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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 04/19/2018 and the last
insertion being on 04/19/2018.
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 CIC e
Designated Agent
Subscribed and sworn to or affirmed before
me on 04/19/2018 by Darlene MacPherson.
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CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER
NOTICE OF ORDINANCE ADOPTION
ORDINANCE NO. 2018-03
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 de-
leting the strieken 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 unneces-
sary encumbrances. Although the general 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 ob-
structions 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 ser-
vices 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 pro-
vides for recovery of out-of-pocket and projected costs from persons us-
ing 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 25-16261027, City includes its elected officials, officers, em-
ployees and agents.
e. "Collocate" or "Collocation" mpanq to install moi int , .,t.i., ..,,.,t_
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, support-
ing, protecting, or moving user facilities during public right-of-way work;
providing traffic control due to applicant's neglect or inadequate perfor-
mance; determining the adequacy of right-of-way restoration; restoring
work inadequately performed; and revoking right-of-way permits and per-
forming all other tasks required by this Right -of -Way Management Ordi-
nance, 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 Minnesota. Statutes.
Section :-§ 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 disturbance 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 unreason-
able 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 Direc-
tor 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.
I. "Emergency" means a condition that (1) poses a clear and immediate
danger to life or health, or of a significant 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 dis-
turb 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 appli-
cant to cover the costs as provided in Section 2548891010.
q. "Facility_ means any tangible asset in the right-of-way required to
provide Utility Service, but shall not include boulevard plantings or gar-
dens planted or maintained in the right-of-way between a person's prop-
erty 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 desig-
nee of such person or persons, authorized by a registrant to accept ser-
vice and to make decisions for that registrant regarding all matters within
the scope of this Right -of -Way Management Ordinance.
t. "Manaaement Costs" means the actual costs the City incurs in
manaaina its riahts-of-way, includina such costs if incurred, as those
associated with reoisterina applicant � issuing processing. and verify-
ing right-of-way or small wireless facility permit applications: inspecting
Lob sites and restoration projects• maintaining supporting protecting or
moving user facilities during right-of-way work determining the adeguacv
of right-of-wav restoration restorina work inadequately performed after
providina notice and the opportunity to correct the work% and revoking
right-of-way or small wireless facility permits Manaaement costs do not
include oavment by a telecommunication riaht-of-way user for the use of
the richt-of-wav, unreasonable fees of a third -party contractor used by the
City includina fees tied to or based on customer counts access lines or
revenues generated by the right-of-way or for the City, the fees and cost
of litiaation relating to the interpretation of Minnesota Session Laws 1997
Chapter 123: Minnesota Statutes. Sections 237.162 or 237.163: or any or-
dinance enacted under those sections or the City fees and costs related
to appeals taken pursuant to Section 1.30 of this chapter.
u. "Obstruct" means to place any object in a right-of-way so as to hin-
der free and open passage over that or any part of the right-of-way.
v. "Obstruction Permit" means the permit which must be obtained be-
fore 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 regis-
trant to cover the costs as provided in Section 25-1 009 1010.
x. "Permittee" means any person to whom a permit to excavate or ob-
struct 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 associ-
ation 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 "Riaht-of-Way" means the area on below,
or above a public roadway, highway, street cartwav bicvcle lane or pub-
lic sidewalk in which the City has an interest, includina other dedicated
rights-of-way for travel purposes and utility easements of the City, A riaht-
of-wav 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 restoration.
ee. "Right -of -Way Management Ordinance" means Sections 25-1000
through 25-1032 of this Code.
ff. "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.
gg. "Right -of -Way User" means:
a. A telecommunications right-of-way user as defined by Minnesota.
Statutes. Section -§ 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.
hh. "Service" or "Utility Service" includes but is not limited to (1) those
services provided by a public utility as defined in Minnesota Statutes,
Section 2166.02, Subdivisions 4 and 6; (2) telecommunications, pipeline,
community antenna television, fire and alarm communications, water,
electricity, light, heat, cooling energy, or power services; (3) the services
provided by a corporation organized for the purposes set forth in Min-
nesota Statutes, Section 301 B.01 399:88; (4) the services provided by"a
district heating or cooling system, and (5) cable communications systems
as defined in Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 238.
any equipment concealed from public view within or behind an existina
structure or concealment.
ji. "Supplementary Application" means an application made to exca-
vate or obstruct more of the right-of-way than allowed in, or to extend, a
permit that has already been issued.
otatutes. Unapter 3U8A. are not telecommunications right-of-way user
for purposes of this chanter except to the extent such entity is offering
wireless service.
II. "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.
mm. "Utility Pole" means a pole that is used in whole or in part to facil-
itate telecommunications or electric service.
nn. "Wireless Facility" means equipment at a fixed location that en-
ables the provision of wireless services between user equipment and a
wireless service network, including eauipment associated with wireless
service, a radio transceiver, antenna, coaxial or fiber-optic cable, reoular
and backup power supplies, or a small wireless facility, but not including
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
cc. "Wireless Service" means any service usina licensed or unlicensed
wireless spectrum, includina the use of Wi-Fi. whether at a fixed location
or by means of a mobile device, that is provided using wireless facilities.
Wireless service does not include services reaulated under Title VI of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, includina cable service
pp. "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 administration 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, in-
cluding 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, con-
tractor 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 perform any other work on, or use any
facilities or any part thereof in any right-of-way without first being regis-
tered 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 be-
tween 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 boulevard
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 informa-
tion has been received by the City in the administration of the franchise
agreement. In addition, Persons acting as agents, contractors or subcon-
tractors for a registrant which has properly registered or who is exempt
from registration 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 fac-
simile numbers.
b. The name, address and e-mail address, if applicable, and telephone
and facsimile numbers of a local representative. 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.
Subdivision 1. Operations. Each registrant shall, at the time of registra-
tion and by December 1 of each year, file a construction and major mainte-
nance 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 facilitate the coordination and reduction
in the frequency of excavations and obstructions of rights-of-way. Report-
ing 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 Proj-
ects 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 reg-
istrants of all such changes in said list. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
registrant may at any time join in a Next -year Project of another registrant
listed by the other registrant.
Continued...
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 04/19/2018 and the last
insertion being on 04/19/2018.
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: 0 � �M P/-_V�
Designated Agent
Subscribed and sworn to or affirmed before
me on 04/19/2018 by Darlene MacPherson.
t ry Public
MARY ELIZABETH KNAPP
NOTARY PUBLIC • MINNESOTA
My Commission Expires Jan. 31 2023
Rate Information:
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for comparable space:
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(...CONTINUED) CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER
NOTICE OF ORDINANCE ADOPTION
ORDINANCE NO. 2018-03
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 25 OF THE
CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATING TO THE
REGULATION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY MANAGEMENT
Subdivision 2. Additional Next -year Projects. Notwithstanding the fore-
going,
oregoing, the Director may, for good cause shown, allow a registrant to sub-
mit additional Next -year Projects. Good cause includes, but is not limited
to, the criteria set forth in Section 25-+9+4= concerning the discretion-
ary issuance of permits.
Section 25-1006. PERMIT REQUIREMENT.
Subdivision 1. Permit Required. Except as otherwise provided in this
Code, no person may obstruct or excavate any right-of-way_or install or
place facilities in the riaht-of-way. without first having obtained the appro-
priate 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 re-
quired 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 re-
quired 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-wav, to the extent soecifi .d
therein, provided that such permit shall remain in effect for the I nath of
time the facility is in use, unless lawfully revoked.
d. Exceptions. A permit shall not be required for:
a-1. Signs
b, 2. Mailboxes
e:1. Street furnishings
d: 4. Bus stop benches
e- L. Bus stop shelter
9 61 Use by private landowners of utility easement areas for Facilities
that are not inconsistent with the rights of parties entitled to use the ease-
ment
Subdivision 2. Permit Extensions. No person may work in or obstruct
the right-of-way beyond the date specified in the permit or do any work
beyond that specified in the permit unless such person makes a supple-
mentary 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 Direc-
tor 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 pro -
e 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 anten-
nas 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 struc-
ture, 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 re-
quired attachments, and scaled drawings 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 be-
cause 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 ap-
plicant has satisfied the requirements of this Chapter, the Director shall
issue a permit.
Subdivision 2. Conditions. The Director may impose reasonable con-
ditions upon the issuance of the permit and the performance of the appli-
cant 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 sub-
division 2. the erection or installation of a wireless support structure, th
collocation of a small wireless facility, or other installation of a small wire-
less facility in the riaht-of-wav, shall be subject to the all of the following
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 apoli ation
b No new wireless supoort structure installed within the right of wav
shall exceed 50 feet in heiaht without the City's written authorization pro-
vided that the City may -impose a lower heiaht limit in the aoolicable oermit
to orotect the public health. safety and welfare or to protect the right-of-
way and its current use. and further provided that a reaistrant may replace
an existina wireless support structure exceeding 50 feet in heiaht with a
structure of the same heiaht subiect to such conditions or requirements as
may be imposed in the applicable permit.
c. No wireless facility may extend more than 10 feet above its wireless
support structure.
d. Where an apolicant or000ses to install a new wireless support struc-
ture in the riaht-of-way, the City may impose separation requirements be-
tween 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
support structure sian or other structure not intended to support small
wireless facilities the City may impose reasonable requirements to ac-
commodate the particular design apoearance. or intended puroose of
such structure.
f Where an applicant proposes to replace a wireless support structure
the City may impose reasonable restocking replacement or relocation
requirements on the replacement of such structure
Subdivision 4. Small Wireless Facility Agreement A small wireless fa-
cility shall only be collocated on a small wireless support 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
agreement with the City. The standard collocation agreement may reguir
aavment of the following:
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:
1 $73 per radio node less than or equal to 100 maximum watts:
2 $182 per radio node over 100 maximum watts or
3. The actual costs of electricity, if the actual cost exceed the fore-
going.
ore-
oa ing.
The standard collocation agreement shall be in addition to and not
in lieu of, the required small wireless facility permit provided however,
that the applicant shall not be additionally reauired to obtain a license or
franchise in order to collocate Issuance of a small wireless facility permit
does not supersede alter or affect any then-existina agreement between
the City and applicant.
Subdivision 5. Standards for Construction or Installation. The require-
ments and standards for facility construction 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, ang may limit the height of above-
ground facilities. All excavation, obstruction, or other permits issued by
the Director involving the installation or replacement of facilities shall des-
ignate the proper location for the facility at issue. The Director may deny
a permit application, as provided in Section 25-48#41015, 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 25-40+91QQ, 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
facilities in the aonlication:
a. Are located within a two-mile radius:
b. Consist of substantially similar equipment and
such extension.
b. The applicant fails to submit all required documents or information
and the city provides written notice of incompleteness to the applicant
within 30 days of receipt the application. oon submission of additional
documents or information the City shall have ten days to notify the appli-
cant in writing of any still -missing information
c. The City and a small wireless facility applicant agree in writina to toll
the review period.
Section 25413091010. 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 im-
pose a small wireless facility permit fee in an amount sufficient to recover:
a. Management costs: and
b City enaineerina make-ready, and construction costs associated
with collocation of small wireless facilities
Subdivision 4. Deposit. The Director may require that a permit appli-
cation 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 ac-
cordance with Section 25-1005. The Director shall approve all expens-
es 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 de-
posit. 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 ob-
struction 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 per-
mit that the Director has revoked for a breach as stated in Section 25-
4e49IQ2_Q are not refundable.
Subdivision 7. Use of Permit Fees. All obstruction, and excavation a� nd
small wireless facility permit fees shall be used solely for City manage-
ment, construction, maintenance and repair costs of the right-of-way.
Section 25-44+01011. RIGHT-OF-WAY REPAIR AND RESTORATION.
Subdivision 1. Timing. The work to be done under the excavation per-
mit, 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 permit-
tee 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 surrounding 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 re-
store 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 af-
ter completion of the restoration of the right-of-way, the Director deter-
mines that the right-of-way has been properly restored, the surety on the
construction performance bond shall be released. Permittees with whom
the City has a current franchise agreement, or authorized agents, contrac-
tors, or subcontractors of that franchise shall not be required to post a
construction performance bond.
