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I <br />JUL 141982 o 50 FAtE-405 <br />Chairman Scurlock suggested this be referred back to <br />the Public Works Director and County Attorney to come up <br />with some recommendations. <br />Discussion continued on handling this under a special <br />assessment type program, and Commissioner Bird asked if <br />there is any way to aim the assessment at those who cause <br />the problem. <br />Assistant County Attorney Paull felt it would be <br />awfully hard to justify putting the cost on one individual <br />when the improvement will benefit all the property owners <br />involved. <br />Commissioner Lyons believed we should have some <br />standards, and if someone does not follow the standards, <br />then he should be the one responsible to pay for the change. <br />This would serve to protect neighbors from somebody who <br />doesn't care what happens to those surrounding him, and <br />possibly this could be handled by the Enforcement Board that <br />we have been talking about since they can levy fines. <br />Commissioner Fletcher raised the question as to whether <br />we want private owners to be digging up County roads to <br />place their own culverts from the standpoint of maintenance <br />liability, and Mr. Davis agreed this does cause problems. <br />Mr. Davis explained that any work in the right-of-way <br />requires a permit and we require drawings. The real problem <br />is that we don't have enough inspectors to monitor all the <br />work being done in the county, and right now we mainly learn <br />of these problems through complaints. He felt that <br />enforcement is about 60% of the game. <br />Assistant Attorney Paull pointed out that enforcement <br />of a permit is not necessarily as easy as enforcement of an <br />ordinance, and he believed a right-of-way permitting <br />ordinance would provide a better enforcement vehicle. Mr. <br />Paull recommended that the Attorney's office draft something <br />25 <br />