04-10219 Obstruct Easements�1
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(Published in the Salina Journal on July , 2004)
ORDINANCE NUMBER 04-10219
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 42, ARTICLE IV, SECTION 42-63 OF
THE SALINA CODE PERTAINING TO EASEMENTS.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina, Kansas:
Section 1. That Section 42-63 of the Salina Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 42-63. Easements.
(a) No building or structure, nor any addition thereto, shall be constructed or placed within any
platted or recorded public easement, unless expressly authorized by the board of
commissioners. Prior to granting such authorization, the city shall consult with public
utilities whose lines may be affected. In granting such authorization, the board of
commissioners may impose conditions necessary to protect any existing. A property owner
may place buildings or structures not requiring a building permit and fences, trees, shrubs
and other nonstructural improvements within a utility easement at his or her own risk (i.e.,
removal, relocation, or replacement) without special authorization provided required permits
have been obtained.
(b) No property owner may construct maintain or allow any natural or non -natural structures or
vegetative barriers (including but not limited to trees, shrubbery, berms, fences, walls or
pole signs) within any drainage easement dedicated, purchased or otherwise granted to the
public which the City Engineer finds obstructs, impedes, or otherwise interferes with the
drainage of stormwater. Drainage easements shall not be filled or otherwise physically
altered without the written approval of the City Engineer."
Section 2. That the existing Section 42-63 is hereby repealed.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption
and publication once in the official city newspaper.
[SEAL]
ATTEST:
Lieu Ann Elsey, City Clerk
Introduced: July 19, 2004
Passed: July 26, 2004
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Monte Shadwick, Mayor