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Title 12
Chapter 12.02
Section 12.02.0494
 

Title 12 Public Ways and Property

Chapter 12.02 Obstruction, Encroachment of Public Ways

Article III. Skywalks

Section 12.02.0494 Cost Apportionment Guidelines

  1. The arbitrators shall apportion the costs of construction and maintenance of connection to the skywalk system between the parties on the basis of the benefit and/or detriment to each party by the proposed connection to the skywalk system.
     
  2. Where there is a primary applicant or applicants desiring a skywalk (lead applicant) and other owners involved in a proposed skywalk, and where the parties are unable to agree on an appropriate sharing of costs, the lead applicant should bear the total cost of construction of any connecting skywalk or connecting entrance, as well as a fair and equitable sum to compensate the other parties for loss of floor space and other actual damages suffered as a result of the connection.
     
  3. The amount to be paid to the other parties for damages due to the construction of the connection to the skywalk system by the lead applicant, in the case of either an intrablock connection or an interblock connection, shall be reduced by the amount of the benefit, if any, to be derived by the other parties from the addition of the connection to the skywalk connection.

Date Passed: Monday, June 25, 2007

Effective Date: Saturday, August 4, 2007

Recodification ORD C34053 Section 1