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Commission discusses specifying flush‑mount utility markers in right‑of‑way permits
Summary
Planning staff said the city will begin specifying flush‑mount markers in right‑of‑way permits and will not permit new vertical markers unless required by law; policy will apply to fiber and gas and will be enforced at replacement under permits.
Commissioners and staff discussed a proposed stance against permitting vertical utility markers in the right of way and a move to specify flush‑mount marking devices in permit language.
Staff reported they had located a visual specification for a flush‑mount marking device and plan to add permit language making vertical markers disallowed unless required by law. The restriction would apply to fiber and gas lines and other utilities that request permanent field markers, staff said. The staff presenter said the change is not yet in the city’s written documentation but will be enforced when replacement work requires a permit.
Commissioners asked whether the rule would be retroactive; staff replied that existing vertical markers already in place would not be immediately removed but that when replacements or repairs occur the permit review would require nonvertical (flush) markers. A commissioner joked about decorating vertical markers and referenced themed concealment approaches used elsewhere.
No formal policy was adopted at the meeting; staff said the requirement will be applied during permit review going forward and that permit language will be updated.
