(a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter and the Metro Act, a provider shall file an application for a permit with the City Engineer and pay a one-time non-refundable application fee to the City as prescribed in the schedule provided for in Section 802.24 when access or use of the public right- of-way is sought by the provider.
(b) Beginning November 1, 2002, the City shall require the use by telecommunications providers of the application forms and permit forms, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties, which have been approved by the Michigan Public Service Commission for access and use of public rights-of-way by telecommunications providers.
(c) An application for a permit under this chapter for new facilities or the expansion or extension of existing facilities shall include route maps showing the location of the provider's existing and proposed facilities in a paper or electronic format unless and until required otherwise by the Metro Authority and prescribed by the MPSC.
(d) Such information included in the route maps of a provider's existing and proposed facilities that is clearly denominated by the provider as a trade secret, proprietary or confidential information shall be exempt from the Michigan Freedom of Information Act, 1976 Public Act 442, during the pendency of an application for a permit under this chapter.
(e) Applications shall be complete and include all information required by the Act and approved MPSC forms, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties. The City Manager or City Engineer may request an applicant to submit additional information deemed necessary or relevant for the protection of the public health, safety or welfare. An applicant shall comply with all such requests in compliance with reasonable deadlines for such additional information established by the City Manager or City Engineer.
(f) Within 90 days after the substantial completion of the construction of new or extended facilities in the City, a provider shall submit route maps showing the location of the telecommunication facilities to the City Engineer and the Michigan Public Service Commission.
(Ord. 15-02. Passed 10-15-02; Ord. 11-2015. Passed 1-5-16.)