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COUNTY OF HENNEPIN
Darlene MacPherson being duly sworn on an
oath, states or affirms that he/she is the
Publisher's Designated Agent of the newspa-
per(s) known as:
SP Brooklyn Ctr/Brooklyn Park
with the known office of issue being located
in the county of:
HENNEPIN
with additional circulation in the counties of:
HENNEPIN
and has full knowledge of the facts stated
below:
(A) The newspaper has complied with all of
the requirements constituting qualifica-
tion as a qualified newspaper as provided
by Minn. Stat. §331A.02.
(B) This Public Notice was printed and pub-
lished in said newspaper(s) once each
week, for 1 successive week(s); the first
insertion being on 03/22/2018 and the last
insertion being on 03/22/2018.
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICES
Pursuant to Minnesota Stat. §580.033
relating to the publication of mortgage
foreclosure notices: The newspaper complies
with the conditions described in §580.033,
subd. 1, clause (1) or (2). If the newspaper's
known office of issue is located in a county
adjoining the county where the mortgaged
premises or some part of the mortgaged
premises described in the notice are located,
a substantial portion of the newspaper's
circulation is in the latter county.
Designated Agent
Subscribed and sworn to or affirmed before
me on 03/22/2018 by Darlene MacPherson.
Notary Public
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CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held on the 9th day of April, 2018, at 7 p.m. or as soon
thereafter as the matter may be heard at the City Hall, 6301 Shingle Creek Parkway, to consider An Ordinance
Amending Chapter 25 of the City Code of Ordinances Relating to the Regulation of Right -Of -Way Management.
Auxiliary aids for persons with disabilities are available upon request at least 96 hours in advance. Please
contact the City Clerk at 763-569-3300 to make arrangements.
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 25 OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES
RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY MANAGEMENT
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Brooklyn Center City Code, Chapter 25 is amended by deleting the sirieken language and inserting
the double -underlined language as follows:
RIGHT-OF-WAY MANAGEMENT
Section 25-1000. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. To provide for the health, safety and well-being of its citizens,
and to ensure the structural integrity of its streets and the appropriate use of the rights-of-way, the City strives
to keep its rights-of-way in a state of good repair and free from unnecessary encumbrances. Although the gen-
eral population bears the financial burden for the upkeep of the rights-of-way, a primary cause for the early and
excessive deterioration of its rights-of-way is frequent excavation.
Right-of-way obstruction is a source of frustration for merchants, business owners and the general population
which must avoid these obstructions or change travel or shopping plans because of them and has a detrimental
effect on commerce. Persons whose facilities are within the right-of-way are the primary cause of these frequent
obstructions.
The City holds the rights-of-way within its geographical boundaries as an asset in trust for its citizens. The
City and other public entities have invested millions of dollars in public funds to build and maintain the rights-of-
way. It also recognizes that some persons, by placing their facilities in the right-of-way and charging the citizens
of the City for goods and services delivered thereby, are using this property held for the public good. Although
such services are often necessary or convenient for the citizens, such persons receive revenue and/or profit
through their use of public property.
In response to the foregoing facts, the City has enacted this Right -of -Way Management Ordinance relating
to right-of-way permits and administration. This Ordinance imposes reasonable regulations on the placement
and maintenance of facilities currently within its rights-of-way or to be placed therein at some future time. It
is intended to complement the regulatory roles of state and federal agencies. Under this ordinance, persons
disturbing and obstructing the rights-of-way will bear a fair share of the financial responsibility for their integrity.
Finally, this Ordinance provides for recovery of out-of-pocket and projected costs from persons using the public
rights-of-way.
Section 25-1001. DEFINITIONS. The following definitions apply to the Right -of -Way Management Ordinance
of this Code. Unless used in a context which indicates otherwise, defined terms remain defined terms whether
or not capitalized.
a. "Applicant" means any person requesting permission to excavate or obstruct a right-of-way.
b. "City" means the City of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. For purposes of Section 25 40261027, city includes
its elected officials, officers, employees and agents.
d. "City Cost" means the actual cost incurred by the City for public rights-of-way management; including
but not limited to costs associated with registering applicants; issuing, processing, and verifying right-of-way
permit applications; creating information and maintaining information on a geographical information system
(GIS) mapping system; degradation costs; inspecting job sites and restoration projects; maintaining, supporting,
protecting, or moving user facilities during public right-of-way work; providing traffic control due to applicant's
neglect or inadequate performance; determining the adequacy of right-of-way restoration; restoring work inad-
equately performed; and revoking right-of-way permits and performing all other tasks required by this Right of
Way Management Ordinance, including other costs the city may incur in managing the provisions of this Right
of Way Management Ordinance.
e. "Construction Performance Bond" means any of the following forms of security provided at the permittee'
s option:
1. Individual project bond ;
2. Cash deposit ;
3. Security of a form listed or approved under Minn. Stat.,§ 15.73, subdivision 3;
4. Letter of credit, in a form acceptable to the Director;
5. Self-insurance, in a form acceptable to the Director;
6. A blanket bond for projects within the City, or
7. Other forms for a construction bond, for a time specified and in a form acceptable to the Director.
f. "Degradation" means a decrease in the useful life of the right-of-way caused by excavation in or distur-
bance of the right-of-way, resulting in the need to reconstruct such right-of-way earlier than would be required if
the excavation or disturbance did not occur.
g. "Degradation cost" means the cost to achieve a level of restoration as determined by the City at the time
the permit is issued, not to exceed the maximum restoration shown in plates 1 to 13, set forth in Minnesota Rules
7819.9900 to 7819.9950.
h. "Delay Penalty_' means the penalty imposed as a result of unreasonable delays in right -of way construction.
i. "Department" means the Department of Public Works of the City.
j. "Department Inspector" means any person authorized by the Director to carry out inspections related to the
provisions of this Right of Way Management Ordinance.
k. "Director" means the City Manager, or her or his designee.
1. Emergency" means a condition that (1) poses a clear and immediate danger to life or health, or of a signif-
icant loss of property; or (2) requires immediate repair or replacement in order to restore service to a customer.
m. "Equipment" means any tangible asset used to install, repair, or maintain facilities in any right-of-way.
n. "Excavate" means to dig into or in any way remove or physically disturb or penetrate any part of a right-of-
way, except horticultural practices of penetrating the boulevard area to a depth of less than 12 inches.
o. "Excavation Permit" means the permit which must be obtained before a person may excavate in a right-of-
way. An excavation permit allows the holder to excavate that part of the right of way described in such permit.
p. "Excavation Permit Fee" means money paid to the City by an applicant to cover the costs as provided in
Section 25-49891010.
q. "Facility_ means any tangible asset in the right-of-way required to provide Utility Service, but shall not
include boulevard plantings or gardens planted or maintained in the right of way between a person's property
and the street edge or curb.
r. "In;" when used in conjunction with "right-of-way;" means over, above, in, within, on or under a right-of-way.
s. "Local Representative" means a local person or persons, or designee of such person or persons, autho-
rized by a registrant to accept service and to make decisions for that registrant regarding all matters within the
scope of this Right -of -Way Management Ordinance.
t. "Management Costs" means the actual costs the city incurs in mannninn t� rinhta-„ri-1—ii— -k
u. "Obstruct" means to place any object in a right-of-way so as to hinder free and open passage over that or
any part of the right-of-way.
v. "Obstruction Permit" means the permit which must be obtained before a person may obstruct a right-
of-way, allowing the holder to hinder free and open passage over the specified portion of that right-of-way by
placing equipment described therein on the right-of-way for the duration specified therein.
w. "Obstruction Permit Fee" means money paid to the City by a registrant to cover the costs as provided in
Section 25-#889 1010.
x. "Permittee" means any person to whom a permit to excavate or obstruct a right-of-way has been granted
by the City under this Right of Way Management Ordinance.
y. "Person" means any natural or corporate person, business association or other business entity including,
but not limited to, a partnership, a sole proprietorship, a political subdivision, a public or private agency of any
kind, a utility, a successor or assign of any of the foregoing, or any other legal entity which has or seeks to have
equipment in any right-of-way.
z. "Public Riaht of Way" or "Richt of Way" means the area on below or above a public roadway, hiahwav
street, cartway. bicycle lane or public sidewalk in which the city has an interest including other dedicated rights-
of-way for travel purposes and utility easements of the city. A riaht-of-way does not include the airwaves above
a riaht-of-way with regard to cellular or other nonwire telecommunications or broadcast service.
aa. "Registrant" means any person who (1) has or seeks to have its equipment located in any right-of-way, or
(2) in any way occupies or uses, or seeks to occupy or use, the right-of-way or any equipment in the right-of-way.
bb. "Repair" means the temporary construction work necessary to make the right-of-way useable for travel.
cc. "Restore or Restoration" means the process by which an excavated right-of-way and surrounding area,
including pavement and foundation, is returned to the same condition that existed before the commencement
of the work.
dd. "Restoration Cost" means an amount of money paid to the City by a permittee to cover the cost of res-
toration.
ee. "Right of Way" iieegs the st0aee and spaee above amd below a righi of way for publ e raaelwa)t, h gh
way, street, eatwa)t, b eyele lame a 9d publie sidewalk purpeses n which the Gity has a i imterest, incluelimg athe,
ff. "Right -of -Way Management Ordinance" means Sections 25-1000 through 25-1032 of this Code.
gg. "Right -of -Way Permit" means either the excavation permit or the obstruction permit, or both, depending
on the context, required by this Right -of -Way Management Ordinance.
hh. "Right -of -Way User" means:
a. A telecommunications right-of-way user as defined by Minn. Stat. § 237.162, subdivision 4; or
b. A person owning or controlling a facility in the public right-of-way that is used or is intended to be used for
providing utility service, and who has a right under law, franchise, or ordinance to use the public right-of-way.
ii. "Service" or "Utility Service" includes but is not limited to (1) those services provided by a public utility as
defined in Minnesota Statutes 3 216B.02, Subdivisions 4 and 6; (2) telecommunications, pipeline, community
antenna television, fire and alarm communications, water, electricity, light, heat, cooling energy, or power ser-
vices; (3) the services provided by a corporation organized for the purposes set forth in Minnesota Statutes 3
300.03; (4) the services provided by a district heating or cooling system, and (5) cable communications systems
as defined in Minnesota Statutes Chapter 238.
jj. "Small Wireless Facility" means a wireless facility that meets both of the following qualifications:
(i) each antenna is located inside an enclosure of no more than six cubic feet in volume or could fit within
kk. "Supplementary Application" means an application made to excavate or obstruct more of the right-of-way
than allowed in, or to extend, a permit that has already been issued.
II. "Telecommunications Riaht of Way User" means a person owning or controllina a facility in the riaht-of-
way. or seekina to own or control a facility in the riaht-of-way that is used or is intended to be used for providing
mm. "Unusable Facilities" means facilities in the right-of-way which has remained unused for one year and
for which the registrant is unable to provide proof that it has either a plan to begin using it within the next twelve
(12) months or a potential purchaser or user of the facilities.
nn. "Utility Pole" means a Dole that is used in whole or in part to facilitate telecommunications or electric
service.
oo. "Wireless Facility" means eauipment at a fixed location that enables the provision of wireless services
facility, but not includina wireless support structures, wireline backhaul facilities, or cables between utility poles
or wireless support structures, or not otherwise immediately adiacent to and directly associated with a specific
antenna.
pp. "Wireless Service" means any service using licensed or unlicensed wireless spectrum. including the use
of Wi-Fi, whether at a fixed location or by means of a mobile device, that is provided usina wireless facilities.
Wireless service does not include services regulated under Title VI of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, including cable service.
qq. "Wireless Support Structure" means a new or existing structure in a right-of-way designed to support or
capable of supporting small wireless facilities, as reasonably determined by the city.
Section 25-1002. ADMINISTRATION. The City Manager is the principal City official responsible for the ad-
ministration of the rights-of-way, right-of-way permits, and the ordinances related thereto. The Manager may
delegate any or all of the duties hereunder.
Section 25-1003. REGISTRATION AND RIGHT-OF-WAY OCCUPANCY.
Subdivision 1. Registration. Each person who occupies, uses, or seeks to occupy or use, the right-of-way
or any facilities in the right-of-way, including by lease, sublease or assignment, or who has, or seeks to have,
facilities are any right-of-way must register with the Director. Registration will consist of providing application
information and paying a registration fee. A person who pays a franchise fee to the City in accordance with a
franchise agreement shall be exempt from the payment of permit fees if so provided in the franchise. If the work
is to be performed by an agent, contractor or subcontractor on behalf of a registrant, such application shall also
be signed or pre -authorized by the registrant.
Subdivision 2. Registration Prior to Work. No person may construct, install, repair, remove, relocate, or per-
form any other work on, or use any facilities or any part thereof in any right-of-way without first being registered
with the Director.
Subdivision 3. Exceptions. Nothing herein shall be construed to repeal or amend the provisions of a city
ordinance permitting persons to plant or maintain boulevard plantings or gardens in the area of the right-of-way
between their property and the street curb provided and such use is subject to the use of the right-of-way by
the City or other Persons for installation and maintenance of facilities. Persons planting or maintaining boule-
vard plantings or gardens or installing or operating irrigation systems shall not be deemed to use or occupy the
right-of-way, and shall not be required to obtain any permits or satisfy any other requirements for planting or
maintaining such boulevard plantings or gardens under this Right -of -Way Management Ordinance. However,
excavations deeper than 12 inches are subject to the permit requirements of section 25-1006. Registration shall
not be required for:
a. Private driveways or walkways
b. Sewer and water connections serving individual properties
c. Equipment of private landowner which is within the right-of-way and between that owner's property and
the street curb
d. Signs
e. Mailboxes
f. Street furnishings
g. Bus stop benches
h. Bus stop shelter
i. Use by private landowners of utility easement areas for Facilities that are not inconsistent with the rights of
parties entitled to use the easement
Any Service or Utility Service provided by a person under a franchise with the City shall register pursuant to
this Section, but need not provide the registration information required by Section 25-1004 if such information
has been received by the City in the administration of the franchise agreement. In addition, Persons acting as
agents, contractors or subcontractors for a registrant which has properly registered or who is exempt from reg-
istration shall be exempt from registering under Section 25-1004.
Section 25-1004. REGISTRATION INFORMATION.
Subdivision 1. Information Required. The information provided to the Director at the time of registration shall
include, but not be limited to:
a. Each registrant's name, Gopher One -Call registration certificate number, address and e-mail address if
applicable, and telephone and facsimile numbers.
b. The name, address and e-mail address, if applicable, and telephone and facsimile numbers of a local repre-
sentative. The local representative or designee shall be available at all times. Current information regarding how
to contact the local representative in an emergency shall be provided at the time of registration.
c. Such other information as the City may require including, but not limited to, proof of adequate public liability
insurance.
Subdivision 2. Notice of Changes. The registrant shall keep all of the information listed above current at all
times by providing to the Director information as to changes within fifteen (15) days following the date on which
the registrant has knowledge of any change.
Section 25-1005. REPORTING OBLIGATIONS.
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AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
STATE OF MINNESOTA ) ss
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN
Darlene MacPherson being duly sworn on an
oath, states or affirms that he/she is the
Publisher's Designated Agent of the newspa-
per(s) known as:
SP Brooklyn Ctr/Brooklyn Park
with the known office of issue being located
in the county of:
HENNEPIN
with additional circulation in the counties of:
HENNEPIN
and has full knowledge of the facts stated
below:
(A) The newspaper has complied with all of
the requirements constituting qualifica-
tion as a qualified newspaper as provided
by Minn. Stat. §331A.02.
(B) This Public Notice was printed and pub-
lished in said newspaper(s) once each
week, for 1 successive week(s); the first
insertion being on 03/22/2018 and the last
insertion being on 03/22/2018.
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICES
Pursuant to Minnesota Stat. §580.033
relating to the publication of mortgage
foreclosure notices: The newspaper complies
with the conditions described in §580.033,
subd. 1, clause (1) or (2). If the newspaper's
known office of issue is located in a county
adjoining the county where the mortgaged
premises or some part of the mortgaged
premises described in the notice are located,
a substantial portion of the newspaper's
circulation is in the latter county.
By:,�2 Ce. I V
Designated Agent
Subscribed and sworn to or affirmed before
me on 03/22/2018 by Darlene MacPherson.
Notary Public
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Subdivision 1. Operations. Each registrant shall, at the time of registration and by December 1 of each year,
file a construction and major maintenance plan with the Director. Such plan shall be submitted using a format
designated by the Director and shall contain the information determined by the Director to be necessary to facili-
tate the coordination and reduction in the frequency of excavations and obstructions of rights-of-way. Reporting
shall not be required for projects which are to be undertaken only in conjunction with city projects.
The plan shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:
a. The locations and the estimated beginning and ending dates of all Projects to be commenced during the
next calendar year (in this Section, a "Next -year Project"); and
b. The tentative locations and estimated beginning and ending dates for all Projects contemplated for the five
years following the next calendar year (in this Section, a "Five Year Project").
The term "project" in this Section shall include both Next -year Projects and Five-year Projects. By January 1
of each year the Director will have available for inspection in the Director's office a composite list of all Projects of
which the Director has been informed in the annual plans. All registrants are responsible for keeping themselves
informed of the current status of this list.
Thereafter, by February 1, each registrant may change any Project in its list of Next -year Projects, and must
notify the Director and all other registrants of all such changes in said list. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a reg-
istrapt may at any time join in a Next -year Project of another registrant listed by the other registrant.
Subdivision 2. Additional Next -year Projects. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Director may, for good cause
shown, allow a registrant to submit additional Next -year Projects. Good cause includes, but is not limited to, the
criteria set forth in Section 25-46441Q_t5 concerning the discretionary issuance of permits.
Section 25-1006. PERMIT REQUIREMENT.
Subdivision 1. Permit Required. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, no person may obstruct or exca-
vate any right-of-way, or install or place facilities in the right-of-way, without first having obtained the appropriate
right-of-way permit from the Director to do so.
a. Excavation permit. An excavation permit is required by a registrant to excavate that part of the right-of-way
described in such permit and to hinder free and open passage over the specified portion of the right-of-way by
placing equipment described therein, to the extent and for the duration specified therein.
b. Obstruction permit. An obstruction permit is required by a registrant to hinder free and open passage over
the specified portion of right-of-way by placing facilities described therein on the right-of-way, to the extent and
for the duration specified therein. An Obstruction Permit is not required if a Person already possesses a valid
Excavation Permit for the same work period.
d. Exceptions. A permit shall not be required for:
1. Signs
b- Mailboxes
e. , Street furnishings
4. Bus stop benches
e. Bus stop shelter
f- ¢, Use by private landowners of utility easement areas for Facilities that are not inconsistent with the rights
of parties entitled to use the easement
Subdivision 2. Permit Extensions. No person may work in or obstruct the right-of-way beyond the date speci-
fied in the permit or do any work beyond that specified in the permit unless such person makes a supplementary
application for an extension or modification of the work specified in the permit before expiration of the permit,
pays a permit extension fee and is granted a permit extension by the Director. The Director may extend the
completion of scope of the work if the specified work could not be done because of circumstances beyond the
control of the permit holder.
Subdivision 3. Delay Penalty. Notwithstanding Subdivision 2 of this Section, even if a new permit or permit
extension is granted, the Director shall establish and impose a delay penalty for unreasonable delays in right-of-
way excavation, obstruction, repair, or restoration.
Subdivision 4. Permit Display. Permits issued under this Chapter shall be conspicuously displayed at all times
at the indicated work site and shall be available for inspection by the Director.
Subdivision 5. Antenna Support Structures. Except as otherwise provided. P}no permits will be issued for
the erection of structures in the right-of-way for the sole purpose of supporting telecommunications antennas.
Permits may be granted for the attachment of telecommunication antennas and ancillary wires and accessories
to existing structures in the right-of-way, subject to the following conditions:
a. The height of the antenna and related equipment may not extend more than six feet above the top of the
previously existing support structure, and
b. No antennas may be permitted that have associated or ancillary on -ground equipment in any residential
district of the City, and
c. The permission of the owner must be demonstrated, and
d. Design and location of facilities are subject to review and approval of the Director.
