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1 , ; . e e e ~ ~ EN HILLS MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor and City Council Joseph Lynch, City Administratod~ FROM: SUBJECT: Right-of-Way Ordinance Planning Case 00-39 DATE: June 27, 2001 ENC: Right-of-Way Ordinance Backl!round The City Council held a public hearing at their regular City Council meeting on June 11,2001, to consider adoption of a right-of-way ordinance allowing the City to specifY how it managed its right-of-way. The right-of-way Ordinance was provided as a model by the North Suburban Communications Commission and presented to the Planning Commission at their November and December 200 regular meetings for review. At the June 11,2001, regular City Council meeting, City Council directed the ordinance be tabled until July 9 until such time to determine the issues as raised by the former City Planner as outlined in her memorandum dated May 25, 2001, had been incorporated into the ordinance including changing the time limits for restoration from 12 months to 36 months, and to ensure that the concerns of the City Attorney as expressed in his letter dated June 7, 2001, were incorporated into the new ordinance. Ordinance 326 is an ordinance which amends Chapter 8, Article 4, adding Section 8-60 to the current City Code. Currently Chapter 8 deals with Excavations within the City and the regulations thereof. Due to the fact we have not adopted our new City Code, this is a transition ordinance bridging the gap between current City Code, Chapter 8, Excavations, incorporating our right-of-way management regulations and our new City Code which you will adopt by approving Ordinance 327. Ordinance 327 outlines Chapter 360 of the new City Code, an ordinance relating to the right-of-way management. From the former planner memorandum dated May 25, 2001, the following has been added or modified in Ordinance 327: