Description
The brush at this corner blocks the sight line of car drivers approaching the Island Line trail from Appletree Point. This would be a good time to clean it up. There is also a junky assortment of utility boxes and poles, and a fence that further blocks sightline. It is not safe, and it looks trashy. City please needs to set a good example!
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Acknowledged Permitting and Inspections (Verified Official)
Permitting and Inspections (Verified Official)
Steve Norman (Registered User)
lea terhune (Registered User)
lea terhune (Registered User)
Steve Norman (Registered User)
Ward 4 NPA (Registered User)
Kelli Brooks (Guest)
lea terhune (Registered User)
lea terhune (Registered User)
lea terhune (Registered User)
lea terhune (Registered User)
Bill Ward Director of Permitting and Inspections (Verified Official)
There are multiple questions raised and multiple departments will have involvement in a solution.
Generally all work done in the City Right of way falls under the direction of the Department of Public Works. That is the reason the issue was assigned there for evalution.
http://www.burlingtonvt.gov/DPW/Street-and-Sidewalk-Operations/About-R-O-W--Services/
The secondary questions are related to fences which are explained in the link below from the Department of Planning and Zoning about set backs and Clear Sight Triangle guidelines.
http://www.burlingtonvt.gov/PZ/Zoning/Help-Guides/DG-Fences/
Because the area crosses the bike path the issue about overgrowth was forwarded to the Parks and Recreation Department today for additional evaluation.
The graffiti will be tracked under the second report made today in order to separate the issues by deparment as much as possible. That way the issues could be closed separately as they are resolved.
lea terhune (Registered User)
lea terhune (Registered User)
lea terhune (Registered User)
lea terhune (Registered User)
Burlington Parks (Verified Official)
lea terhune (Registered User)
lea terhune (Registered User)
Brush cleared, thank you very much. Will it be on a regular maintenance schedule spring, summer, fall?
Update re: the huge utility box installed in the sightline on the Appletree Point Road curve approaching bike path intersection (see photo), we have received the following new information from Mary Sullivan at BED: "I did drive out to Appletree today to confirm that BED does not have equipment in this area. It is a common mistake many people make in thinking all of those boxes must be a BED box. I have attached a photo. We believe it belongs to Fairpoint."
Who granted permission for the installation of this utility box on a BED pole? Please confirm that it is a sightline violation.
lea terhune (Registered User)
lea terhune (Guest)
Fairpoint said they would send someone out to see if it is their utility box (even tho I sent two photos and street address). ??
1. Does BED or City grant permission to hang something on a pole, and
2. Does sight line requirement apply?
Who in what department has jurisdiction over utility poles and sight line requirements?
lea terhune (Registered User)
SCormier (Verified Official)
lea terhune (Registered User)
lea terhune (Registered User)
lea terhune (Registered User)
Closed Bill Ward Director of Permitting and Inspections (Verified Official)
lea terhune (Registered User)