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160 of 1978 - Amending Chapter 14 creating Office of Public Works Director (in lieu of City Engineer) and establis ROLL CALL VOTING Aye Nay Salt Lake City,Utah, October 24 ,19 78 Mr. Chairman Agraz ✓ I move that the Ordinance be passed. Greener ✓" Hall ✓ i? r Phillips ' Result ( roe( AN ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING Chapter 14 of Title 25 of the Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1965, relating to Public Works Director. Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, Utah: SECTION 1. That Chapter 14 of Title 25 of the Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1965, relating to Public Works Director, be, and the same hereby is amended to read as follows: Chapter 14 PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR Sections: 25-14-1. Creation of office. 25-14-2. Oath. Bond. 25-14-3. Duty of Public Works Director 25-14-4. Field notes, maps and profiles. 25-14-5. Street lines. 25-14-6. Street grades. Establishing. 25-14-7. Fees. 25-14-8. Fees to cover cost of surveys. 25-14-9. Tests of additions. 25-14-10. Resurveys of additions. 25-14-11. Location by section corner. 25-14-12. Standard of measure. 25-14-13. Instruments. How adjusted. 25-14-14. Instruments to be adjusted. 25-14-15. Custodian of monuments. 25-14-16. Protection of monuments. 25-14-17. Inter.fering with Public Works Director prohibited. 25-14-18. Employees. Compensation. 25-14-19. Absence or disability of Public Works Director. 25-14-20. Public Works Director's office, office of record. Custodian. 25-14-21. Supplies. Records and files. 25-14-22. Must not enter on record until fees are paid. 25-14-23. Seal. 25-14-24. Recording not to conflict with recording in other offices. 25-14-25. Organization of Public Works Department. Sec. 25-14-1. Creation of office. There is hereby created the office of Public Works Director who shall be the city engineer, which office shall be filled by appointment of the Board of Commissioners. Wherever the term "city engineer" shall appear in these revised ordinances it shall mean the Public Works Director. Sec. 25-14-2. Oath. Bond. The Public Works Director shall, before he enters the duties of his office, take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office and shall execute a bond with -2- good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the Board of Commissioners, payable to the city in the penal sum of five thousand dollars. Said bond shall be conditioned for faithful performance of the duties of his office and the payment of all moneys received by him according to law and the ordinances of the city. Sec. 25-14-3. Duty of Public Works Director. It shall be the duty of the Public Works Director to locate the lines and grades of all streets and sidewalks, alleys, avenues or other public ways, and to determine the position, size and construc- tion of all sewers, culverts, aqueducts, bridges, viaducts, or other public works or appurtenances, and to prepare plans, maps or profiles of the same, and to make estimates and furnish specifications for any of said work, whenever required to do so by the Board of Commissioners. He shall, under the direction of the Board of Commissioners and the Commissioner of Public Works, have general charge, supervision and inspection of all public improvements and public work undertaken by or on behalf of Salt Lake City by contract or otherwise, and shall see that the same are performed in a workmanlike manner, and in accord- ance with the authorized plans and with the terms and specifica- tions of the contracts. The Public Works Director shall appoint and be represented by division heads and their staffs on the work with power to act for him and direct the work. Sec. 25-14-4. Field notes, maps and profiles. The Public Works Director shall insure that the appropriate divisions of the Public Works Department keep certified copies of all the field notes, maps or profiles which relate to city surveys, sewers, streets or sidewalks and all other engineering works, and he shall insure that they are arranged and indexed in such manner as will enable a ready reference thereto, and all shall be the property of Salt Lake City. Sec. 25-14-5. Street lines. It shall be unlawful for any person to erect or construct, or to commence the erection or construction of any building, fence or other structure, or tb make any excavation upon the line of any street, alley or other public way without first making application to and obtaining from the Public Works Director a survey of such premises showing the property lines upon which such a building, fence or other structure is to be constructed, or such excavation to be made. Sec. 25-14-6. Street grades. Establishing. Whenever it shall be deemed advisable to establish a grade on any street where no grade has been theretofore established, or