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CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, OREGON
RESOLUTION NO. 02-46
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING ENGINEERING DESIGN STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES FOR
DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD
WHEREAS, Chapter 3, "Public Improvements," of the City of Springfield Municipal
Code vests the Public Works Director of the City of Springfield with the authority to approve
plans and grant permits for public works infrastructure construction within the City of
Springfield; and
WHEREAS, the guidelines for engineering design standards and procedures for the
development of public works infrastructure within the City of Springfield have, to date, not been
organized into a centralized written form, but have been contained in various formats, including
sections of the Springfield Development Code and various formal and informal, written and
unwritten policies within the Springfield Public Works Department; and
WHEREAS, the lack of organized guidance on the design standards and procedures for
development of public works infrastructure within the City of Springfield has led to
misunderstanding during land development processes and to inefficiencies in the work of
developers and engineers in the development of public infrastructure projects and approvable
designs for public infrastructure; and
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WHEREAS, the Public Works Department has drafted a manual of engineering design
standards and procedures, called the Engineering Design Standards and Procedures Manual,
dated October 2002 to reflect the requirements of the Department for development of public
works infrastructure ,and has provided opportunities for review of the proposed manual by the
development and engineering community; and
WHEREAS, the Springfield Development Code, as the adopted law for land
development within the City of Springfield, interrelates with the design standards and procedures
for public infrastructure development, and, for that reason, must reference the requirements of
the Public Works Department in various sections of the Code to provide clarity regarding the
need to comply with those requirements during land development;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Common Council of the City of
Springfield as follows:
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The Engineering Design Standards and Procedures Manual developed by the City of
Springfield Public Works Department, dated October, 2002, is hereby adopted as the
guide for design standards and procedures for development of public infrastructure within
the City of Springfield and shall be used to guide plan development and approval and
permitting of public works infrastructure and as a reference for land development
requirements as referenced in the Springfield Development Code.
The Public Works Director is authorized to interpret the provisions ofthe Engineering
Design Standards and Procedures in a manner that: gives effect to the sound, responsible,
and safe development of public infrastructure; provides internal consistency; and,
interrelates sensibly with the requirements for land development within the City. In order
to fulfill these requirements, the Public Works Director is authorized to make corrections
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and interpretations, provided however, such corrections or interpretations which require
textual change to the Manual must be approved and ratified by the Common Council of
the City of Springfield not later than 45 days after such textual change.
3.
In the event that unique or special circumstances arise which are not addressed by the
requirements of the Design Standards and Procedures Manual, the Public Works Director
may impose, on a case-by-case basis, requirements which address those special
circumstances and which provide for sound, responsible, and safe development of public
infrastructure.
4.
This Engineering Design Standards and Procedures Manual adopted herein shall not
affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings and
development applications, which were begun prior to the applicable effective date,
specified in Section 6.
5.
The sections, subsections, paragraphs, provisions, clauses, phrases and words of the
Engineering Design Standards and Procedures Manual are severable. If a section,
subsection, paragraph, provision, clause, phrase or word of this Engineering Design
Standards and Procedures Manual is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
unconstitutional or invalid, the judgment shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of the Design Manual. Every other section, subsection, paragraph, provision,
clause, phrase or word of the Design Manual as approved, irrespective ofthe enactment
or validity of the portion declared unconstitutional or invalid, is valid.
6.
The provisions and requirements of the Manual shall become effective immediately upon
adoption of this resolution and approval by the Mayor, with the exception of
requirements related to drafting standards and electronic acceptance standards, which are
delayed to allow for time of training and familiarity with the requirements and shall
become effective January 1,2003.
Adopted by the Common Council and approved by the Mayor of the City of Springfield,
Oregon this 7th day of October, 2002. Adopted by a vote of ~ for and ~ against.
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REVIEWED & APPROVED
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OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY