction practices <br />and right-of-way uses by contractors, public utilities, public agencies and property owners. <br />The objective is to accomplish this without discouraging reasonable requests for public <br />and private improvements and special uses of the public way. _ <br />Utility & R/W Permit Policy 1 92/01/97 <br />