Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 70 - TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT › Part II - Utilities › Chapter 5 - Standards Manual for Accommodating Facilities on Highway Right-of-Way › Section II-509 - Requirements for Applications

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. All
				applications for permits shall originate in the office of the district utility
				and permit specialist. The district utility specialist shall be responsible for
				performing and/or insuring the following.
1.
				Checking with all appropriate district personnel (district administrator,
				district maintenance engineer, district construction engineer, etc.) to
				ascertain that the work requested will not interfere with existing or proposed
				highway operations.
2. Assuring
				that the application:
a. is on the correct
				form;
b. is submitted with the
				correct number of copies, including all attachments;
c. copies are completed correctly;
d. copies are clearly legible, preferably
				typed.
3. The work
				involved is on a state maintained highway, and the correct highway number and
				control section numbers are shown.
4. The proposed work is confined to one
				parish per permit application.
5.
				The name and address of the applicant is legible on all copies.
6. The application has been signed by the
				applicant, and the applicant's name is typed or printed legibly beneath the
				signature. The applicant must be the property owner/lessee, permits shall not
				be issued to contractors, or other third parties.
7. The nature of the work is clearly and
				completely indicated both in text and on the drawings.
8. Four copies of the drawings must be
				submitted with each application. Right-of-way limits and property lines must be
				clearly indicated on the drawings. The exact location of the proposed work must
				be indicated if reference to the highway, right-of-way, and property lines, the
				names of local streets and businesses may be placed on the drawings; however,
				the locations must be located in reference to the highway in such a manner that
				someone unfamiliar with the area can comprehend these details. Where surface or
				underground work is involved, a cross-section drawing that clearly indicates
				existing conditions and proposed changes must be included. Where grading
				operations are involved, cross-section drawings must show the highway
				surfacing, shoulder, ditch, and slope indicating the present section and
				proposed section.
9. The request
				conforms with this Chapter and all other DOTD standards. Applications which do
				not conform to DOTD standards shall be returned to the applicant with a short
				explanation. The explanation should indicate the primary deficiencies, but not
				be so detailed that DOTD will in effect be performing either research or design
				for the applicant. When the district administrator feels that conditions
				warrant an exception for an application that failed to meet DOTD standards, the
				application and a letter from the district administrator explaining the reasons
				for recommending a deviation should be submitted to the headquarters utility
				and permit section. DOTD purchases right-of-way for the purpose of providing
				roads for the general public, not to provide parking or other such benefits to
				individuals. Therefore, exceptions should not be requested for:
a. parking for anyone other than a
				governmental agency;
b. increasing
				the driveway widths or allowing driveways to be placed so that large trucks or
				busses back out directly onto, or partially block a highway (including the
				shoulder);
c. allowing less than
				the minimum clearance over a highway;
d. open cutting a highway, blocking traffic,
				or other actions detrimental to the DOTD or to the travelling public, for the
				sole purpose of saving/earning the applicant money.
10. The district administrator may issue all
				routine right-of-way permits that meet with DOTD requirements. This authority
				does not include major installations such as street intersections, subdivision
				entrances, crossovers, turning lanes, changes to the roadway sections, or
				anything that does not conform with this manual and all other DOTD
				requirements. All permits approved by the district administrator must be
				assigned a permit number and entered into the permit database by the district
				utility and permit specialist, and the original copy must be transmitted to the
				headquarters utility and permit section. Additionally, one copy of the approved
				permit and drawings must be returned to the permittee.
11. The district utility and permit
				specialist shall furnish the permittee with the grade, elevation, and alignment
				of drainage structures when drainage structures are to be installed.