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Note: See § 4.23 of Charter.
Whenever any utility owned and operated by the City of Tacoma shall do any construction or maintenance work in or upon any part of any street or alley, or shall in any way damage or obstruct any street or alley, said utility shall, upon the completion of its work, leave such street or alley in as good and safe condition as it was before the commencement of said work or act. No such utility shall maintain any improvements or works on any part of any street or alley which, in the opinion of the City Engineer, creates an unsafe or hazardous condition.
(Ord. 14258 § 1, 1951-08-08)
Whenever any improvement or works of such utility is located in any street or alley by such utility without regard to the established grade, alignment or improved width of such street or alley, or where such grade, alignment or width has not been established, such utility shall, unless otherwise provided in the ordinance ordering the street improvement, pay all costs as necessary for relocating, removing, rearranging or readjusting its improvements or works to permit such street or alley to be graded, paved, drained or otherwise improved to an established grade, alignment and width.
(Ord. 14258 § 2, 1951-08-08)
Whenever any improvement or works of such utility is located in any street or alley in conformance with and in such manner as not to interfere with the established grade, alignment, or improved width thereof, and it is deemed desirable by the City to improve said street or alley or change the grade, alignment or width thereof, such utility shall, unless otherwise provided in the ordinance ordering the street improvement, pay the cost of all materials necessary for the relocation, replacement or rearrangement of its improvements or works, and the fund charged with the street improvement shall pay all other costs required therefor, except that, whenever any improvement or work of a utilities is damaged by the negligence of the department or its agents making the street improvement, the entire cost of the repair or replacement of such damaged improvement or works shall be the obligation of the department or its agent making the street improvement.
(Ord. 14258 § 3, 1951-08-08)
No improvements shall be ordered for any street or alley until plans therefor shall have first been submitted by the Department of Public Works to the Department of Public Utilities in order that costs for relocation, replacement or rearrangement of any utility improvements or works may be estimated and charged in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. No improvements or works shall be located in any street or alley by the Department of Public Utilities until plans therefor shall have first been submitted to the Department of Public Works for recommendations and suggestions, if any. Any charges for relocation, replacement or rearrangement of any utilities, when the same is done for the convenience of the Department of Public Works or the contractor engaged in making the street improvement, and where such relocation, removal, rearrangement or readjustment is not necessary to such street improvement, shall be borne by the Department of Public Works or the contractor making the street improvement.
(Ord. 14258 § 4, 1951-08-08)
All three-inch water mains, or larger, hereafter laid in the streets and alleys of the City of Tacoma, shall be laid to grade, which grade shall be the grade fixed and established as the permanent grade of such street or alley.
(Ord. 9453 § 1, 1927-11-16)
Upon demand by the Department of Public Utilities, Water Division, the City Engineer shall certify to said Department said permanent grade, and the cost thereof, including the establishment of such grade, in case the same has not theretofore been established, shall be paid by said Department of Public Utilities to the Department of Public Works and included by the Department of Public Utilities, Water Division, as a part of the cost of the improvement in the laying of such water main.
(Ord. 9453 § 2, 1927-11-16)
The Director of Public Works (“Director”) is hereby authorized and directed to enforce all provisions of this chapter. The Director shall have the authority to render interpretations of this chapter and may adopt reasonable rules and administrative procedures, including the City of Tacoma Right-of-Way-Restoration Policy (hereinafter “Policy”), to enforce the provisions of this chapter. Such interpretations, rules, and administrative procedures shall be in conformity with the intent and purposes of this chapter. The Director is authorized to amend and update, as necessary, such rules and administrative procedures. All restoration activities within the right-of-way shall conform to the Policy.
(Ord. 27803 Ex. A, 2009-06-02)