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EGty1� ,.,�� Request for Action River To Item Number Mayor and City Council 7.5 Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by Public Hearings February 21, 2017 Chris Leeseberg, Senior Planner Item Description Reviewed by Ordinance Amendment Relating to Dumpsters and Zack Carlton,Planning Manager Portable Storage Containers in City Right-of-Way Reviewed by Cal Portner, City Administrator Action Requested Open the public hearing, take comments, and continue until March 20, 2017. Background/Discussion Panning staff and the Police Department receive numerous calls regarding the placement of moving containers/pods, dumpsters,rock, soil, and pallets on public streets and sidewalks,which is not addressed in ordinance. Many property owners do not want the heavy structures placed on their driveways or yards for fear they will damage their property. With the delivery of rocks, soil, or pallets of product such as sod, they also have the concern that heavy delivery trucks will damage their property. The city has the same concerns with public rights-of-way when a private property owner places these items in the public right-of-way and causes damage or an accident with a vehicle or pedestrian. At the September 19, 2016,Work Session, the City Council directed staff to draft an ordinance addressing these requests and concerns. Refuse Containers and Portable Storage Containers Reviewing standards of peer cities,many of them require a permit to place obstructions in the right-of- way. Staff recommends implementing a permit process for limited reasons such as the necessity of immediate cleanup of solid waste or storage of personal property due to fire, flood, or other calamity or if the topography of the property, as determined by the city,prohibits the placement of a container. The responsibility will fall on both the property owner/user and the company supplying the container. The language being proposed on the permit will state: ■ The owner of a container is responsible for any private property,public property, street, curb and gutter,boulevard, and/or public infrastructure damage as a result of the placement,positioning, and/or removing of the container. ■ The user of a container is responsible for any private property,public property, street, curb and gutter,boulevard, and/or public infrastructure damage as a result of utilizing the container. Materials Because of how construction and landscaping materials,wood, soil,rocks,pallets, or other materials or substances are delivered,handled, and extracted from the right-of-ways, staff is recommending that these items be prohibited to be placed in a right-of-way,nor allowed with a permit. Landscaping materials POWERED 6T A IR