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C. August 21, 1970 sue�Ec- AGENDA ITE-1 C17Y OF V. CHET:. EVER=. K\SN:HGTCh - - At the City Council study session of August 19, Councilman Michelsoa requested that the application for a permit for a truck scale be put upon the City Council agenda for consideration_. A brief sum- mary of the situation follows. The applicationAfor a ce»ercial truck scale to be located on the westerly side of Hill Street, south of Pacific Avenue. The new scale would be located approximately 20' northerly of an existing truck scale. These scales are situated in a pit beneath the sur- face of Lhe street with the platform flush with the surfacing. The existing scale was installed in approximately 1955 under per- mit from the City ^ouncil. IIill Street is an industrial street with no curbs or gutters. The existing and proposed scale locations are adjacent to the property line and are located behind a utility pole line. Because the area in question is presently industrial and wi2.1 probably continue with this usage, I can see no particular objection to the grant- ing of the permit; aside from the following: 1. Granting of the permit creates and perpetuates the usage of the public rights -of -way for private purposes. Unless there was good and substantial reason for the granting of the permit, a very dangerous precedent could could be set. 2. A substantial cost will be incurred by the property owner in making this installation. Since the scales will be located within the public right-of-way, a condition of the permit should be the removal and the restoration to the original condition in the event the right-of-way is needed by the City. In order to prevent future complications caused by the property changing ownership, the agreement or permit containing this condition should be recorded. A definite policy should be established regarding the use of pub- lic rights -of -way, the procedure to follow in order to obtain pernif.ssion to use the right-of-way and renumeration, if any, for the use of this rights -of -way. I will meet with Bruce Jones, Monday, August 24, to try to develop some sort of policy and pro- cedure. cc: Bruce Jones - MCH:33/5 Attached is a drawing showing the location of the proposed scale ✓� �^� Pik/ L„ ��, �„�., ,� t, �... � ^-. w.sM%`—�`�e[7 .i _........'r:.-�-:.+.iL '�.:T''TC'7!'T'_�'_.�'t �a"`�' _ - • .•-�s'..� `