Section 25-1007. PERMIT APPLICATIONS. Application for a permit is made to the Director. Right-of-way
permit applications shall contain, and will be considered complete only upon compliance with the requirements
of the following provisions:
a. Registration with the Director pursuant to this Chapter;
b. Submission of a completed permit application form, including all required attachments, and scaled draw-
ings showing the specific location and area of the proposed project and the detailed location of all existing and
proposed equipment;
c. Payment of all money due to the City for
1. permit fees and costs, and any required deposit;
2. prior obstructions or excavations;
3. any undisputed loss, damage, or expense suffered by the City because of applicant's prior excavations or
obstructions of the rights-of-way or any emergency actions taken by the City;
4. franchise fees, if applicable.
d. When an excavation permit is requested for purposes of installing additional facilities, and the posting of
a construction performance bond for the additional facilities is insufficient, the posting of an additional or larger
construction performance bond for the additional facilities may be required.
Section 25-1008, ISSUANCE OF PERMIT; CONDITIONS.
Subdivision 1. Permit Issuance. If the Director determines that the applicant has satisfied the requirements of
this Chapter, the Director shall issue a permit.
Subdivision 2. Conditions. The Director may impose reasonable conditions upon the issuance of the permit
and the performance of the applicant thereunder to protect the public health, safety and welfare, to ensure the
structural integrity of the right-of-way, to protect the property and safety of other users of the right-of-way, and
to minimize the disruption and inconvenience to the traveling public.
Subdivision 3. Small Wireless Facility Conditions in addition to subdivision 2 the erection or installation of
a wireless su000rt structure, the collocation of a small wireless facility, or other installation of a small wireless
facility in the right-of-way, shall be subject to the all of the following condition
impose separation requirements between such structure and any existing wireless support structure or other
facilities in and around the right-of-way.
e. Where an applicant proposes collocation on a decorative wireless su000rt structure, sign or other structure
not intended to su000rt small wireless facilities. the city may impose reasonable reauir ments to accommodate
the particular design. appearance, or intended ouroose of such structure
2. $182 per radio node over 100 maximum watts: or
Subdivision 5. Standards for Construction or Installation. The requirements and standards for facility con-
struction or installation are contained in the General Requirements as specified by the Director. The Director may
assign or prohibit specific locations for facilities within the right-of-way, or any particular segment thereof, anL,
may limit the height of above -ground facilities. All excavation, obstruction, or other permits issued by the Direc-
tor involving the installation or replacement of facilities shall designate the proper location for the facility at issue.
The Director may deny a permit application, as provided in Section 25-#614 1014, in the event the proposed
location of such facilities is not consistent with the location required by the Director. The Director may revoke a
permit, as provided in Section 25-1019, in the event the facilities are installed in a location that is inconsistent
with the location designated in the applicable permit.
Any registrant whose facilities were previously located in the right-of-way in a position at variance with the
locations established by the Director shall, no later than at the time of the next reconstruction or excavation of
the area where its facilities are located, move that facility to its assigned position within the right-of-way, unless
this requirement is waived by the Director for good cause shown, upon consideration of such factors as the
remaining economic life of the facilities, public safety, customer service needs and hardship to the registrant.
Section 25-1009. ACTION ON SMALL WIRELESS FACILITY PERMIT APPLICATION.
Subdivision 1. Deadline for Action. The city shall approve or deny a small wireless facility permit aoolication
within 90 days after filing of such aoolication. The small wireless facility permit, and any associated building
permit aoolication, shall be deemed approved if the city fails to approve or deny the aoolication within the review
periods established in this Section.
Subdivision 2. Consolidated Applications. An applicant may file a consolidated small wireless facility permit
application addressing the proposed collocation of up to 15 small wireless facilities, or a areater number if
agreed to by a local government unit, provided that all small wireless facilities in the application:
a. Are located within a two-mile radius:
b. Consist of substantially similar eauioment: and
c. Are to be placed on similar Woes of wireless su000rt structures.
In renderina a decision on a consolidated permit aoolication, the city may approve some small wireless
facilities and deny others, but may not use denial of one or more oermits as a basis to deny all small wireless
facilities in the application.
Subdivision 3. Tolling of Deadline. The 90 -day deadline for action on a small wireless facility permit arx lica-
tion may be tolled if:
a. The city receives applications from one or more applicants seeking aporoval of permits for more than 30
small wireless facilities within a seven-day period. In such case, the city may extend the deadline for all such
aoolications by 30 days by informina the affected applicants in writing of such extension.
b. The aoolicant fails to submit all required documents or information and the city provides written notice of
incompleteness to the aoolicant within 30 days of receipt the aoolication. Loon submission of additional docu-
ments or information, the city shall have ten days to notify the applicant in writing of any still-missina information.
c The city and a small wireless facility applicant agree in writing to toll the review period.
Section 25-46691010. PERMIT FEES.
Subdivision 1. Excavation Permit Fee. The Excavation Permit Fee shall be established by the Director in an
amount designed to recover the City Management Costs.
Subdivision 2. Obstruction Permit Fee. The Obstruction Permit Fee shall be established by the director and
shall be in an amount designed to recover the City Management Cost.
Subdivision 3. Small Wireless Facility Permit Fee. The city shall impose a small wireless facility permit fee in
an amount sufficient to recover:
a. Management costs: and
b. City engineering, make-ready, and construction costs associated with collocation of small wireless facil-
1 .
Subdivision 4. Deposit. The Director may require that a permit application be accompanied by a deposit,
in addition to the Permit Fee and Construction Performance Bond, in an amount established by the Director in
order to offset any City costs that exceed the amount covered by the Permit Fee. Such additional City costs may
include, but are not limited to, inspection costs for consultants or independent contractors, legal fees, and other
out of pocket expenses, degradation costs, or restoration costs. The permit fee will cover City staff time spent in
the administration of the permit process and in inspection activities.
The Director may require an applicant to submit a single deposit in an amount intended to cover all City costs
which the Director determines may be incurred during the subsequent twelve (12) month period based on an
applicant's construction and major maintenance plan filed in accordance with Section 25- 1005. The Director
shall approve all expenses charged against the deposit, and the unused portion thereof shall be returned to the
applicant. The Director may periodically require that the deposit amount be replenished as expenses are charged
against the deposit. The permit application shall further state that the applicant agrees to reimburse the City for
any City costs incurred by the City in excess of the amount of the deposit.
Subdivision 5. Payment of Permit Fees. No excavation permit or obstruction permit shall be issued without
payment of such fees before the issuance of such a permit.
Subdivision 6. Non refundable. Permit fees that were paid for a permit that the Director has revoked for a
breach as stated in Section 25-1019 are not refundable.
Subdivision 7. Use of Permit Fees. All obstruction, and excavation, and small wireless facility permit fees shall
be used solely for city management, construction, maintenance and repair costs of the right-of-way.
Section 25-1010 1011. RIGHT-OF-WAY REPAIR AND RESTORATION.
Subdivision 1. Timing. The work to be done under the excavation permit, and the repair and restoration of
the right-of-way as required herein, must be completed within the dates specified in the permit, increased by as
many days as work could not be done as determined by the Director because of extraordinary circumstances
beyond the control of the permittee or when work was prohibited as unseasonal or unreasonable under Section
25-1003.
In addition to repairing its own work, the permittee must restore the general area of the work, and the sur-
rounding areas, including the paving and its foundations, to the same condition that existed before the com-
mencement of the work and must inspect the area of the work and use reasonable care to maintain the same
condition for twelve (12) months following acceptance by the city.
Subdivision 2. Repair and Restoration. Permittee shall repair and restore its own work. The permittee shall at
the time of application for an excavation permit post a construction performance bond in an amount determined
by the Director to be sufficient to cover the cost of restoring the right-of-way to its pre -excavation condition. If,
twelve (12) months after completion of the restoration of the right-of-way, the Director determines that the right-
of-way has been properly restored, the surety on the construction performance bond shall be released. Permit-
tees with whom the City has a current franchise agreement, or authorized agents, contractors, or subcontractors
of that franchise shall not be required to post a construction performance bond.
Subdivision 3. Standards. The permitted shall perform repairs and restoration according to the standards
and with the materials specified by the Director. The Director shall have the authority to prescribe the manner
and extent of the restoration, and may do so in written procedures of general application or on a case-by-case
basis . The Director in exercising this authority shall be guided by the following standards and considerations.
a. The number, size, depth and duration of the excavations, disruptions or damage to the right-of-way;
b. The traffic volume carried by the right-of-way; the character of the neighborhood surrounding the right-
of-way;
c. The pre -excavation condition of the right-of-way; the remaining life expectancy of the right-of-way affected
by the excavation;
d. Whether the relative cost of the method of restoration to the permittee is in reasonable balance with the
prevention of an accelerated depreciation of the right-of-way that would otherwise result from the excavation,
disturbance or damage to the right-of-way; and
e. The likelihood that the particular method of restoration would be effective in slowing the depreciation of the
right-of-way that would otherwise take place.
Subdivision 4. Guarantees. The permittee guarantees its work and shall maintain it for twelve (12) months
following its completion. During this 12 -month period it shall, upon notification from the Director, correct all res-
toration work to the extent necessary, using the method required by the Director. Said work shall be completed
within five (5) calendar days of the receipt of the notice from the Director, not including days during which work
cannot be done because of circumstances constituting force majeure or days when work is prohibited as unsea-
sonal or unreasonable under Section 25-#918 1014.
Subdivision 5. Failure to Restore. If the Permittee fails to restore the right-of-way in the manner and to the
condition required by the Director, or fails to satisfactorily and timely complete all restoration required by the
Director, the Director at its option may do such work. In that event the permittee shall pay to the City, within
thirty (30) days of billing, the cost of restoring the right-of-way. If permittee fails to pay as required, the city may
exercise its rights under the construction performance bond.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Section. 25-464+ 1012. JOINT APPLICATIONS.
Subdivision 1. Joint Application . Registrants may jointly apply for permits to excavate or obstruct the right-
of-way at the same place and time.
Subdivision 2. With City Projects. Registrants who join in a scheduled obstruction or excavation performed
by the Director, whether or not it is a joint application by two or more registrants or a single application, are not
required to pay the obstruction portion of the permit fee for that part of the work which falls within the city project
construction limits. The obstruction portion of the fee will be required for work which occurs outside of the city
project construction limits and for work within such construction limits which is not completed by the city project
completion date.
