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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 ClTi(tLERW