Ord #296 Streets, sidewalks and other public places amendment

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(1) Business driveway approach means a driveway approach from any public right of way providing motor vehicles with ingress and egress from the public or private road to any property other than a single family dwelling. right of way providing ingress and egress for motor vehicles from the public or private road to n s n le family residentia di ell ng Driveway turnaround means a paved or otherwise clearly delineated area which is part of or connected to a driveway or driveway approach, on private property, sufficient in size for an Degradation means a decrease in the useful life of the right-of-way caused by excavation in or disturbance of the right-of-way, resulting in the need to reconstruct such right-of-way earlier than would be required if the excavation or disturbance did not occur. Encroachment Agreement means an agreement between the City and a property owner that allows placement of an obstruction or structure in public right-of-way, as defined in this Section. Excavate or Excavation means to dig into or in any way remove or physically disturb or penetrate any public right-of-way paved or ground surface, or any portion thereof. Facility or Facilities means anything tangible, including equipment, which is required to provide utility services. Frontage means the lot line abutting a public or private street. Obstruct or Obstruction means to place or the placement of any object in a public right- of-way, or to remove or the removal of an existing structure, or any portion thereof, from a public right-of-way that interferes with the free use of the public right-of-way. Parcel of land means a lot or contiguous lots or a tract officially registered under one ownership. Patch or Patching means a method of roadway surface replacement or restoration that consists of: (1) the compaction of the sub-base and aggregate base; and(2) the replacement, in kind, of the existing roadway surface for a minimum of two feet beyond the edges of the defined excavation in all directions. Private road means the entire area dedicated to private use or contained in a plat, an easement or other conveyance, grant or by adverse possession and includes but is not limited to roadways,boulevards, sidewalks, trails and other property between lateral property lines in which a private roadway lies. Public road means the entire area dedicated to public use, or contained in a plat, an easement or other conveyance, grant or by adverse possession, to the city or other governmental body, and shall include but is not limited to roadways, boulevards, sidewalks, trails, alleys and other public property between lateral property lines in which a public roadway lies. Where traveled public roadways exist in a location not shown on the platting map, the right-of-way shall not be less than ten feet wide on each side of the actual paved or traveled roadway surface. "Public right-of-way" means the area on, below, or above a public roadway, highway, street, cartway, bicycle lane, and public sidewalk in which the local government unit has an