to change any established grade, the Public Works Director shall cause the necessary survey to be made and prepare and submit to the Commissioners a profile map of such proposed grade with his recommendations concerning the same. When any such profile map shall have been approved and adopted by a majority of the Board of Commissioners as a correct map of the grade on such street, the action of the Commissioners shall be endorsed on said map by the City Recorder and said map shall be then filed in the office of the Public Works Director and the grade on any such street shall thereafter be considered as established as shown on such profile map. It shall be unlawful for any person to erect or construct, or to commence the erection or construction of any building or other structure upon the line of any street where the grade of said street has already been established, without making application to the Public Works Director to indicate the grade of the street upon which said building or other structure is to be erected, or thereafter to build to any grade other than that indicated by the director. �rE�hPJT -3- Sec. 25-14-7. Fees. For all surveys in plats and additions that have been officially resurveyed in congested districts, or in any additions where the surveys are found to agree sub- stantially with the recorded plat thereof, the Public Works Director shall charge and collect in advance for the benefit of the city, the estimated sum to cover the actual cost or ex- pense of such surveys, from the owners of property ordering work to be done by the Public Works Department or against whom work done in said office is properly chargeable, and upon ascertaining such cost or expense, any excess thereof shall be refunded to the person advancing such sum. The Public Works Director shall be allowed to charge and demand in advance for the benefit of the city, fees for design, survey and inspection of any curb and gutter to be installed at a pri- vate property owner's request and expense, and for tying-in said curb and gutter to the street. However, if the property to be curbed and guttered is in an area scheduled for curb and gutter extension under an improvement district and the property owner agrees to pay his other assessments, said tie-in fees may be waived at the Public Works Director's discretion. The exact amount of each said fee shall be fixed by the Public Works Director in accordance with the reasonable costs as determined by the nature and amount of work to be done. Sec. 25-14-8. Fees to cover cost of surveys. In all parts of the city over which the official survey has not been extended, and where the surveys are not found to agree substantially with the recorded plats thereof, the Public Works Director shall, for all surveys in such districts, charge and collect in advance a sum estimated to cover the actual cost or expense thereof, and upon ascertaining such cost or expense, any excess thereof shall be refunded to the applicant; and in case of surveys in such districts where lines cannot be satisfactorily determined to agree with the recorded plat, the Public Works Director may refuse to give any certificate of survey. Sec. 25-14-9. Tests of additions. The Public Works Director shall from time to time make a test of the additions to the city, theretofore filed and recorded without a proper survey or where the survey was so badly executed that great inaccuracy exists in respect to the lines of streets and alleys, and where there has been no official survey made by the city of the entire addition; and until a proper resurvey of such addition is made by the owners thereof, and the lines of the streets and alleys accurately determined by the Public Works Director to agree with the recorded plat thereof, he may refuse to give any certificate of survey in connection therewith. Sec. 25-14-10. Resurveys of additions. The Public Works Director shall, from time to time, as promptly as may be with the force at his disposal, proceed with resurveys of additions as ordered by the Board of Commissioners. Sec. 25-14-11. Location by section corner. All such maps and plats of land situated outside of the limits of the city survey shall be located with reference to the section corners. Sec. 25-14-12. Standard of measure. The three stone monu- ments set in Liberty Park and provided with a scale of vernier to make the exact lengths for instruments of one hundred and four hundred feet, respectively, and to indidate the tension and degree of temperature employed, are hereby declared to be the means of fixing and perpetuating the official standard of measure in this city. The initial monument of the said group being located at a point twelve hundred fifty-seven and seven- tenths feet south and two hundred thirty and seven-tenths feet west from the stone monument at the intersection of Seventh East and Ninth South streets, and the two other