Subdivision 3. Shared Fees. Registrants who apply for permits for the same obstruction or excavation, which
the Director does not perform, may share in the payment of the obstruction or excavation permit fee. Registrants
must agree among themselves as to the portion each will pay and indicate the same on their applications.
Section 25-1912 1 01 3. SUPPLEMENTARY APPLICATIONS.
Subdivision 1. Limitation on Area. A right-of-way permit is valid only for the area of the right-of-way specified
in the permit, which shall not exceed one (1) lineal mile of right-of-way. No permittee may do any work outside
the area specified in the permit, except as provided herein. Any permittee which determines that an area greater
than that specified in the permit must be obstructed or excavated must before working in that greater area (i)
make application for a permit extension and pay any additional fees required thereby, and (ii) be granted a new
permit or permit extension. The total area for which a permittee shall be permitted at any one time, pursuant to
multiple permits or permit extensions, shall not exceed three (3) lineal miles of right-of-way.
Subdivision 2. Limitation on Dates. A right-of-way permit is valid only for the dates specified in the permit.
No permittee may begin its work before the permit start date or, except as provided herein, continue working
after the end date. If a permittep does not finish the work by the permit end date, it must apply for a new permit
for the additional time it needs, and receive the new permit or an extension of the old permit before working after
the end date of the previous permit. This supplementary application must be done before the permit end date.
Section 25-4643 1014. OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Subdivision 1. Compliance With Other Laws. Obtaining a right-of-way permit does not relieve permittee of
its duty to obtain all other necessary permits, licenses, and authority and to pay all fees required by any other
City, County, State, or Federal rules, laws or regulations. A permittee shall comply with all requirements of local,
state and federal laws, including Minnesota Statutes §§ 216D.01 -.09 ("One Call Excavation Notice System"). A
permittee shall perform all work in conformance with all applicable codes and established rules and regulations,
and is responsible for all work done in the right-of-way pursuant to its permit, regardless of who does the work.
Subdivision 2. Prohibited Work. Except in an emergency, and with the approval of the Director, no right-of-
way obstruction or excavation may be done when seasonally prohibited or when conditions are unreasonable
for such work.
Subdivision 3. Interference with Right -of -Way. A permittee shall not so obstruct a right-of-way that the natural
free and clear passage of water through the gutters or other waterways shall be interfered with. Private vehicles
may not be parked within or next to a permit area unless authorized by the Director. The loading or unloading of
trucks next to a permit area is prohibited unless specifically authorized by the permit.
Section 25-4644 1 01 5. DENIAL OF PERMIT.
Subdivision 1. The Director may deny a permit for failure to meet the requirements and conditions of this
Right -of -Way Management Ordinance, if the Director determines that denial is necessary to protect the public
health, safety and welfare, to prevent interference with the safety and convenience of ordinary travel over the
right-of-way or when necessary to protect the right of -way and its current use. The Director, in his/her discretion,
may consider factors including:
a. the extent to which right-of-way space where the permit is sought if available;
b. the competing demands for the particular space in the right-of-way;
c. the availability of other locations in the right-of-way or in other rights-of-way for the equipment of the permit
application;
d. the applicability of ordinance or other regulations of the right-of-way that affect location of equipment in
the right-of-way;
e. the degree of compliance of the applicant with the terms and conditions of its franchise, this Right -of -Way
Management Ordinance, and other applicable ordinances and regulations;
f. the degree of disruption to surrounding communities and businesses that will result from the use of that
part of the right-of-way;
g. the condition and age of the right-of-way, and whether and when it is scheduled for total or partial recon-
struction ; and
h. the balancing of the costs of disruption to the public and damage to the right-of-way, against the benefits
to that part of the public served by the expansion into additional parts of the right-of-way.
i. If, in the discretion of the Director, the issuance of a permit for the particular date and/or time would cause
a conflict or interfere with an exhibition, celeb ration, festival, or any other event.
must approve or deny the resubmitted aoolication within 30 days after submission.
Section 25-+64-51016. INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS. The excavation, backfilling, repair and restoration,
and all other work performed in the right-of-way shall be done in conformance with the Brooklyn Center Stan-
dard Design Plates as promulgated by the Director and at a location as required by Section 25-1021.
Section 2549#61017. INSPECTION.
Subdivision 1. Notice of Completion. The permittee shall notify the Director upon the completion of the work
under any permit and at any stage of the work of the project specified in the permit or standard specifications
of the city.
Subdivision 2. Site Inspection. Permittee shall make the work -site available to the Director and to all others as
authorized by law for inspection at all reasonable times during the execution of and upon completion of the work.
Subdivision 3. Authority of Director. At the time of inspection the Director may order the immediate cessation
of any work which poses a serious threat to the life, health, safety or well-being of the public. The Director may
issue an order to the registrant for any work which does not conform to the applicable standard s, conditions or
codes. The order shall state that failure to correct the violation will be cause for revocation of the permit. Within
ten (10) days after issuance of the order, the registrant shall present proof to the Director that the violation has
been corrected. If such proof has not been presented within the required time, the Director may revoke the permit
pursuant to Section 25- 1019.
Section 25-44+i'1018. WORK DONE WITHOUT A PERMIT.
Subdivision 1. Emergency Situations. Each registrant shall immediately notify the Director of any event re-
garding its facilities which it considers to be an emergency. The registrant may proceed to take whatever actions
are necessary to respond to the emergency. Within two business days after the occurrence of the emergency
the registrant shall apply for the necessary permits, pay the fees associated therewith and fulfill the rest of the
requirements necessary to bring itself into compliance with this Right -of -Way Management Ordinance for the
actions it took in response to the emergency.
If the Director becomes aware of an emergency regarding a registrant's equipment, the Director may attempt
to contact the local representative of each registrant affected, or potentially affected, by the emergency. In any
event, the Director may take whatever action it deems necessary to respond to the emergency, the cost of which
shall be borne by the registrant whose equipment occasioned the emergency.
Subdivision 2. Non -Emergency Situations. Except in an emergency, any person who, without first having
obtained the necessary permit, obstructs or excavates a right-of-way must subsequently obtain a permit, pay
double the normal fee for said permit, deposit with the Director the fees necessary to correct any damage to the
right-of-way and comply with all of the requirements of this Right -of -Way Management Ordinance.
Section 2549+81019. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTIFICATION. If the obstruction or excavation of the right-of-way
begins later or ends sooner than the date given on the permit, permittee shall notify the Director of the accurate
information as soon as this information is known.
Section 25-46461020. REVOCATION OF PERMITS.
Subdivision 1. Substantial Breach. The City reserves its right, as provided herein, to revoke any right-of-way
permit, without a fee refund, if there is a substantial breach of the terms and conditions of any statute, ordinance,
rule or regulation, or any condition of the permit. A substantial breach by permittee shall include, but shall not
be limited to, the following:
a. The violation of any material provision of the right-of-way permit;
b. An evasion or attempt to evade any material provision of the right-of-way permit, or the perpetration or
attempt to perpetrate any fraud or deceit upon the City or its citizens;
c. Any material misrepresentation of fact in the application for a right-of-way permit;
d. The failure to complete the work in a timely manner; unless a permit extension is obtained or unless the
failure to complete work is due to reason's beyond a Permittee's control; or
e. The failure to correct in a timely manner a condition indicated on an order issued pursuant to Section 25-
1016.
Subdivision 2. Written Notice of Breach. If the Directqr determines that the permittee has committed a sub-
stantial breach of a term or condition of any statute, ordinance, rule, regulation or any condition of the permit the
Director shall make a written demand upon the permittee to remedy such violation. The demand shall state that
continued violations may be cause for revocation of the permit. Further, a substantial breach, as stated above,
will allow the Director, at his or her discretion, to place additional or revised conditions on the permit.
Subdivision 3. Response to Notice of Breach. Within twenty-four (24) hours of receiving notification of the
breach, permittee shall contact the Director with a plan, acceptable to the Director, for its correction. Permittee's
failure to so contact the Director, or the permittee's failure to submit an acceptable plan, or permittee's failure to
reasonably implement the approved plan, shall be cause for immediate revocation of the permit.
Subdivision 4. Reimbursement of City Costs. If a permit is revoked, the permittee shall also reimburse the city
for the city's reasonable costs, including restoration costs and the costs of collection and reasonable attorneys'
fees incurred in connection with such revocation.
Section 25-46261021. MAPPING DATA.
Subdivision 1. Information Required. Except as provided in Subdivision 2 of this Section, each registrant shall
provide to the Director information indicating the horizontal and vertical location, relative to the boundaries of
the right-of-way, of all facilities which it owns or over which it has control and which is located in any right-of-
way ("Mapping Data"). Mapping Data shall be provided with the specificity and in the format requested by the
Director for inclusion in the mapping system used by the Director.
Within six (6) months after the acquisition, installation, or construction of additional facilities or any relocation,
abandonment, or disuse of existing facilities, each registrant shall supplement the Mapping Data required herein.
Each registrant shall, within six (6) months after the date of passage of this Right -of -Way Management Or-
dinance, submit a plan to the Director specifying in detail the steps it will take to comply with the requirements
of this Section. Said plan shall provide for the submission of all Mapping Data for the City as early as may be
reasonable and practical, but not later than five (5) years after the date of passage of this Right -of -Way Man-
agement Ordinance.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Mapping Data shall be submitted by all registrants for all facilities which is to
be installed or constructed after the date of passage of this Right -of -Way Management Ordinance at the time
any permits are sought under these ordinances.
After six (6) months after the passage of this Right -of -Way Management Ordinance, a new registrant, or a
registrant which has not submitted a plan as required above, shall submit complete and accurate Mapping Data
for all its facilities at the time any permits are sought under these ordinances.
Subdivision 2. Telecommunication Equipment. Information on existing facilities and facilities of telecommuni-
cations right-of-way users need only be supplied in the form maintained by the telecommunications right-of-way
user.
Subdivision 3. Trade Secret Information. At the request of any registrant, any information requested by the
Director, which qualifies as a "trade -secret" under Minnesota Statutes 3 13.37(b) shall be treated as trade secret
information as detailed therein. With respect to the provision of mapping data, the city may consider unique
circumstances from time to time required to obtain mapping data.
