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Right-of-way <br />A general term denoting public land, property, or interest therein, usually in a strip, acquired <br />for or devoted to transportation or secondary purposes. <br />Road (or roadway) <br />A general term denoting a street, road or other public way, including shoulders, designated <br />for the purpose of vehicular traffic. <br />Sleeve <br />Short casing through a pier, wall or abutment of a highway structure. <br />Traffic control <br />Those activities necessary to safeguard the general public, as well as all workers, during the <br />construction and maintenance of utility facilities within the right-of-way. <br />Trenched <br />Installation of a utility in an open excavation. <br />Untrenched <br />Installation of a utility without breaking the ground or pavement surface such as by jacking <br />or boring. <br />Vent <br />Appurtenance to discharge gaseous contaminants from casings or other enclosures. <br />(Ord. 94-18 (part), 1994; Ord. 92-30 Exh. A § 3, 1992. Formerly 12.20.120). <br />12.80.130 General conditions and requirements - Location. <br />1. Utility installations shall be located to minimize need for later adjustment to <br />accommodate future roadway improvements and to permit access to servicing such <br />installations with minimum interference to roadway traffic. Counties shall make available <br />to utilities a copy of their six -year transportation improvement program (or capital <br />facilities and transportation plan where required) in order to minimize both utility <br />customer and road user inconvenience should future road improvements (on existing or <br />new alignment) require adjustment or relocating of the utility facilities. Said utilities <br />shall, within the limits of standard business practice, make available appropriate short <br />and long range development plans to the county. <br />2. Unless otherwise approved by the county, all above -ground utilities and their <br />appurtenances as well as all above -ground appurtenances of below -ground utilities that <br />may constitute a roadside obstacle for traffic using the road shall be located as close as <br />practicable to the edge of the right-of-way line. If an appurtenance within the right-of- <br />way would constitute an unacceptable roadside obstacle, said obstacle may be: <br />a. relocated to another place within the right-of-way, <br />b. converted to a break -away design, <br />c. crash -protected, or <br />d. relocated to another location off the road right-of-way. <br />3. Installations that are required for a road purpose, such as street lighting or traffic <br />signals, are to be located and designed in accordance with this policy. <br />4. Where existing facilities are in place, new facilities shall be compatible with the existing <br />installations and conform to this policy as nearly as practicable. (Ord. 94-18 (part), 1994; <br />Ord. 92-30 Exh. A § 4A, 1992. Formerly 12.20.130). <br />