The company shall provide advance written notice to the city when facilities are to be abandoned by the company. The company shall comply with applicable provisions of the Apple Valley Code of Ordinances public right-of-way regulations, as well as other city ordinances, Minnesota Statutes, and Minnesota Rules, as they may be amended from time to time in connection with any abandoned facilities. The company shall maintain records describing the location of all abandoned facilities within the city, produce such records at the city's request and comply with the location requirements of M.S. § 216D.04 with respect to all facilities. In addition, upon request by the city to the company, the company shall indicate the location of abandoned facilities in the road right-of-way and in city easements. The company shall indemnify the city for costs incurred by the city as a result of the company's failure to reasonably indicate the location of the abandoned facilities. The company must remove the abandoned facilities at the company's expense if required in conjunction with any repair, excavation or construction in the road right-of-way or in city easements. If the company does not remove the abandoned facilities pursuant to this section, the city may remove the abandoned facilities and the company shall promptly reimburse the city for all costs incurred in connection with removal of the abandoned facilities.
(Ord. 753, passed 6-24-04)