Section 25-#92-1.1022. LOCATION OF FACILITIES.
Subdivision 1. Undergrounding. Unless otherwise permitted by Minnesota Statutes, Section, 216B.36, new
construction, the installation of new facilities and the replacement of old facilities shall be done underground or
contained within buildings or other structures in conformity with applicable codes, except that the Director may
approve above ground location and installation that the Director has determined cannot reasonably be placed
underground due to expense, nature, or function if there are no unreasonable safety, maintenance, or aesthetic
concerns or conflicts with the current use of right -of way.
Subdivision 2. Corridors. The Director may assign specific corridors within the right-of-way, or any particular
segment thereof as may be necessary, for each type of facilities that is or, pursuant to current technology, the
Director expects will someday be located within the right-of-way. All excavation, obstruction, or other permits
issued by the Director involving the installation or replacement of facilities shall designate the proper corridor for
the facilities at issue .
The City may not require the relocation of existing underground facilities except in the event the City institutes
a street improvement project, lawfully imitated and conducted by the City on its own behalf, which necessarily
results in a substantial change of elevation and grade for a particular location. In such event, all affected utilities
shall be relocated in a manner which minimizes the technical and financial impact to each utility . The City may
establish a high density corridor for telecommunications facilities in a manner consistent with the rules and reg-
ulations of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission.
Subdivision 3. Limitation of Space. To protect health and safety, the Director shall have the power to pro-
hibit or limit the placement of new or additional facilities within the right-of-way if there is insufficient space to
accommodate all of the requests of registrants or persons to occupy and use the right-of-way. In making such
decisions, the Director shall strive to the extent possible to accommodate all existing and potential users of the
right-of-way, but shall be guided primarily by considerations of the public interest, the public's needs for the
particular utility service, the condition of the right-of-way, the time of year with respect to essential utilities, the
protection of existing facilities in the right-of-way, and future City plans for public improvements and develop-
ment projects which have been determined to be in the public interest.
Section 25-40-2-21023. RELOCATION OF EQUIPMENT. A Registrant must promptly and at its own expense,
with due regard for seasonal working conditions, permanently remove and relocate its facilities and facilities in
the right-of-way whenever the director requests such removal and relocation, and shall restore the right-of-way
to the same condition it was in prior to said removal or relocation.
The director may make such request to prevent interference by the Company's equipment or facilities with
(1) a present or future City use of the right-of-way, (ii) a public improvement undertaken by the City, (iii) an eco-
nomic development project in which the City has an interest or investment, (iv) when the public health, safety
and welfare require it, or (v) when necessary to prevent interference with the safety and convenience of ordinary
travel over the right-of-way.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a person shall not be required to remove or relocate its facilities from any
right-of-way which has been vacated in favor of a non-governmental entity unless and until the reasonable costs
thereof are first paid to the person therefor.
Section 25-46231024. PRE -EXCAVATION EQUIPMENT LOCATION. In addition to complying with the require-
ments of Minnesota Statutes §§ 216D.01-.09 ("One Call Excavation Notice System") before the start date of any
right-of-way excavation, each registrant who has facilities in the area to be excavated shall mark the horizontal
and approximate vertical placement of all said facilities. Any registrant whose facilities are less that twenty (20)
inches below a concrete or asphalt surface shall notify and work closely with the excavation contractor to estab-
lish the exact location of its facilities and the best procedure for excavation.
Section 2546241025. DAMAGE TO OTHER EQUIPMENT. When the Director does work in the right-of-way
and finds it necessary to maintain, support, or move a registrant's facilities to protect it, the Director shall notify
the local representative as early as is reasonably possible. The costs associated therewith will be billed to that
registrant and must be paid within thirty (30) days from the date of billing.
Each registrant shall be responsible for the cost of repairing any facilities in the right-of-way which it or its
facilities damages. Each registrant shall be responsible for the cost of repairing any damage to the facilities of
another registrant caused during the City's response to an emergency occasioned by that registrant's facilities.
Section 25-49251026. RIGHT-OF-WAY VACATION.
Subdivision 1. Reservation of Right. If the City vacates a right-of-way which contains the facilities of a regis-
trant, and if the vacation does not require the relocation of registrant or permittee facilities, the City shall reserve,
to and for itself and all registrants having facilities in the vacated right-of-way, the right to install, maintain and
operate any facilities in the vacated right-of-way and to enter upon such right-of-way at any time for the purpose
of reconstructing, inspecting, maintaining or repairing the same.
Subdivision 2. Relocation of Facilities. If the vacation requires the relocation of registrant or permittee facil-
ities; and (a) if the vacation proceedings are initiated by the registrant or permittee, the registrant or permittee
must pay the relocation costs; or (b) if the vacation proceedings are initiated by the city, the registrant or permit-
tee must pay the relocation costs unless otherwise agreed to by the city and the registrant or permittee ; or (c) if
the vacation proceedings are initiated by a person or persons other than the registrant or permittee, such other
person or persons must pay the relocation costs.
Section 25-9$261027. INDEMNIFICATION AND LIABILITY.
Subdivision 1. Limitation Liability. By reason of the acceptance of a registration or the grant of a right-of-way
permit, the City does not assume any liability (a) for injuries to persons, damage to property, or loss of service
claims by parties other than the registrant or the City, or (b) for claims or penalties of any sort resulting from the
installation, presence, maintenance, or operation of facilities by registrants or activities of registrants.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Section. 25-4944 1012. JOINT APPLICATIONS.
Subdivision 1. Joint Application . Registrants may jointly apply for permits to excavate or obstruct the right-
of-way at the same place and time.
Subdivision 2. With City Projects. Registrants who join in a scheduled obstruction or excavation performed
by the Director, whether or not it is a joint application by two or more registrants or a single application, are not
required to pay the obstruction portion of the permit fee for that part of the work which falls within the city project
construction limits. The obstruction portion of the fee will be required for work which occurs outside of the city
project construction limits and for work within such construction limits which is not completed by the city project
completion date.
Subdivision 3. Shared Fees. Registrants who apply for permits for the same obstruction or excavation, which
the Director does not perform, may share in the payment of the obstruction or excavation permit fee. Registrants
must agree among themselves as to the portion each will pay and indicate the same on their applications.
Section 2544942 1013. SUPPLEMENTARY APPLICATIONS.
Subdivision 1. Limitation on Area. A right-of-way permit is valid only for the area of the right-of-way specified
in the permit, which shall not exceed one (1) lineal mile of right-of-way. No permittee may do any work outside
the area specified in the permit, except as provided herein. Any permittee which determines that an area greater
than that specified in the permit must be obstructed or excavated must before working in that greater area (i)
make application for a permit extension and pay any additional fees required thereby, and (ii) be granted a new
permit or permit extension. The total area for which a permittee shall be permitted at any one time, pursuant to
multiple permits or permit extensions, shall not exceed three (3) lineal miles of right-of-way.
Subdivision 2. Limitation on Dates. A right-of-way permit is valid only for the dates specified in the permit.
No permittee may begin its work before the permit start date or, except as provided herein, continue working
after the end date. If a permittee does not finish the work by the permit end date, it must apply for a new permit
for the additional time it needs, and receive the new permit or an extension of the old permit before working after
the end date of the previous permit. This supplementary application must be done before the permit end date.
Section 254&1-3 1014. OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Subdivision 1. Compliance With Other Laws. Obtaining a right-of-way permit does not relieve permittee of
its duty to obtain all other necessary permits, licenses, and authority and to pay all fees required by any other
City, County, State, or Federal rules, laws or regulations. A permittee shall comply with all requirements of local,
state and federal laws, including Minnesota Statutes §§ 216D.01 -.09 ("One Call Excavation Notice System"). A
permittee shall perform all work in conformance with all applicable codes and established rules and regulations,
and is responsible for all work done in the right-of-way pursuant to its permit, regardless of who does the work.
Subdivision 2. Prohibited Work. Except in an emergency, and with the approval of the Director, no right-of-
way obstruction or excavation may be done when seasonally prohibited or when conditions are unreasonable
for such work.
Subdivision 3. Interference with Right -of -Way. A permittee shall not so obstruct a right-of-way that the natural
free and clear passage of water through the gutters or other waterways shall be interfered with. Private vehicles
may not be parked within or next to a permit area unless authorized by the Director. The loading or unloading of
trucks next to a permit area is prohibited unless specifically authorized by the permit.
Section 25-994 1015. DENIAL OF PERMIT.
Subdivision 1. The Director may deny a permit for failure to meet the requirements and conditions of this
Right -of -Way Management Ordinance, if the Director determines that denial is necessary to protect the public
health, safety and welfare, to prevent interference with the safety and convenience of ordinary travel over the
right-of-way or when necessary to protect the right of -way and its current use. The Director, in his/her discretion,
may consider factors including:
a. the extent to which right-of-way space where the permit is sought if available;
b. the competing demands for the particular space in the right-of-way;
c. the availability of other locations in the right-of-way or in other rights-of-way for the equipment of the permit
application;
d. the applicability of ordinance or other regulations of the right-of-way that affect location of equipment in
the right-of-way;
e. the degree of compliance of the applicant with the terms and conditions of its franchise, this Right -of -Way
Management Ordinance, and other applicable ordinances and regulations;
f. the degree of disruption to surrounding communities and businesses that will result from the use of that
part of the right-of-way;
g. the condition and age of the right-of-way, and whether and when it is scheduled for total or partial recon-
struction ; and
h. the balancing of the costs of disruption to the public and damage to the right-of-way, against the benefits
to that part of the public served by the expansion into additional parts of the right-of-way.
I. If, in the discretion of the Director, the issuance of a permit for the particular date and/or time would cause
a conflict or interfere with an exhibition, celeb ration, festival, or any other event.
Section 2549}51016. INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS. The excavation, backfilling, repair and restoration,
and all other work performed in the right-of-way shall be done in conformance with the Brooklyn Center Stan-
dard Design Plates as promulgated by the Director and at a location as required by Section 25-1021.
Section 2549461017. INSPECTION.
Subdivision 1. Notice of Completion. The permittee shall notify the Director upon the completion of the work
under any permit and at any stage of the work of the project specified in the permit or standard specifications
of the city.