monuments being IOC -4- in line with and at a distance of one hundred and four hundred feet, respectively, west from the initial monument. Sec. 25-14-13. Instruments. How adjusted. All persons who shall hereafter use any measuring instrument for making any survey or measurement to establish the boundary lines of any street, lot or other parcel of land, within the corporate limits, shall first test or compare and adjust the same to correspond with the official standard, as indicated by the above described monuments. Sec. 25-14-14. Instruments to be adjusted. It shall be un- lawful for any person to refuse or neglect to compare and adjust the measuring instruments to be used by him, with the official standards as hereinbefore designated, before making surveys, for any purpose, with the limits of Salt Lake City. Sec. 25-14-15. Custodian of monuments. The Public Works Director is the custodian of the monuments described in this chapter. He shall keep the said monuments in perfect condition and properly protected, and allow them to be used by proper person at all reasonable times. Sec. 25-14-16. Protection of monuments. It shall be unlawful for any person to displace, remove, injure, or in any way inter- fere with, or place obstructions upon any survey stake, or monument marked as such. Sec. 24-14-17. Interfering with Public Works Director pro- hibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to interrupt or molest the Public Works Director or any of his assistants, agents or employees, and division heads and their staffs while engaging in any official duty, or to willfully cause or offer to said Public Works Director or his assistants or employees any kind of corporal injury or hindrance. Sec. 25-14-18. Employees. Compensation. The Board of Commissioners shall employ engineers, draftsmen, lineman, and such other employees as the necessities of the Public Works Department shall demand, at such compensation as said board may authorize. Sec. 25-14-19. Absence or disability of Public Works Director. In the absence of or during the disability of the Public Works Director, the highway engineer shall exercise all the functions and powers of the Public Works Director. Sec. 25-14-20. Public Works Director's office, office of record. Custodian. The Public Works Director's office is hereby created an office of record for all maps, plans, plats, profiles, drawings, deeds, dedications, final estimates, speci- fications, and contracts, which in any way relate to the public improvements and engineering affairs of the city. The Public Works Director shall be the custodian of, and must keep, all the drawings and documents above mentioned on file and record. Sec. 25-14-21. Supplies, Records and files. The Public Works Director's office shall be supplied with all necessary books, cases, and supplies for recording and filing as herein required. The Public Works Director shall record and file all drawings and documents pertaining the public lands and improve- ments and those made in his office shall be placed on record as soon as completed, and shall then be open for public inspec- tion, and any person copying the same, or taking notes, there- from, may do so in pencil only. He shall keep the records and -5- files in good condition, and turn the same over to his successor in office. He shall allow no alteration, mutilation or changes to be made in any matter of record and shall be held strictly accountable for same. Sec. 25-14-22. Must not enter on record until fees are paid. The Public Works Director shall not record any drawings or instruments, or file any papers or notices or furnish any copies, or render any service connected with his office until the fees for same are paid or tendered as prescribed by law or ordinance. Sec. 25-14-23. Seal. The Public Works Director shall be provided with a seal by the city for his use, containing the words "Salt Lake City, Utah. Department of Public Works - Engineering Department." Said seal shall be affixed to every certificate or approval. Sec. 25-14-24. Recording not to conflict with recording in other offices. The recording or filing of any drawing or instrument in the Public Works Director's office shall not inter- fere or conflict in any way with the recording or filing of the same in other offices of record. Sec. 25-14-25. Organization of Public Works Department. The Public Works Department shall be divided into five divisions: Airport Engineering Division, Transportation Engineering Division, Highway Engineering Division, Street Maintenance Division, and Administrative Services Division. Each division shall have a separate division head, recommended by the Commissioner of Public Works and appointed by the Board of City Commissioners. The Public Works Director shall direct all public works in Salt Lake City, and shall supervise all division heads in the Public Works Depart- ment. SECTION 2. In