A Public Hearing on the following proposed Ordinances will be held before the Ordinance Committee on Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 6:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 869 Park Avenue, City Hall, Cranston, R.I. pursuant to Section 3.12 of the Charter, in accordance with the RI General Laws Chapter 45-24-53 for the purpose of considering the following items listed on the agenda. Remote participation is also available by using the logon information provided below as posted on the City’s website at www.cranstonri.gov and Secretary of State’s website at www.sos.ri.gov.
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Lammis J. Vargas
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Tracy A. Nelson
City Clerk
PROPOSED ORD. NO. 8-23-02 IN AMENDMENT OF TITLE 10, CHAPTER 10.32 OF THE CITY OF CRANSTON CODE OF ORDINANCES, 2005, ENTITLED “Stopping, Standing and Parking on Specific Streets”
It is ordained by the City of Cranston City Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 10.32, Section 020 (Stop Intersections – Enumerated) is hereby amended by adding the following:
Olney Arnold Road, at its south-easterly intersection with Century Lane.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its final adoption.
Introduced by/Pursuant to: Councilman Campopiano
PROPOSED ORD. NO. 8-23-03 IN AMENDMENT OF TITLE 12 CHAPTER 08, SECTION 050 OF THE CITY OF CRANSTON, 2005, ENTITLED ‘REPAIR OF DEFECTIVE SIDEWALKS—GENERALLY.’
It is ordained by the City Council of the City of Cranston as follows:
Section 1. Title 12, Chapter 08 is hereby amended by adding the following:
Any sidewalk, or part thereof, adjoining any building or lot of land on any street, highway, square or public place, whether which sidewalk, or part thereof, is supported by curbing or not, shall be repaired by the director of public works. (at the expense of the abutting owner of such building or lot in the way and manner hereinafter provided.)
Whenever any sidewalk in and upon any street or highway shall be ordered made and laid as provided in § 24-7-2, the owners of the land abutting on the sidewalk shall pay one-half (½) the costs thereof to be set against their respective lands, and the town shall pay the balance of the costs thereof.
Low-income property owners and veterans would be exempt from any financial responsibility.
12.08.060 - Repair of defective sidewalks—Notice to abutting owners.
Whenever any hole, depression or obstruction exists in any sidewalk referred to in the preceding section, the director of public works may make such orders as he or she may deem expedient, directing notify the owner of land abutting on such sidewalk of at the owner’s own expense financial responsibility, pursuant to Rhode Island General Laws and this ordinance, for up to fifty percent (50%) of the cost for the to filling or cause to be filled any of such hole or depression, or to remove removal of any such obstruction thereon, within such time as the director of public works shall in such order direct. Such notice order shall be in writing and be served upon the abutting owner or owners as directed by Section 2 of Chapter 879 of the Public Laws of 1912 .
12.08.070 - Repair of defective sidewalks—Procedure upon neglect of owners to obey order.
If any owner of abutting land shall refuse or neglect to obey any order referred to in the preceding section, within twenty-four (24) hours after such order has been served upon him or her in writingThereafter, or within such other time as the director of public works shall deem to be reasonable, the director of public works shall proceed at the expense of the city to repair, with materials suitable and satisfactory to him or her, such sidewalk. The director of public works shall keep an exact account of the cost of labor, material and supervision of work done hereunder, in making such repairs for each owner, and shall report to the city council immediately upon completion of the work.
12.08.080 - Cost share program for sidewalk reconstruction.
A. A cost share program is hereby established pursuant to which homeowners in the city will be eligible, subject to availability of capital and general operating funds, to have their sidewalks repaired under a cost sharing program subject to the following procedures, restrictions, and conditions. Priority shall be given to sidewalks within three-quarters of a mile of an elementary school.
B. This cost share program shall be limited to residential units of four units or less.
C. No commercial properties shall be eligible for participation in this cost share program.
D. This cost share program will only be for the repair or replacement of existing sidewalks in the city. No new sidewalks shall be eligible for approval under this program. The existing sidewalks that are eligible for this program shall only be for sidewalks running parallel to the roadway in the public right-of-way. Sidewalks running from the front door of the property are not eligible under this program.
E. The property owner will be responsible for the entire fifty percent (50%) of the cost of the sidewalk repair or replacement with the city reimbursing the property owner based on a set unit based fee per square foot subject to fiscal limitations.
The property owner’s reimbursement of the City will be calculated at the rate of reimbursement rates will be five dollars ($5.00) per square foot for concrete sidewalks and three dollars ($3.00) per square foot for asphalt sidewalks. Property owners who are determined to be low income by the comprehensive community action program shall be eligible, upon delivery to the director of public works, or his or her designee documentation sufficient to demonstrate said low income determination, for a reimbursement rate of six dollars ($6.00) per square foot for concrete sidewalks and four dollars ($4.00) per square foot for asphalt sidewalks waiver of financial responsibility under this ordinance. In no case shall reimbursement exceed the cost of construction.
F. The property owner shall be responsible for hiring a contractor who is licensed by the State of Rhode Island Contractors Registration and Licensing Board. The contractor shall also be required to show proof of liability insurance as well as proof of workers compensation insurance.
G. The contractor selected by the property owner to perform the sidewalk repairs shall be required to obtain a right-of-way permit from the Cranston Department of Public Works. All fees for this right-of-way permit shall be waived under this program. The contractor shall be required to provide proof of registration with the Rhode Island Contractors Registration and Licensing Board and shall be required to provide proof of the required insurances. This proof of registration with the Rhode Island Contractors Registration and Licensing Board and proof of the required insurances shall be presented to the department of public works during the application process for the cost share program for sidewalk reconstruction. The right-of-way permit shall be issued with a requirement that the contractor install the replacement sidewalk in accordance with the specifications of the city of Cranston. Sidewalks replaced under this program shall be replaced to match the materials of the existing sidewalk.
Upon completion of the sidewalk reconstruction work, the property owner shall submit to the department of public works a completion statement and request for reimbursement on the forms provided by the department of public works. A city staff member shall visit the site of the reconstructed sidewalk to inspect the work for conformance to the city specifications and shall verify the total square feet of sidewalk replaced. Upon approval by the department of public works that the sidewalk conforms with the conditions of this program as well as to the city of Cranston sidewalk specifications, the department of public works shall submit a payment application to the director of finance for direct payment to the property owner.
H. The reimbursement rates to be paid to the owner under the cost share program for sidewalk reconstruction shall be set by the Cranston city council at different rates for concrete sidewalks and asphalt sidewalks based upon the recommendations of the director of the department of public works and the finance director.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its final adoption.
Sponsored by Councilwoman Germain
Referred to Ordinance Committee of September 14, 2023
PROPOSED ORD. NO. 8-23-04 IN AMENDMENT OF TITLE 10 OF CHAPTER 12, SECTION 250 –OF THE CITY OF CRANSTON CODE OF ORDINANCES, 2005, ENTITLED “Crosswalks Enumerated”
It is Ordained by the City of Cranston City Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 12 is hereby amended by adding the following:
Grace Street at its intersection with Pond Street.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its final adoption.
Sponsored by: Councilwoman Germain
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