[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Lawrence
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 2-14-2005]
The Town Board of the Town of Lawrence has the specific authority
under §§ 60.22 and 60.61, Wis. Stats., and the general
authority under its village powers to adopt this article.
The Town of Lawrence will be utilizing the Wisconsin Counties
Highway Association (WCHA) Utility Accommodation Policy to prescribe
the policies and procedures that shall be met by any utility whose
facility currently occupies, or will occupy in the future, any roadway
right-of-way or bridge over which the Town has jurisdiction.
Individual permits must be applied for on each Town road where
the utility work will be carried out. At intersections of two Town
roads, where utility work on the intersection roadway is no greater
than 100 feet from the adjoining roadway, only one permit application
will be required. Permit fees shall be as provided in the Town Fee
Schedule.
Construction plans included with the use of right-of-way permit
application must include a roadway cross section, indicating the specific
location of the proposed utility line, and the utility line shall
be installed where indicated on the plans.
A.
Traffic control plan. All utility permits issued, where construction
will impede normal traffic flow, shall have attached a traffic control
plan in accordance with the Wisconsin Manual on Uniform Traffic Control
Devices (MUTCD), Chapter 6, indicating placement and spacing of all
construction signs applicable to the work being carried out.
B.
Map required. All utility permit applications must include an attached
legible map indicating the specific location of the utility project.
The applicant is responsible to ensure that the site of the
construction is secure against any hazard to the public, both when
the site is attended and during off hours, any holiday, and the hours
of night when the site is unattended.
A.
Traffic lanes. All operations shall be performed without obstructing
or closing all or any part of any Town traffic lane unless lane-influence
is specifically sanctioned by the Town, and special controls applicable
thereto are set forth herein. Unless otherwise authorized, unobstructed
traffic shall be maintained on all constructed Town roads. (See copy
of the Road Closure Agreement Form.)[1]
(1)
Buildings, cabinets, and any other aboveground structures are not
to be located within the roadway right-of-way unless authorized by
the Town Board. Manholes should not be located in the pavement.
[1]
Editor's Note: This form is on file at the office of the Town
Clerk/Treasurer.
B.
Town signs. The applicant shall not remove any Town sign(s) without
prior Town approval. On rural roadways, new utilities will be restricted
from being located in a roadway signing zone consisting of six feet
to 14 feet from the edge of the travel way. On urban streets (curb
and gutter), the restricted signing zone is located from two feet
to 10 feet from the back of curb.
Operations and safety precautions pertinent to any trenching,
tunneling, or excavation activities shall comply with the strictest
requirements of all applicable regulations and codes, including but
not limited to those of the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional
Services or OSHA standards.
Unless otherwise authorized, any utility lines installed across,
and beneath, the traveled way(s) and shoulders of hard-surfaced Town
roads shall be installed by boring, with no open cut excavation permitted
between points no less than five feet outside the outer shoulder or
back of curb unless key-hole is authorized.
A.
Under hardship conditions, i.e., rock, soil conditions, utility connections,
etc., the Town can allow the applicant, as part of this permit, to
open cut and excavate the roadway pavement under the following conditions
and provisions. Any excavation authorized within the limits of any
Town road pavement or shoulder area shall be backfilled with approved
material, placed in lifts or layers six inches or less each in depth,
and compacted mechanically to the compaction of the adjacent and undisturbed
ground or material. Water flooding and the use of moisture in excess
of necessity to facilitate mechanical compaction are expressly prohibited.
B.
Any subsequent heavings, settings, or other faultings attributable
to the permitted work shall be repaired in a manner satisfactory to
the Town, at the applicant's expense. All excavation within the
roadway pavement shall be initiated by saw cuts and restored to original
condition and cross section.
C.
Trenched construction in the roadway pavement and shoulders requires
a permit fee as provided in the Town Fee Schedule and a five-year
warranty agreement stating that the applicant will be responsible
for maintenance and repair costs of any open cut trench failure over
a five-year period after project completion. (See copy of the Five-Year
Warranty Agreement Form.)[1]
All Town facilities, both above and below ground, including
the roadway pavement, shoulders, ditches, culverts, storm sewer, sanitary
sewer and water, slopes, signs, etc., damaged or disturbed by the
permitted utility work shall be restored promptly.
A.
Damage to any portion of an asphalt-paved travel lane will require
the replacement of the entire travel lane per Town standards. Replacement
of concrete pavement will be reviewed and approved by the Town prior
to the utility work beginning.
B.
If restoration is not carried out in a timely manner, the Town may
issue a notice setting forth a time certain by which the restoration
must be complete. If the permit applicant fails to satisfactorily
complete all restorations within the time established, the Town will
arrange directly for all necessary restorations, and all costs associated
with such restorations shall be the cost obligation of the permit
applicant. The applicant agrees to pay any, and all, such costs within
60 calendar days of the Town billing.