Subdivision 2. Site Inspection. Permittee shall make the work -site available to the Director and to all others as
authorized by law for inspection at all reasonable times during the execution of and upon completion of the work.
Subdivision 3. Authority of Director. At the time of inspection the Director may order the immediate cessation
of any work which poses a serious threat to the life, health, safety or well-being of the public. The Director may
issue an order to the registrant for any work which does not conform to the applicable standard s, conditions or
codes. The order shall state that failure to correct the violation will be cause for revocation of the permit. Within
ten (10) days after issuance of the order, the registrant shall present proof to the Director that the violation has
been corrected. If such proof has not been presented within the required time, the Director may revoke the permit
pursuant to Section 25- 1019.
Section 25-49#1018 WORK DONE WITHOUT A PERMIT.
Subdivision 1. Emergency Situations. Each registrant shall immediately notify the Director of any event re-
garding its facilities which it considers to be an emergency. The registrant may proceed to take whatever actions
are necessary to respond to the emergency. Within two business days after the occurrence of the emergency
the registrant shall apply for the necessary permits, pay the fees associated therewith and fulfill the rest of the
requirements necessary to bring itself into compliance with this Right -of -Way Management Ordinance for the
actions it took in response to the emergency.
If the Director becomes aware of an emergency regarding a registrant's equipment, the Director may attempt
to contact the local representative of each registrant affected, or potentially affected, by the emergency. In any
event, the Director may take whatever action it deems necessary to respond to the emergency, the cost of which
shall be borne by the registrant whose equipment occasioned the emergency.
Subdivision 2. Non -Emergency Situations. Except in an emergency, any person who, without first having
obtained the necessary permit, obstructs or excavates a right-of-way must subsequently obtain a permit, pay
double the normal fee for said permit, deposit with the Director the fees necessary to correct any damage to the
right-of-way and comply with all of the requirements of this Right -of -Way Management Ordinance.
Section 2548}81019. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTIFICATION. if the obstruction or excavation of the right-of-way
begins later or ends sooner than the date given on the permit, permittee shall notify the Director of the accurate
information as soon as this information is known.
Section 25-49491020. REVOCATION OF PERMITS.
Subdivision 1. Substantial Breach. The City reserves its right, as provided herein, to revoke any right-of-way
permit, without a fee refund, if there is a substantial breach of the terms and conditions of any statute, ordinance,
rule or regulation, or any condition of the permit. A substantial breach by permittee shall include, but shall not
be limited to, the following:
a. The violation of any material provision of the right-of-way permit;
b. An evasion or attempt to evade any material provision of the right-of-way permit, or the perpetration or
attempt to perpetrate any fraud or deceit upon the City or its citizens;
c. Any material misrepresentation of fact in the application for a right-of-way permit;
d. The failure to complete the work in a timely manner; unless a permit extension is obtained or unless the
failure to complete work is due to reason's beyond a Permittee's control; or
e. The failure to correct in a timely manner a condition indicated on an order issued pursuant to Section 25-
1016.
Subdivision 2. Written Notice of Breach. If the Director determines that the permittee has committed a sub-
stantial breach of a term or condition of any statute, ordinance, rule, regulation or any condition of the permit the
Director shall make a written demand upon the permittee to remedy such violation. The demand shall state that
continued violations may be cause for revocation of the permit. Further, a substantial breach, as stated above,
will allow the Director, at his or her discretion, to place additional or revised conditions on the permit.
Subdivision 3. Response to Notice of Breach. Within twenty-four (24) hours of receiving notification of the
breach, permittee shall contact the Director with a plan, acceptable to the Director, for its correction. Permittee's
failure to so contact the Director, or the permittee's failure to submit an acceptable plan, or permittee's failure to
reasonably implement the approved plan, shall be cause for immediate revocation of the permit.
Subdivision 4. Reimbursement of City Costs. If a permit is revoked, the permittee shall also reimburse the city
for the city's reasonable costs, including restoration costs and the costs of collection and reasonable attorneys'
fees incurred in connection with such revocation.
Section 25-44291021. MAPPING DATA.
Subdivision 1. Information Required. Except as provided in Subdivision 2 of this Section, each registrant shall
provide to the Director information indicating the horizontal and vertical location, relative to the boundaries of
the right-of-way, of all facilities which it owns or over which it has control and which is located in any right-of-
way ("Mapping Data"). Mapping Data shall be provided with the specificity and in the format requested by the
Director for inclusion in the mapping system used by the Director.
Within six (6) months after the acquisition, installation, or construction of additional facilities or any relocation,
abandonment, or disuse of existing facilities, each registrant shall supplement the Mapping Data required herein.
Each registrant shall, within six (6) months after the date of passage of this Right -of -Way Management Or-
dinance, submit a plan to the Director specifying in detail the steps it will take to comply with the requirements
of this Section. Said plan shall provide for the submission of all Mapping Data for the City as early as may be
reasonable and practical, but not later than five (5) years after the date of passage of this Right -of -Way Man-
agement Ordinance.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Mapping Data shall be submitted by all registrants for all facilities which is to
be installed or constructed after the date of passage of this Right -of -Way Management Ordinance at the time
any permits are sought under these ordinances.
After six (6) months after the passage of this Right -of -Way Management Ordinance, a new registrant, or a
registrant which has not submitted a plan as required above, shall submit complete and accurate Mapping Data
for all its facilities at the time any permits are sought under these ordinances.
Subdivision 2. Telecommunication Equipment. Information on existing facilities and facilities of telecommuni-
cations right-of-way users need only be supplied in the form maintained by the telecommunications right-of-way
user.
Subdivision 3. Trade Secret Information. At the request of any registrant, any information requested by the
Director, which qualifies as a "trade -secret" under Minnesota Statutes 3 13.37(b) shall be treated as trade secret
information as detailed therein. With respect to the provision of mapping data, the city may consider unique
circumstances from time to time required to obtain mapping data.
Section 2548.2x+1022. LOCATION OF FACILITIES.
Subdivision 1. Undergrounding. Unless otherwise permitted by Minnesota Statutes, Section, 216B.36, new
construction, the installation of new facilities and the replacement of old facilities shall be done underground or
contained within buildings or other structures in conformity with applicable codes, except that the Director may
approve above ground location and installation that the Director has determined cannot reasonably be placed
underground due to expense, nature, or function if there are no unreasonable safety, maintenance, or aesthetic
concerns or conflicts with the current use of right -of way.
Subdivision 2. Corridors. The Director may assign specific corridors within the right-of-way, or any particular
segment thereof as may be necessary, for each type of facilities that is or, pursuant to current technology, the
Director expects will someday be located within the right-of-way. All excavation, obstruction, or other permits
issued by the Director involving the installation or replacement of facilities shall designate the proper corridor for
the facilities at issue .
The City may not require the relocation of existing underground facilities except in the event the City institutes
a street improvement project, lawfully imitated and conducted by the City on its own behalf, which necessarily
results in a substantial change of elevation and grade for a particular location. In such event, all affected utilities
shall be relocated in a manner which minimizes the technical and financial impact to each utility . The City may
establish a high density corridor for telecommunications facilities in a manner consistent with the rules and reg-
ulations of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission.
Subdivision 3. Limitation of Space. To protect health and safety, the Director shall have the power to pro-
hibit or limit the placement of new or additional facilities within the right-of-way if there is insufficient space to
accommodate all of the requests of registrants or persons to occupy and use the right-of-way. In making such
decisions, the Director shall strive to the extent possible to accommodate all existing and potential users of the
right-of-way, but shall be guided primarily by considerations of the public interest, the public's needs for the
particular utility service, the condition of the right-of-way, the time of year with respect to essential utilities, the
protection of existing facilities in the right-of-way, and future City plans for public improvements and develop-
ment projects which have been determined to be in the public interest.
Section 25-40221023. RELOCATION OF EQUIPMENT. A Registrant must promptly and at its own expense,
with due regard for seasonal working conditions, permanently remove and relocate its facilities and facilities in
the right-of-way whenever the director requests such removal and relocation, and shall restore the right-of-way
to the same condition it was in prior to said removal or relocation.
The director may make such request to prevent interference by the Company's equipment or facilities with
(1) a present or future City use of the right-of-way, (ii) a public improvement undertaken by the City, (iii) an eco-
nomic development project in which the City has an interest or investment, (iv) when the public health, safety
and welfare require it, or (v) when necessary to prevent interference with the safety and convenience of ordinary
travel over the right-of-way.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a person shall not be required to remove or relocate its facilities from any
right-of-way which has been vacated in favor of a non-governmental entity unless and until the reasonable costs
thereof are first paid to the person therefor.
Section 25-46281024. PRE -EXCAVATION EQUIPMENT LOCATION. In addition to complying with the require-
ments of Minnesota Statutes §§ 216D.01-.09 ("One Call Excavation Notice System") before the start date of any
right-of-way excavation, each registrant who has facilities in the area to be excavated shall mark the horizontal
and approximate vertical placement of all said facilities. Any registrant whose facilities are less that twenty (20)
inches below a concrete or asphalt surface shall notify and work closely with the excavation contractor to estab-
lish the exact location of its facilities and the best procedure for excavation.
Section 2549241025. DAMAGE TO OTHER EQUIPMENT. When the Director does work in the right-of-way
and finds it necessary to maintain, support, or move a registrant's facilities to protect it, the Director shall notify
the local representative as early as is reasonably possible. The costs associated therewith will be billed to that
registrant and must be paid within thirty (30) days from the date of billing.
Each registrant shall be responsible for the cost of repairing any facilities in the right-of-way which it or its
facilities damages. Each registrant shall be responsible for the cost of repairing any damage to the facilities of
another registrant caused during the City's response to an emergency occasioned by that registrant's facilities.
Section 25-10251026. RIGHT-OF-WAY VACATION.
Subdivision 1. Reservation of Right. If the City vacates a right-of-way which contains the facilities of a regis-
trant, and if the vacation does not require the relocation of registrant or permittee facilities, the City shall reserve,
to and for itself and all registrants having facilities in the vacated right-of-way, the right to install, maintain and
operate any facilities in the vacated right-of-way and to enter upon such right-of-way at any time for the purpose
of reconstructing, inspecting, maintaining or repairing the same.
