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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: <br />GENERAL <br />The provisions herein shall go into effect June 1, 1997. <br />1.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 the Municipal Code <br />'Section 2.019. and the authority granted the City Engineer by the Municipal Code Section ` <br />7.007. <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 />Municipal Code charges the City Engineer with the responsibility 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. <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 />in this document the pertinent section of Eugene Municipal Code (EC) is cited at the end <br />~' of each paragraph where a Code requirement is referenced, by use of the notation "EC" <br />followed by the applicable section number from the Code. The wording herein and the <br />Utility & RNV Permit Policy 1 06/01/97 <br />