HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-10-13 21-365 ORDINANCE21-365 10/13/2021
CITY COUNCIL ACTION
Council Meeting Date: October 13, 2021
Item No: 21-365
Responsible Dept: Engineering
Action Requested: Ordinance Map/Lot: N/A
Title, Ordinance
Amending Chapter 271, Sections 271-2 and 271-3 to Allow for the City's Official Map to be Digital
Summary
This Ordinance would convert the City's Official Map to a digital version and reassign its maintenance from the
Planning Department to the Engineering Department. The current version of the Official Map was accepted in
1979 and consists of two mylar pages. Changes to the map require the use of drafting tools on the physical
pages, and the map has not been updated since 2016.
Converting the map to a digital version will allow all changes to be made using the City's Geographic Information
System.
Committee Action
Committee: Infrastructure
Action: Recommend for Passage
Staff Comments & Approvals
City Manager
Introduced for: First Reading
Meeting Date: October 5, 2021
For: 5
City Solicitor
Against:0
Finance Director
21-365 10/13/2021
CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE
Date: October 13, 2021
Assigned to Councilor: Schaefer
ORDINANCE, Amending Chapter 271, Sections 271-2 and 271-3 to Allow for the City's Official Map to be
Digital
WHEREAS, at present, the City's Official Map is in paper form;
WHEREAS, the current set of maps were accepted in 1979 and have not been updated since 2016;
WHEREAS, any changes to the official map are currently done manually with drafting tools;
WHEREAS, updating the map and making future changes will be more efficient if the map is digitized;
WHEREAS, digitizing the map will have no adverse impact upon the City;
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BANGOR AS FOLLOWS, THAT
Chapter 271 of the Code of the City of Bangor is amended as follows:
§ 271-2 Establishment.
For the purposes if this article, the final boundaries of all rights -of -way in the City of Bangor are hereby
established as illustrated on the Official Map of the City of Bangor, which shall be kept in digital form, using_
Geographic Information System (GIS) technology, by the City's Engineering Department and originally
prepared from the prior 1979 paper map consisting of two pages. dated 1979, eansisting of two pages
0 neiusive, prepared by the Planning Divisien ef the Gity of Banger and made a part hereof. Said digital map
shall be referred to and designated as the "Official Map of the City of Bangor" and, together with notations,
references, other explanatory matters thereon and amendments thereto, shall be the Official Map hereby
established. More detailed metes ad bounds descriptions of right-of-way locations are on the file in the City
Engineer's office Road Book Volumes I through V and are included by reference as a part of the Official Map.
§ 271-3 Location.
The Official Map shall be located digitally in the Geographic Information System (GIS) and a paper copy of said
Official Map shall be filed in City Clerk's Office. and- The GIS map shall be the authority as to the location of all
final boundaries of right-of-way, and the paper copy shall serve as a reference in interpreting said Official Map.
Additions are underlined, deletions sea h.
IN CITY COUNCIL
OCTOBER 13,2021
Cord 21-365
Motion made and seconded for First Reading
Vote: 7—0
Councilors Voting Yes: Davitt, Fournier,Hawes,Nichols, Schaefer, Sprague,Tremble
Councilors Voting No: None
Passed
CITY ERK
IN CITY COUNCIL
OCTOBER 25,2021
Cord 21-365
Motion made and seconded for Passage
Vote: 8—0
Councilors Voting Yes: Davitt,Fournier,Hawes,Nichols, Okafor, Schaefer, Sprague,Tremble
Councilors Voting No: None
Passed
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