07-28-2025 - Agenda Packet City Council - regular meeting

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(a r STREETS, PARKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PROPERTY CHAPTER 3.04. STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES* ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL Sec. 3.04.010. Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: Corner means the point of intersection of the extension of lines of two public or private curb faces or the edges of the street pavement or shoulders. Curb cut means the opening along a street curb line or pavement edge for the purpose of motor vehicle ingress and egress from a roadway. Curb cut width shall include the width of the driveway approach and of the curb returns, if any. Curb return means that portion of a curb next to a driveway approach which includes the radius or curvature or the ramp -type lug on commercial or industrial type pavements and which connects the driveway approach to the public or private road curb. Driveway means a paved or otherwise delineated area on private property for the opera- tion of automobiles and other vehicles. Driveway approach means a paved or otherwise delineated area on the right-of-way between the roadway of a public or private road and private property, intended to provide ingress and egress for vehicles from a private or public road to private property. A driveway approach must provide access to a parking area, a driveway, a door intended and used for the entrance of vehicles, or other similar structure or facility. 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 *State law reference —General powers as to streets, Minn. Stats. § 412.221, subds. 6, 7, 18. § 3.04.010 need to reconstruct such right-of-way earlier than would be required if the excavation or disturbance did not occur. Encroachment agreement means an agree- ment between the city and a property owner that allows placement of an obstruction or structure in a public right-of-way, as defined in this sec- tion. 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 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 ease- ment 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 right-of-way means the area on, below, or above a public roadway, highway, street, cart - way, bicycle lane, and public sidewalk in which the local government unit has an interest, includ- CD3:5