the opinion of the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, It is necessary to the health, peace and welfare of the inhabitants of Salt Lake City that this ordinance become effective immediately. SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its first publication. Passed by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, Utah, this 24th day of October 1978 ) / ; • ,1 MAYOR /44/r/ . CITY RECORDER (SEAL) BILL NO. 160 of 1978 Published October 31, 1978 Affidavit of Publication STATE OF UTAH, ss. County of Salt Lake AN ORDINANCE Shana D. Conaty AN ORDINANCE AMENDING Chapter 14 of Title 25 of the Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City,Utah,1965,relating to Public Works Director. Be It ordained by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City,Utah: SECTION I.That Chapter 14 of tl of the Revised Public Being first duly sworn,deposes and says that he is legal Ordinances f Salt Lake City,Utah,Ti196.s,relating to Public WorksDirector,be,and Me sane hereby is amended,n reed as advertising clerk of the DESERET NEWS, a daily PUBLIC WORKS D4 RECTOR cOtP°Ks l (except Sunday) newspaper printed in the English I Sections: language with general circulation in Utah, and 25-14-.Creation d coke. g' b 25�142.Oath.Borg. 25143.Duty of Public Works Director. • published in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, in the 25.144.Field notes,maps and profile,. Y Y 225--;bd:Street grades.Establishing. State of Utah. 2514-7.Fees. 25-149.Fees to cover cost of surveys. 25-149.ests of Resurveys of addl., dd That the legal notice of which a copy is attached hereto 25-14-it.Locator by or 2514-12.Location of section corner. 25-14-13.Standard t measure. 25-14-14.Instruments.Now adlusted. i5-1445.Custodia Instruments Pub notice to amend an ordinarne relating to 25.14-16.Protection of monument,. 25-1a-17.Interfering with Public Works Director prohibited. 25-1409.Employees.Compensation. Public Works Director 25-14.19.Abs..ior disability of Public Works Director. 25-14-20.Public Works Director's of rice,office of record. ' Custodian. 7514-22.Must not n Records arecord until fees are paid. 25-14-23.Seal. 25.14-24.Recording not to conflict with recording in other offices. 251425.Organization of Public Works Department. Sec.25-1,1.Creation of office.There is hereby created the office of Public Works Director who shall be the city engineer, which office shall be filled by appointment of het Board of Commissioners. nsitslis engineer"bar intstrevn�ordinanver ces it shall"city Pulic Works Director. Sec.255-14-2.Oath.Bond.The Public Works Director shall, before he enters me dunes of his office,wake and subscribe the Oct. 1978 anstitutional oath of office and shall execute a bond with good was published in said newspaper On31, d sufficient sureties, to be a oved by the Board of Commissioners,payable to As city'In the penal sum of flue thousand dollar the did utieess bend hlaalplffb e conditioned for t0o{hall received by him according to law and the ordinances of performance moneys r thecity. \ F Sec.25.14-3.Duty of Public Works Director.It shall be the duly of the Public Works Director to motet enues or ones and grades el a � • -1 J-�� � ail ndstreets to determine the position,alleys,dewalks, iz and coast ectio f her of en seweblic rs culverts,aqueducts,bridges,viaducts,or other public works or Legal AdvertisingjClerk appurtenances,and to prepare Plans,m s and profiles of the same and to make estimates and furnish specifications for any of said work,whenever required to do so by the Board of Commissioners.he shall,under the direction of the Board of Commissioners and the Commissioner of Public Works,have '1meroven-oven and public work undertakenion aed inspection on behalf of Sadler�forB me this 6th day of Lake City by contract or otherwise,and shall see that the seine areh authofzeedd in and with the term rand and In of the 78 contracts, The Public Works Director shall epp0lnt and be...."'..A.D. 1 9... .... powerented by division heads and their staffs on Me work with to act our him and direct the work. Sec.25.14-4. Field notes,mars and profiles.The Public rise rthe appropriate divisions of the Public Works Department keep certified copies of all the holdnoM (,/'/ r✓/"j streets oasidewas or lks and alrofiles l oot`her elate glneering works,and he shall �y" .f; -�i (/�••' V �$f��� r re that they are arranged and Indexed in such menace as will noble a ready reference thereto,and oil shall be the properly of Notary Public Sall Lake City. Sec.25.1,5.Street lines.It shall be unlawful for any person to erect or construct,or to commence Ore erection or construction of any building,fence or other structure,or to make any excavation pan the line of any sheet,alley or other nuhlic way without first making application to and obtaining him me Public Works Director a of such p s showing the property lines upon