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To amend City Code § 2-86, concerning license to use non-City real property, to allow the Chief Administrative Officer to enter into license agreements or similar documents to use real property owned by a railroad corporation to allow the existence of, install, perform work on, or operate public utility or public works infrastructure on, over or across such property, to extend the period of time for which the City is permitted to use real property owned by a railroad pursuant to such license agreements from five days to perpetual, and to permit the Chief Administrative Officer to delegate the authority to enter into such license agreements to the Director of the Department of Public Utilities or the Department of Public Works.
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THE CITY OF RICHMOND HEREBY ORDAINS:
§ 1. That section 2-86 of the Code of the City of Richmond (2026) be and is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 2-86. License to use non-City real property.
(a) The Chief Administrative Officer, on behalf of the City, may enter into license agreements or similar documents to permit the City to use real property not owned by the City, provided that (i) the period of time for which the City is allowed to use the real property is not greater than five days, unless the property is owned by a railroad corporation and the purpose of the City’s entry onto and use of the property is to allow the existence of, install, perform work on, or operate public utility or public works infrastructure, in which case the period of time for the City’s use of the property may be perpetual, (ii) the license agreement or similar document does not grant the City a leasehold interest or other property interest in the real property, and (iii) the City Attorney has approved as to form the license agreement or similar document prior to the Chief Administrative Officer's signature thereof.
(b) The Chief Administrative Officer may delegate to the Director of Public Utilities or the Director of Public Works the authority gra...
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