...... 2
3.040
Drafting Standards .............................................................................................. 3
3.050
Plan Review ...................................................................................................... 12
3.055
Construction Control......................................................................................... 12
3.060
Inspection.......................................................................................................... 13
3.065
Record Documents............................................................................................ 14
3.070
Fees ................................................................................................................... 14
3.080
Permits .............................................................................................................. 14
3.090
Utility Locations ............................................................................................... 17
3.100
Easements ......................................................................................................... 17
3.110
Utility Extension ............................................................................................... 18
3.120
Annexation Requirement .................................................................................. 18
3.130
Traffic Control .................................................................................................. 19
3.140
Call Before You Dig ......................................................................................... 20
3.150
Emergency Work Policy for Private Utilities ................................................... 20



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3.000 GENERAL PUBLIC WORKS CONSIDERATIONS

3.010
Standard Specifications

Design detail, workmanship, and materials will be in accordance with the
current edition of the WSDOT Standard Plans and Specifications and the
APWA Standard Plans, all written and promulgated by the Washington
State Chapter of the American Public Works Association and the
Washington State Department of Transportation, except where these
standards provide otherwise. (OMC 12.08.010)

The following referred materials will be applicable when pertinent, when
specifically cited in the standards, or when required by a higher funding
authority:

A.
Conditions and standards as set forth in the City of Olympia Water
System Plan, most current edition.

B.
Conditions and standards as set forth in the City of Olympia
Comprehensive Sanitary Sewer Plan, most current edition.

C.
City of Olympia Unified Development Code, most current edition.

D.
City of Olympia Comprehensive Plan, City of Olympia Planning
Department, Olympia, WA.

E.
Rules and regulations as adopted in the Olympia Municipal Code.

F.
Conditions and standards as set forth in the Thurston County
Coordinated Water System Plan, most current edition.

G.
Thurston County and cities of Lacey, Olympia, and Tumwater,
Drainage Design and Erosion Control Manual for Olympia, City
of Olympia Public Works Department, Olympia, WA.

H.
Criteria set forth in the Local Agency Guidelines as amended and
approved by Washington State Department of Transportation.

I.
U.S. Department of Transportation Manual on Uniform Traffic
Control Devices (MUTCD), as amended and approved by
Washington State Department of Transportation.

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J.
Rules and regulations of the State Board of Health regarding
public water supplies, as published by the State Department of
Health.

K.
Conditions and standards as set forth in the State of Washington
Department of Ecology Criteria for Sewage Works Design, most
current edition.

3.015
Shortened Designation

These City of Olympia Engineering Design and Development Standards
will be cited routinely in the text as the Standards.

3.020
Applicability

These standards will govern all new construction and upgrading of
facilities, both in the right-of-way and on-site, for transportation and
transportation-related facilities; storm drainage facilities; sewer and water
facilities; private facilities; and park, recreation, and open-space facilities.

3.030
Design Standards

A.
Detailed plans, prepared by a licensed engineer, must be submitted
to the City for plan review and approval prior to the
commencement of any construction. Applicants engineer will be
a Professional Engineer, registered as such in the State of
Washington. All plans must be signed and stamped by the
applicants engineer prior to submittal for plan review. The City
will review all submittals for general compliance with these
specific Standards. An acceptance by the City does not relieve the
applicant or the applicants engineer from responsibility for
ensuring that all facilities are safe and that calculations, plans,
specifications, construction, and record drawings comply with
normal engineering standards, these Standards, and applicable
federal, state, and local laws and codes. Final plans will be
approved by the Director of Community Planning and
Development prior to the start of construction.

B.
Materials proposed for use in construction of publicly owned or
publicly maintained utilities must be in conformance to approved
City of Olympia material standards in place at the time of
submittal. Unapproved materials cannot be adequately evaluated
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C.
Plans as required by Community Planning and Development are
required to be submitted along with a completed Plan Review
Application form. All drawings will be on 24-inch x 36-inch or
22-inch x 34-inch sheet size. Original sheets will be good-quality
reproducible ink on Mylar. Original drawings of the approved
plan will become the property of the City of Olympia.

D.
Plans and profile drawings are required for all proposed
improvements, street illumination, traffic signalization, storm
drainage facilities, and sewer and water improvements. For
specific minimum requirements, see the Plan Checklist on the
following pages. On occasion, the scope of a project may not
require engineered plans and can instead be handled via a Right-
of-Way Obstruction and/or Excavation/Restoration Permit. This
option will be decided by the City Engineer.

E.
Specifications will be required and submitted with the plans if
General Notes do not adequately cover the project requirements.

3.040
Drafting Standards

A.
All plans submitted for either design approval or permanent record
will be free of photographs, stick-ons, or shading. Hatching may
be acceptable if the pattern is not excessively dense.

B.
Design drawings will be submitted on clean, legible blue or black
line format.

C.
Record drawings will conform to the Plan Checklist and be
submitted on static-free 4-mil. Mylar with permanent image and
six sets of blue line copies. Sheet sizes will be 22-inch x 34-inch
or 24-inch x 36-inch for engineering drawings and 18-inch x 24-
inch for survey drawings. No sepia will be accepted.

D.
Plans will be prepared with the understanding that each will be
microfilmed. Minimum text height will be at least 0.08 times the
scale factor (i.e., 1-inch = 20-foot scale; minimum text will be
20(0.08) = 1.6 units). Minimum nominal text size will be 1/8-inch.

E.
No engineering plans will be accepted with architects scale.

F.
Street drawings will be either 1-inch = 5 feet, 1-inch = 10 feet, 1-
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exceed 1-inch = 10 feet. Utility drawings may be accepted at 1-
inch = 50 feet or 1-inch = 40 feet if they are legible and
microfilmable.

G.
Plans will show all existing and proposed monuments. All
monumentation will be described using current City of Olympia
coordinates. Centerline of roadways, easements (with type and
dimensions), and other pertinent data will be referenced to existing
monuments.

H.
All existing features (pipes, curbs, power poles, etc.) are to be
produced with a fine (0.5mm) pen or half tones. Proposed features
will be distinguished by a larger or bolder line weight.

I.
Different line types will be used to distinguish different features.
For example, centerline and right-of-way will have different line
types.


PLAN CHECKLIST

STANDARD ITEMS: WATER, SANITARY SEWER,
STORM SEWER, STREET, LIGHTING, AND SIGNALS, RECORD DRAWINGS, ETC.

Vicinity map (showing project location)

Legend (APWA Standard Symbols or approved alternatives)

North arrow with current City of Olympia meridian

Scale bar

Current City of Olympia datumbench mark # elevation (MSL) and location

Title block:
Title:

Date:

Design by:

Drawn by:

Checked by:

Signature Approval block

Sheet number of total sheets
(e.g., 2 of 5)

Revisions and revision dates
APPROVED FOR CONSTRUCTION

BY:

Date:

Engineering Plans Examiner
APPROVAL EXPIRES:


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Engineers/Land Surveyors stamp signed and dated

Plans submitted on 22 x 34, 24 x 36 sheet size

Detail sheet(s) describing applicable work

Call Before You Dig note

General notes and construction notes

Sheet index

Drain