which survey building,fence o other structure is to be o c nstructed,or such excavation to be made. Sec,25.14-6.Street grades.Establishing.Whenever it shall be deemed advisable to establish a grade on any street where eo grade has been theretofore established, or to cheince env established grade,the Pubic Works Director shall cause the v to to made and are and submit to the necessary serve a peen n Commissioners a profile map 0f such .Where grade profile his •maommenhave b concerning the same When any such oothe •map shall have been erapproveds acandrr adopted b1 the mr de o qs such Breed of action of thers as a correct Map the grade a on sd manstre Scthe aCltn ere the errantisaidmsshallsag ben then fediled saidon p bs the Public uReWork Disaidmanshall gbe rade off led in tch street of the Preaft Works considered and the greed on arty such such shall imap.lter be conunlawf as established o t shown on uconstprofile r to comsmeince1ethel unlawful any person of a l building or other structure upon the line nfrany street where anyhe grade of said street has already been established,without making application to the Public Works Director to indicate the grade of the street upon which said building or other stl'uc'ru re is tO bretod by the director.thereafter to build to any grade other than that indicated Sur..2514-7.Fees,For all surveys In plats and additions that have been oficlelle resurveyed in congested districts,or in any addithe recorded plat thereofons where the ,Me Public are Director ly shallth and collect in advance for the benefit of the city,the estimated sum to coup thproperty ordertual ing work tost er "se of such be dune by theveys,from the Public Works owners or against whom work done in said office ps properly chargeable.and u asc staining Such Con? ex .ns. y ss thereof stall le refunded 10 the rmrs.advancing sech be allowed to charge and demand n adva ce for the befi shall th city,fees for design, survey and inspection of any curb and gutter to be installed at a private property owner's request and excenue,and for tying-in r said curb and gutter to the street.However,it the property to be cubed and guttered is in an area scheduled for curb and gutter extension under an improvement district and the property owner agrees to pay his other assessments,said tie-in fees may he waived at the Public Works Director's discretion,The exact amount of each said fee shall be fixed by the Public Works ector in accordance wilt the reasonable costs as determined by the nature and amount of work to be done. Sec.25-14-0.Fees to cover cost of surveys.In all parts of the city over which the official survey has not been extended,and where the surveys are not found to agree substantially with the recorded plats thereof,the Public Works Director shall,tar all surveys in such districts,charge and collect in advance a sum estimated to cover the actual cost or expense thereof,and upon refunded Ito the appl such icantst s and in case any f surveys n excess srcaf steer. hdistricts , where lines cannot be satisfactorily determined to agree with the recorded plat,the Public Works Director may refuse to give any cereIt late of survey. Sec.25149.Tests of additions.The rustic Works Director shall from time to time make a test of the additions to the city, theretofore filed and recorded without a proper survey or where Me survey was so badly executed that great inaccuracy exists in respect to the lines of streets and alleys, d where there has been no official surveymade by the city of the entire addition; and until a proper resurvey of such addition is made by the owners Merest,and the Ines of the streets and alleys accurately determined by the Public Works Director to agree with the recorded plat thereat,he may refuse to give any certificate of s nnection therewith. �evc.n25-1410. Resurvevs of additions.The Public Works Director shall,from time to time,as promptly as may be with the force at his disposal,proceed with resurvays of additions as ordered by the Board of Commissioners. Sec.2514-11.Location by section corner.All such maps and plats of land situated outside of the limits of the city survey shall be located with reference to the section tamers. Sec. 25-16.12. Standard of three thr tone monuments ents set in Liberty Park and p ovided with a scale of ander to make the exact lengths tor instruments of one hundred four hundred feet,respectively,and to indicate the tension d degree of temperature employed,are hereby declared to be the means of fixing.and ee eetuating the official standard of n this city.The initial monument of the said group being located at a point twelve hundred tifty-seven feen-tenths feet south and two hundred thirty and seven-tenths et west from the stone monument at the insersectlon of Seventh East end Ninth South streets,and the two other monuments being in line with and eta distance of one hundred and tour hundred