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City engineer explains encroachment rules as committee advances alley vacations and EV-charger petitions
Summary
City Engineer Richard Doherty described the encroachment and vacation process for rights of way; the committee advanced petitions 6.3–6.8 (including four proposed EV chargers) to formal consideration and recommended approval.
At the Jan. 12 Public Health & Safety Standing Committee meeting, City Engineer Richard Doherty walked members through how the city processes right-of-way requests, distinguishing temporary encroachments from permanent easements and describing neighbor notification and register-of-deeds procedures.
"We process encroachments as opposed to easements so that they are not a permanent encumbrance on the right of way," Doherty said, explaining that petitioners may place material in the right of way temporarily and that the city preserves utility access through reserved…
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