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Conyers Council updates utility placement rules for 50-foot local streets
Summary
The Conyers City Council unanimously approved Ordinance 14-35 to update utility placement standards for residential streets with 50-foot rights-of-way, replacing an older 'joint trench' approach and accommodating utility providers' separate placement preferences.
Conyers City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved Ordinance 14-35 to amend utility placement standards for local residential streets with 50-foot rights-of-way.
The ordinance revises an older “joint trench” approach, directing more-specific placement rules for utilities where companies no longer share trench space. Scott, a city staff member who presented the measure, told the council that “joint trench was a concept that was quite old” and that some providers now “want a specific location to place their utility and they don't want to share.” He said the new standards are consistent with neighboring jurisdictions and that Snapping Shoals EMC and other providers had been consulted and “were satisfied.”
The change applies to local streets with a 50-foot right-of-way and updates the city’s roadway-improvement standards in chapter 6 of title 8. The motion approved by the council also waived a second reading and authorized the ordinance to take effect; the ordinance text as presented refers to an effective date but the meeting record did not specify the exact date.
Council members asked no substantive questions during the presentation. The motion to approve, made and seconded from the dais, passed by unanimous voice vote.
The ordinance replaces outdated placement language and is intended to align Conyers’ rules with neighboring counties and municipalities, according to staff. The council did not receive public comment on the ordinance at the meeting.