feet,respectively,west from the initial monument, Sec.25-1a-te.Instruments.How adiusted.All persons who shall hereafter use ring instrument for making any survey Or measurements,to establish the boundary line of any seet,lot or other parcel of land,within the corporate limits, shall first test or compare and adjust the same to correspond with the official standard,as indicated by the above described monuments,ee4-1a.Instruments to lee adjusted.It shall be unlawful tor any person to refuse or neglect to compare and adjust the measuring instruments to be used by him,with the official standards as hereinbetore designated,before matting surveys, for any purpose,with the limits of Salt Lake City. Sec.25-14-15,Custodian of monuments.The Public Works Director is chapter.He shall custodian the osaid monuments in describedf the monuments this condition and properly protected,and allow them to he used by proper, per at ail reasonable times. Sec.25.14-16.Protection of monuments.It shall be unlawful for any person to displace, remove,injure, any way interfere with,or place obstruct ens upon any survey stake,or t marked as such, Semonument c 24-14-17. Interfering with Public Works Director Prohibited.Itll unlawful for PubiWr Director assistants,Interrupt or employees,and division heads and their staffs while engaging Wany official duty,or to willfully cause Sr offer to said Public rks Director or his assistants or employees any kind of car i 751u4-10r n her. Employees. Compensation. The Board of Commissioners shall employ engineers,draftsmen,linemen,and Dsuch other employees as the necessities of the Public Works epartment shall demand,at such compensation as said board may authorize. Sec.25-1419.Absence or disability of Public Works Director, In Directoabsencehighw of ay engineer ng shallhallbelxercise all t of the Public e lfuecorks tons and powers of the Public Works Director, Sec.25.1120.Public Works Director's office,office of record. Custodian.The Public Works Director's office Is hereby crested dn office of record for all maps,plans,plats,profiles,drawings, eeds,dedications,final estimates,speclf[cations,and contracts, which in any way relate to the public i ovements and engineering affairs of Me city.The Public Works Director shall be the custodian of,and must keep,all the drawings and documents above mentioned on file and record. Sec.2S-16.21.Supplies,Records and Files.The Public Works Director's office shall be supplied with all nee sary books, and supplies for recording and filing as herein required. The Public Works Directot shall record and file all drawings and documents pertaining to the public lands and improvements and those made in his office shall be placed on record as soon as completed,and shall then be Open for public inspection,and env copying the same,or taking rotes therefrom,may do so in Pencil only.He shall keep the records and flies in good condition, and turn the same over to his successor in office.He shall allow no alteration,mutilation or changes to be made in any matter of record end shall be held strictly accountable for same, Sec.2s-14 22.Must not enter on record until fees are paid,The Public Works Do enter hall not record any drawings o instruments,or file'any papers or notices or furnish any cabins ender any service connected with his office until the fees for same paid or tendered as prescribed be law or ordinance. or render 25-1k23 Seal.The Public Works Director shall be ovided with a seal by the city for his use,containing the words "Salt Lake City, Utah. Department of Public Works— Engineering Department."Said seal shall be affixed to every here fleet e or approval. r offices.The l recap dingrorfiling not ofcoanylict drawing or i instrum in ent In the Public Wurks Director's office shall not interfere or conflict in ny way with the recording or tiling of tee same in other offices of record. Sec,25-14-25.Organization of Public Works Department.The Public Works Department shall be divided Into five divisions: Airport Engineering Division, Transportation Engineering Division,Highway Engineering Division,Street Main}ervance Div' and Administrative Services Division.Each division hall Division, a parate division head, ended by the C of Public Works and aeoointad by the Board of City Commissioners,The Public Works Director shall direct all public works in Salt Lake City,and shall supervise all division bed SECPublic Works T ON 2.In Meoei Department.f the Board of Commissioners en Salt Lake City,it is necessary to the health,peace and welfare of the inhabitants of Salt Lake City Mat this ordinance become effective immediately. esbllatiot sN 3.This ordinance shall take effect upon Its first Passed be the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, Utah,this 24th day of October,1970, • TED L,WILSON MILDRED V.HIGHAM Mayor City Recorder , (SEAL) 'BILL ublished October 3,1978 ' (D-99! • • /60