Subdivision 3. Standards. The permitted shall perform repairs and res-
toration 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 permit-
tee is in reasonable balance with the prevention of an accelerated depreci-
ation 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 oth-
erwise 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
restoration 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 unseasonal or unreasonable
under Section 254G+81 14.
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.
Section. 25489 41012. JOINT APPLICATIONS.
Subdivision 1. Joint Application . Registrants may jointly apply for per-
mits 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. Regis-
trants must agree among themselves as to the portion each will pay and
indicate the same on their applications.
Section 25-+&4V013. 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 be-
fore 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 work-
ing after the end date of the previous permit. This supplementary applica-
tion must be done before the permit end date.
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NOTICE OF ORDINANCE ADOPTION
ORDINANCE NO. 2018-03
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 25 OF THE
CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATING TO THE
REGULATION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY MANAGEMENT
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. Regis-
trants must agree among themselves as to the portion each will pay and
indicate the same on their applications.
Section 25-46421013. 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 be-
fore 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 work-
ing after the end date of the previous permit. This supplementary applica-
tion must be done before the permit end date.
Section 25-464-31014. 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 Sections §§ 216D.01 through 216D.09 ("One Call Ex-
cavation Notice System"). A permittee shall perform all work in confor-
mance 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 ve-
hicles 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 2546#41015. 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 Ordi-
nance, 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 neces-
sary 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 con-
ditions 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 reconstruction ; 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 ex-
hibition, celeb ration, festival, or any other event.
Subdivision 2. Procedural Requirements. The denial or revocation of
a permit must be made in writina and must document the basis for the
denial. The City must notify the applicant or riaht-of-way user in writina
within three business days of the decision to deny or revoke a permit. If an
application is denied, the riaht-of-way user may address the reasons for
denial identified by the City and resubmit its application. If the application
is resubmitted within 30 days of receipt of the notice of denial, no addi-
tional application fee shall be imposed. The City must approve or deny the
resubmitted application within 30 days after submission.
Section 25491-51016. INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS. The excava-
tion, backfilling, repair and restoration, and all other work performed in
the right-of-way shall be done in conformance with the Brooklyn Center
Standard Design Plates as promulgated by the Director and at a location
as required by Section 25-10211022.
Section 25-10% 1017. INSPECTION.
Subdivision 1. Notice of Completion. The permittee shall notify the Di-
rector 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 inspec-
tion 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 Direc-
tor 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 standards, 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-#9#91020.
Section 25-4-6471018. WORK DONE WITHOUT A PERMIT.
Subdivision 1. Emergency Situations. Each registrant shall immediately
notify the Director of any event regarding 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 regis-
trant whose equipment occasioned the emergency.
Subdivision 2. Non -Emergency Situations. Except in an emergency,
any person who, without first having obtained the necessary permit, ob-
structs 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 2549481019. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTIFICATION. If the ob-
struction 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 2546991020. REVOCATION OF PERMITS.
Subdivision 1. Substantial Breach. The City reserves its right, as pro-
vided 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 follow-
ing:
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 10161017.
Subdivision 2. Written Notice of Breach. If the Director determines that
the permittee has committed a substantial 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. Permit -
tee'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 ap-
proved 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 at-
torneys' fees incurred in connection with such revocation.
Section 25-40201021. 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 exist-
ing 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 Ordinance, 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 Manage-
ment 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 Manage-
ment 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 telecommunications 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 reg-
istrant, any information requested by the Director, which qualifies as a
"trade -secret" under Minnesota Statutes, Section 13.37(b) shall be treated
as trade secret information as detailed therein. With respect to the provi-
sion of mapping data, the City may consider unique circumstances from
time to time required to obtain mapping data.
Section 25-#921.1022. LOCATION OF FACILITIES.
Subdivision 1. Undergrounding. Unless otherwise permitted by Minne-
sota Statutes Section, 2168.36, 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 appli-
cable 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 nec-
essary, 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 cor-
ridor for the facilities at issue .
The City may not require the relocation of existing underground facil-
ities except in the event the City institutes a street improvement project,
lawfully imitated and conducted by the City on its own behalf, which nec-
essarily results in a substantial change of elevation and grade for a par-
ticular 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 regulations of the Min-
nesota Public Utilities Commission.