Subdivision 2. Relocation of Facilities. If the vacation requires the relocation of registrant or permittee facil-
ities; and (a) if the vacation proceedings are initiated by the registrant or permittee, the registrant or permittee
must pay the relocation costs; or (b) if the vacation proceedings are initiated by the city, the registrant or permit-
tee must pay the relocation costs unless otherwise agreed to by the city and the registrant or permittee ; or (c) if
the vacation proceedings are initiated by a person or persons other than the registrant or permittee, such other
person or persons must pay the relocation costs.
Section 2 5-49261 02 7. INDEMNIFICATION AND LIABILITY.
Subdivision 1. Limitation Liability. By reason of the acceptance of a registration or the grant of a right-of-way
permit, the City does not assume any liability (a) for injuries to persons, damage to property, or loss of service
claims by parties other than the registrant or the City, or (b) for claims or penalties of any sort resulting from the
installation, presence, maintenance, or operation of facilities by registrants or activities of registrants.
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Subdivision 1. Operations. Each registrant shall, at the time of registration and by December 1 of each year,
file a construction and major maintenance plan with the Director. Such plan shall be submitted using a format
designated by the Director and shall contain the information determined by the Director to be necessary to facili-
tate the coordination and reduction in the frequency of excavations and obstructions of rights-of-way. Reporting
shall not be required for projects which are to be undertaken only in conjunction with city projects.
The plan shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:
a. The locations and the estimated beginning and ending dates of all Projects to be commenced during the
next calendar year (in this Section, a "Next -year Project"); and
b. The tentative locations and estimated beginning and ending dates for all Projects contemplated for the five
years following the next calendar year (in this Section, a "Five Year Project").
The term "project" in this Section shall include both Next -year Projects and Five-year Projects. By January 1
of each year the Director will have available for inspection in the Director's office a composite list of all Projects of
which the Director has been informed in the annual plans. All registrants are responsible for keeping themselves
informed of the current status of this list.
Thereafter, by February 1, each registrant may change any Project in its list of Next -year Projects, and must
notify the Director and all other registrants of all such changes in said list. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a reg-
istrant may at any time join in a Next -year Project of another registrant listed by the other registrant.
Subdivision 2. Additional Next -year Projects. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Director may, for good cause
shown, allow a registrant to submit additional Next -year Projects. Good cause includes, but is not limited to, the
criteria set forth in Section 25-44+41915 concerning the discretionary issuance of permits.
Section 25-1006. PERMIT REQUIREMENT.
Subdivision 1. Permit Required. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, no person may obstruct or exca-
vate any right-of-way, or install or place facilities in the right-of-way, without first having obtained the appropriate
right-of-way permit from the Director to do so.
a. Excavation permit. An excavation permit is required by a registrant to excavate that part of the right-of-way
described in such permit and to hinder free and open passage over the specified portion of the right-of-way by
placing equipment described therein, to the extent and for the duration specified therein.
b. Obstruction permit. An obstruction permit is required by a registrant to hinder free and open passage over
the specified portion of right-of-way by placing facilities described therein on the right-of-way, to the extent and
for the duration specified therein. An Obstruction Permit is not required if a Person already possesses a valid
Excavation Permit for the same work period.
c. Small wireless facility permit. A small wireless facility permit is reauired by a reaistrant to erect or install a
wireless support structure. to collocate a small wireless facility, or to otherwise install a small wireless facility in
the specified portion of the riaht-of-way, to the extent specified therein. provided that such permit shall remain
in effect for the lenath of time the facility is in use, unless lawfully revoked.
d. Exceptions. A permit shall not be required for:
s 1. Signs
b: 2. Mailboxes
e-3. Street furnishings
d: 4. Bus stop benches
e- 5. Bus stop shelter
f: fuse by private landowners of utility easement areas for Facilities that are not inconsistent with the rights
of parties entitled to use the easement
Subdivision 2. Permit Extensions. No person may work in or obstruct the right-of-way beyond the date speci-
fied in the permit or do any work beyond that specified in the permit unless such person makes a supplementary
application for an extension or modification of the work specified in the permit before expiration of the permit,
pays a permit extension fee and is granted a permit extension by the Director. The Director may extend the
completion of scope of the work if the specified work could not be done because of circumstances beyond the
control of the permit holder.
Subdivision 3. Delay Penalty. Notwithstanding Subdivision 2 of this Section, even if a new permit or permit
extension is granted, the Director shall establish and impose a delay penalty for unreasonable delays in right-of-
way excavation, obstruction, repair, or restoration.
Subdivision 4. Permit Display. Permits issued under this Chapter shall be conspicuously displayed at all times
at the indicated work site and shall be available for inspection by the Director.
Subdivision 5. Antenna Support Structures. Except as otherwise provided. Nno permits will be issued for
the erection of structures in the right-of-way for the sole purpose of supporting telecommunications antennas.
Permits may be granted for the attachment of telecommunication antennas and ancillary wires and accessories
to existing structures in the right-of-way, subject to the following conditions:
a. The height of the antenna and related equipment may not extend more than six feet above the top of the
previously existing support structure, and
b. No antennas may be permitted that have associated or ancillary on -ground equipment in any residential
district of the City, and
c. The permission of the owner must be demonstrated, and
d. Design and location of facilities are subject to review and approval of the Director.
Section 25-1007. PERMIT APPLICATIONS. Application for a permit is made to the Director. Right-of-way
permit applications shall contain, and will be considered complete only upon compliance with the requirements
of the following provisions:
a. Registration with the Director pursuant to this Chapter;
b. Submission of a completed permit application form, including all required attachments, and scaled draw-
ings showing the specific location and area of the proposed project and the detailed location of all existing and
proposed equipment;
c. Payment of all money due to the City for
1. permit fees and costs, and any required deposit;
2. prior obstructions or excavations;
3. any undisputed loss, damage, or expense suffered by the City because of applicant's prior excavations or
obstructions of the rights-of-way or any emergency actions taken by the City;
4. franchise fees, if applicable.
d. When an excavation permit is requested for purposes of installing additional facilities, and the posting of
a construction performance bond for the additional facilities is insufficient, the posting of an additional or larger
construction performance bond for the additional facilities may be required.
Section 25-1008, ISSUANCE OF PERMIT; CONDITIONS.
Subdivision 1. Permit Issuance. If the Director determines that the applicant has satisfied the requirements of
this Chapter, the Director shall issue a permit.
Subdivision 2. Conditions. The Director may impose reasonable conditions upon the issuance of the permit
and the performance of the applicant thereunder to protect the public health, safety and welfare, to ensure the
structural integrity of the right-of-way, to protect the property and safety of other users of the right-of-way, and
to minimize the disruption and inconvenience to the traveling public.
Subdivision 3. Small Wireless Facility Conditions. In addition to subdivision 2. the erection or installation of
a wireless support structure, the collocation of a small wireless facility, or other installation of a small wireless
facility in the riaht-of-way, shall be subject to the all of the followina conditions:
a. A small wireless facility shall only be collocated on the particular wireless support structure. under those
attachment specifications, and at the heiaht indicated in the applicable permit application.
b. No new wireless support structure installed within the riaht-of-way shall exceed 50 feet in heiaht without
the city's written authorization, provided that the city may impose a lower heiaht limit in the applicable permit to
protect the public health, safety and welfare or to protect the riaht-of-way and its current use, and further provid-
ed that a reaistrant may replace an existina wireless su000rt structure exceeding 50 feet in heiaht with a struc-
ture of the same heiaht subject to such conditions or reauirements as may be imposed in the applicable permit.
c. No wireless facility may extend more than 10 feet above its wireless supoort structure.
d. Where an applicant proposes to install a new wireless suoport structure in the riaht-of-way, the city max
impose separation reauirements between such structure and any existina wireless su000rt structure or other
facilities in and around the riaht-of-way.
e. Where an applicant proposes collocation on a decorative wireless su000rt structure, sign or other structure
not intended to supoort small wireless facilities, the city may impose reasonable reauirements to accommodate
wireless su000rt structure owned or controlled by the city. or any other city asset in the riaht-of-way, after the
,applicant has executed a standard small wireless facility collocation aareement with the city. The standard col-
location aareement may reauire payment of the followina:
a. Up to $150 per year for rent to collocate on the city structure:
b. $25 per year for maintenance associated with the collocation:
c. A monthly fee for electrical service as follows:
2. $182 oer radio node over 100 maximum watts: or
3. The actual costs of electricity, if the actual cost exceed the foreaoina,
then -existing agreement between the city and applicant.
Subdivision 5. Standards for Construction or Installation. The requirements and standards for facility con-
struction or installation are contained in the General Requirements as specified by the Director. The Director may
assign or prohibit specific locations for facilities within the right-of-way, or any particular segment thereof, angL
may limit the height of above -ground facilities. All excavation, obstruction, or other permits issued by the Direc-
tor involving the installation or replacement of facilities shall designate the proper location for the facility at issue.
The Director may deny a permit application, as provided in Section 25 1044 1014, in the event the proposed
location of such facilities is not consistent with the location required by the Director. The Director may revoke a
permit, as provided in Section 25-1019, in the event the facilities are installed in a location that is inconsistent
with the location designated in the applicable permit.
Any registrant whose facilities were previously located in the right-of-way in a position at variance with the
locations established by the Director shall, no later than at the time of the next reconstruction or excavation of
the area where its facilities are located, move that facility to its assigned position within the right-of-way, unless
this requirement is waived by the Director for good cause shown, upon consideration of such factors as the
remaining economic life of the facilities, public safety, customer service needs and hardship to the registrant.
Subdivision 2. Consolidated Apolications. An applicant may file a consolidated small wireless facility permit
application addressing the proposed collocation of uo to 15 small wireless facilities. or a areater number if
agreed to by a local aovernment unit, provided that all small wireless facilities in the application:
a. Are located within a two-mile radius:
facilities in the application.
Subdivision 3. Tollina of Deadline. The 90 -day deadline for action on a small wireless facility permit applica-
tion may be tolled if:
a The city receives applications from one or more aoolicants seeking approval of permits for more than 30
small wireless facilities within a seven-day period In such case the city may extend the deadline for all such
Section 2540%1010. PERMIT FEES.
Subdivision 1. Excavation Permit Fee. The Excavation Permit Fee shall be established by the Director in an
amount designed to recover the City Management Costs.