Subdivision 3. Limitation of Space. To protect health and safety, the
Director shall have the power to prohibit 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 development projects which have been deter-
mined to be in the public interest.
Section 25-46221023. RELOCATION OF EQUIPMENT. A Registrant
must promptly and at its own expense, with due regard for seasonal work-
ing conditions, permanently remove and relocate its facilities and facilities
in the right-of-way whenever the director requests such removal and re-
location, 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 (i) a present or future City use of
the right-of-way, (ii) a public improvement undertaken by the City, (iii) an
economic development project in which the City has an interest or in-
vestment, (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 re-
move or relocate its facilities from any right-of-way which has been vacat-
ed in favor of a non-governmental entity unless and until the reasonable
costs thereof are first paid to the person therefor.
Section 25-40231024. PRE -EXCAVATION EQUIPMENT LOCATION. In
addition to complying with the requirements of Minnesota Statutes. Sec-
tions §§ 216D.01 through 216D.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 ap-
proximate vertical placement of all said facilities. Any registrant whose fa-
cilities are less that twenty (20) inches below a concrete or asphalt surface
shall notify and work closely with the excavation contractor to establish
the exact location of its facilities and the best procedure for excavation.
Section 25-49-241025. 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 bepaid with-
in thirty (30) days from the date of billing.
Each registrant shall be responsible for the cost of repairing any facil-
ities 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 2546251026. RIGHT-OF-WAY VACATION.
Subdivision 1. Reservation of Right. If the City vacates a right-of-way
which contains the facilities of a registrant, and if the vacation does not
require the relocation of registrant or permittee facilities, the City shall re-
serve, 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 relo-
cation of registrant or permittee facilities; and (a) if the vacation proceed-
ings are initiated by the registrant or permittee, the registrant or permittee
must pay the relocation costs; or (b) if the vacation proceedings are initi-
ated by the City, the registrant or permittee 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 25-46261027. 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 ser-
vice claims by parties other than the registrant or the City, or (b) for claims
or penalties of any sort resulting from the installation, presence, mainte-
nance, or operation of facilities by registrants or activities of registrants.
Subdivision 2. Indemnification. By registering with the Director, a reg-
istrant 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 claim-
ing damages, or seeking any other relief against the City for any claim nor
for any award arising out of the presence, installation, maintenance or op-
eration 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, in-
cluding, 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 25-
#6261027 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 deter-
mined to discontinue its operations in the City must either:
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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-
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by Minn. Stat. §331A.02.
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insertion being on 04/19/2018 and the last
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subd. 1, clause (1) or (2). If the newspaper's
known office of issue is located in a county
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(...CONTINUED) CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER
NOTICE OF ORDINANCE ADOPTION
ORDINANCE NO. 2018-03
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 25 OF THE
CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATING TO THE
REGULATION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY MANAGEMENT
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 reg-
istrant; 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 anticipated 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 nui-
sance (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 aban-
doned 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 25-1029. RESERVATION OF REGULATORY AND POLICE
POWERS. A Permittee's or registrant's rights are subject to the regulato-
ry and police powers of the City to adopt and enforce general ordinanc-
es necessary to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public .
Section 25-1030. SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection, sen-
tence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Right -of -Way Management
Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court
or administrative agency of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be
deemed a separate, distinct, and independent provision and such hold-
ing shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions thereof. If a reg-
ulatory 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 ille-
gal or unenforceable, then any such permit, right or registration granted
or deemed to exist hereunder shall be considered as a revocable 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 condi-
tions 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 Ordi-
nance 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 interpre-
tation 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 re-
quirements of Sections 25-1003 through 25 1005, 25 1006 through
25-4809,1010 and 254&n1021 if compliance is not deemed to be
reasonably necessary, in the discretion of the Director, to serve the pur-
poses 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 25-99241022 may be waived as provided
therein. Waiver of provisions of Sections 25-1003 through 25-1005 and
25-19291021 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 9th day of April 2018.
Mayor Tim Willson
ATTEST: City Clerk Sharon Knutson
Effective Date: May 19, 2018
(Strikeetit indicates matter to be deleted, double underline indicates
new matter.)
Published in the
Brooklyn Center Sun Post
April 19, 2018
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