Subdivision 2. Obstruction Permit Fee. The Obstruction Permit Fee shall be established by the director and
shall be in an amount designed to recover the City Management Cost.
Subdivision 3 Small Wireless Facility Permit Fee. The city shall impose a small wireless facility permit fee in
an amount sufficient to recover:
a. Management costs: and
b City enaineering make-ready, and construction costs associated with collocation of small wireless facil-
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Subdivision 4. Deposit. The Director may require that a permit application be accompanied by a deposit,
in addition to the Permit Fee and Construction Performance Bond, in an amount established by the Director in
order to offset any City costs that exceed the amount covered by the Permit Fee. Such additional City costs may
include, but are not limited to, inspection costs for consultants or independent contractors, legal fees, and other
out of pocket expenses, degradation costs, or restoration costs. The permit fee will cover City staff time spent in
the administration of the permit process and in inspection activities.
The Director may require an applicant to submit a single deposit in an amount intended to cover all City costs
which the Director determines may be incurred during the subsequent twelve (12) month period based on an
applicant's construction and major maintenance plan filed in accordance with Section 25- 1005. The Director
shall approve all expenses charged against the deposit, and the unused portion thereof shall be returned to the
applicant. The Director may periodically require that the deposit amount be replenished as expenses are charged
against the deposit. The permit application shall further state that the applicant agrees to reimburse the City for
any City costs incurred by the City in excess of the amount of the deposit.
Subdivision 5. Payment of Permit Fees. No excavation permit or obstruction permit shall be issued without
payment of such fees before the issuance of such a permit.
Subdivision 6. Non refundable. Permit fees that were paid for a permit that the Director has revoked for a
breach as stated in Section 25-1019 are not refundable.
Subdivision 7. Use of Permit Fees. All obstruction, and excavation, and small wireless facility permit fees shall
be used solely for city management, construction, maintenance and repair costs of the right-of-way.
Section 2549#0 1011. RIGHT-OF-WAY REPAIR AND RESTORATION.
Subdivision 1. Timing. The work to be done under the excavation permit, and the repair and restoration of
the right-of-way as required herein, must be completed within the dates specified in the permit, increased by as
many days as work could not be done as determined by the Director because of extraordinary circumstances
beyond the control of the permittee or when work was prohibited as unseasonal or unreasonable under Section
25-1003.
In addition to repairing its own work, the permittee must restore the general area of the work, and the sur-
rounding areas, including the paving and its foundations, to the same condition that existed before the com-
mencement of the work and must inspect the area of the work and use reasonable care to maintain the same
condition for twelve (12) months following acceptance by the city.
Subdivision 2. Repair and Restoration. Permittee shall repair and restore its own work. The permittee shall at
the time of application for an excavation permit post a construction performance bond in an amount determined
by the Director to be sufficient to cover the cost of restoring the right-of-way to its pre -excavation condition. If,
twelve (12) months after completion of the restoration of the right-of-way, the Director determines that the right-
of-way has been properly restored, the surety on the construction performance bond shall be released. Permit-
tees with whom the City has a current franchise agreement, or authorized agents, contractors, or subcontractors
of that franchise shall not be required to post a construction performance bond.
Subdivision 3. Standards. The permitted shall perform repairs and restoration according to the standards
and with the materials specified by the Director. The Director shall have the authority to prescribe the manner
and extent of the restoration, and may do so in written procedures of general application or on a case-by-case
basis . The Director in exercising this authority shall be guided by the following standards and considerations.
a. The number, size, depth and duration of the excavations, disruptions or damage to the right-of-way;
b. The traffic volume carried by the right-of-way; the character of the neighborhood surrounding the right-
of-way;
c. The pre -excavation condition of the right-of-way; the remaining life expectancy of the right-of-way affected
by the excavation;
d. Whether the relative cost of the method of restoration to the permittee is in reasonable balance with the
prevention of an accelerated depreciation of the right-of-way that would otherwise result from the excavation,
disturbance or damage to the right-of-way; and
e. The likelihood that the particular method of restoration would be effective in slowing the depreciation of the
right-of-way that would otherwise take place.
Subdivision 4. Guarantees. The permittee guarantees its work and shall maintain it for twelve (12) months
following its completion. During this 12 -month period it shall, upon notification from the Director, correct all res-
toration work to the extent necessary, using the method required by the Director. Said work shall be completed
within five (5) calendar days of the receipt of the notice from the Director, not including days during which work
cannot be done because of circumstances constituting force majeure or days when work is prohibited as unsea-
sonal or unreasonable under Section 25-4943 1014.
Subdivision 5. Failure to Restore. If the Permittee fails to restore the right'of-way in the manner and to the
condition required by the Director, or fails to satisfactorily and timely complete all restoration required by the
Director, the Director at its option may do such work. In that event the permittee shall pay to the City, within
thirty (30) days of billing, the cost of restoring the right-of-way. If permittee fails to pay as required, the city may
exercise its rights under the construction performance bond.
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(...CONTINUED) CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Subdivision 2. Indemnification. By registering with the Director, a registrant agrees, or by accepting a permit
under this Chapter, a permittee is required, to defend, indemnify, and hold the City whole and harmless from
all costs, liabilities, and claims for damages of any kind arising out of the construction, presence, installation,
maintenance, repair or operation of its facilities, or out of any activity undertaken in or near a right-of-way,
whether or not any act or omission complained of is authorized, allowed, or prohibited by a right-of-way permit.
It further agrees that it will not bring, nor cause to be brought, any action, suit or other proceeding claiming
damages, or seeking any other relief against the City for any claim nor for any award arising out of the pres-
ence, installation, maintenance or operation of its facilities, or any activity undertaken in or near a right-of-way,
whether or not the act or omission complained of is authorized, allowed or prohibited by a right-of-way permit.
The foregoing does not indemnify the City for its own negligence except for claims arising out of or alleging
the City's negligence where such negligence arises out of or is primarily related to the presence, installation,
construction, operation, maintenance or repair of said facilities by the registrant or on the registrant's behalf,
including, but not limited to, the issuance of permits and inspection of plans or work. This Section is not, as to
third parties, a waiver of any defense or immunity otherwise available to the registrant or to the City; and the
registrant, in defending any action on behalf of the City, shall be entitled to assert in any action every defense
or immunity that the City could assert in its own behalf To the extent of any inconsistency between this Section
2549261027 and any franchise, the provisions of the franchise shall control.
Section 25-1028. ABANDONED AND UNUSABLE EQUIPMENT.
Subdivision 1, Discontinued Operations. A registrant who has determined to discontinue its operations in
the City must either:
a. Provide information satisfactory to the Director that the registrant's obligations for its facilities in the right-
of-way under this Right -of -Way Management Ordinance have been lawfully assumed by another registrant; or
b. Submit to the Director a proposal and instruments for transferring ownership of its facilities to the City. If
a registrant proceeds under this clause, the City may, at its option:
1. purchase the facilities; or
2. require the registrant, at its own expense, to remove it; or
3. require the registrant to post a bond in an amount sufficient to reimburse the City for reasonably antici-
pated costs to be incurred in removing the facilities.
Subdivision 2. Abandoned Facilities. Facilities of a registrant who fails to comply with Subdivision 1, and
which, for two (2) years, remains unused shall be deemed to be abandoned. Abandoned facilities are deemed
to be a nuisance. The City may exercise any remedies or rights it has at law or in equity, including, but not
limited to, (1) abating the nuisance (ii) taking possession of the facilities and restoring it to a useable condition,
or (iii) requiring removal of the facilities by the registrant, or the registrant's successor in interest.
Subdivision 3. Removal. Any registrant who has unusable and abandoned facilities in any right-of-way shall
remove it from that right-of-way during the next scheduled excavation, unless this requirement is waived by
the Director.
Section 5-102. RESERVATION OF REGULATORY AND POLICE POWERS. A Permittee's or registrant's
rights are subject to the regulatory and police powers of the City to adopt and enforce general ordinances
necessary to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public .
Section -25--_103-0- SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this
Right -of -Way Management Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court or admin-
istrative agency of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct, and independent
provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions thereof. If a regulatory body
or a court of competent jurisdiction should determine by a final, non -appealable order that any permit, right or
registration issued under any portions of this Right -of -Way Management Ordinance is illegal or unenforceable,
then any such permit, right or registration granted or deemed to exist hereunder shall be considered as a re-
vocable permit with a mutual right in either party to terminate without cause upon giving sixty (60) days written
notice to the other. The requirements and conditions of such a revocable permit shall be the same requirements
and conditions as set forth in the permit, right or registration, respectively, except for conditions relating to the
term of the permit and the right of termination. If a permit, right or registration shall be considered a revocable
permit as provided herein, the permittee must acknowledge the authority of the City Council to issue such
revocable permit and the power to revoke it. Nothing in this Right -of -Way Management Ordinance precludes
the city from requiring a franchise agreement with the applicant, as allowed by law, in addition to requirements
set forth herein.
Section 25-1031, APPEALS. Decisions of the Director in the interpretation and enforcement of this Right -
of -Way Management Ordinance may be appealed by the applicant, registrant or permittee to the city council
by serving written notice of a request for an appeal on the City Manager. The City Manager shall thereupon
schedule a public hearing on the appeal before the city council and give notice of the time, place and date of
such hearing to the appealing party no less than ten (10) days prior to the hearing.
Section 25-1032. WAIVER. The Director may waive any or all requirements of Sections 25- 1003 through
25-1005, 25-1006 through 25-1009, and 25-1020 if compliance is not deemed to be reasonably necessary, in
the discretion of the Director, to serve the purposes of this Right -of -Way Management Ordinance. The decision
of the Director not to waive any such requirement is not subject to appeal to the city council. Section 25-1021
may be waived as provided therein. Waiver of provisions of Sections 25-1003 through 25-1005 and 25-1020
may be rescinded by the Director at any time upon written notice to the person subject to the requirement.
Section 3. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be effective after adoption and thirty days following its legal
publication.
Adopted this day of 2018.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Date of Publication:
Effective Date:
(Strkeeut indicates matter to be deleted, double underlined indicates new matter.)
Published in the
Brooklyn Center Sun Post
March 22, 2018
793813, 793818, 793827, 794571