§ 17.79 MAPPING DATA.

   (a)   Information required. Each registrant , permit holder or any other person installing any underground facility or equipment that is now or in the future to be connected to the city’s underground facilities must provide to-scale engineering plans certifying the “as-built” location of all equipment installed, owned or maintained by the registrant , permit holder or other underground installer in a form required by the Director . Such maps and drawings must include the horizontal and vertical location of all facilities and equipment in a manner that is consistent with the city’s electronic mapping system whenever practical or when ordered by the Director . Failure to provide the maps and drawings required by this section shall, in addition to other remedies, constitute adequate grounds for revocation of the permit holder’s registration and any permit issued under this Article IV of the city code. No security required pursuant to § 17.68(e) of this city code shall be released until the information required under this section is provided. The maps and drawings must include the following information:

      (1)   Scaled drawings showing the exact location of all facilities and improvements installed by the applicant . The applicant will be requested to submit, in English measurement: two paper copies of 50-scale plans and one electronic plan in AutoCAD format (Hennepin County Coordinate system) with X, Y, Z dimensions to one-foot accuracy. The plans must be dimensional and show all utilities, curb and gutter, sidewalks, bikeways, signal poles, driveways, boxes and structures. If the applicant chooses to submit this data in a different format, it shall be responsible for the additional payment of the data conversion fee set forth in City Code Appendix A;

      (2)   The type and size of the utility;

      (3)   A description showing above-ground appurtenances;

      (4)   A legend explaining symbols, characters, abbreviations, scale and other data shown on the map; and

      (5)   Any facilities to be abandoned, if applicable, in conformance with M.S. § 216D.04, subd. 3, as it may be amended from time to time.

   (b)   Submittal requirement.

      (1)   Within 30 days after the acquisition, installation or construction of additional equipment or facilities or any relocation, abandonment or disuse of existing equipment or facilities , each registrant shall submit the mapping data required herein.

      (2)   Within two years after the effective date of this section, all telecommunication right-of-way users shall submit detailed plans, if available, in accordance with subsection (a) above, for all facilities and equipment installed, used or abandoned within the public right-of-way .

      (3)   Notwithstanding the foregoing, mapping data shall be submitted by all registrants for all equipment and facilities which are to be installed or constructed after the effective date of this section at any time any permits are sought pursuant to this ordinance.

      (4)   Six months after the effective date of this section, a new registrant or a registrant which has not submitted a plan as required under subsection (b)(2) above shall submit complete and accurate mapping data for all its equipment and facilities at the time any permits are sought pursuant to this ordinance.

   (c)   Trade secret information. At the request of any registrant , information requested by the city which qualifies as “trade secret” data under M.S. § 13.37, as it may be amended from time to time, shall be treated as trade secret information as detailed therein.

   (d)   Service laterals . All permits issued for the installation or repair of service laterals , other than minor repairs as defined in Minnesota Rules 7560.0150 subpart 2, shall require the use of appropriate means of establishing the vertical and horizontal locations of installed service laterals , to the extent technically feasible, as determined by the Director . Permit holders or their subcontractors must submit to the Director evidence satisfactory to the Director of the installed service lateral locations. Compliance with this subsection (d) and with applicable Gopher State One-Call Law and Minnesota Rules governing service laterals installed after December 31, 2005, shall be a condition to city approval of: 1) payment to contractors working on a city improvement project including those under M.S. Chapter 429, as it may be amended from time to time; and 2) city approval of performance under development agreements, or other subdivision or site plan approval under M.S. Chapter 462, as it may be amended from time to time. Each utility shall utilize the appropriate means and methods of providing to the city accurate location of the newly-installed, or applicable repair to, service laterals , subject to the approval of the Director . Failure to provide prompt and accurate information on the service laterals installed may result in the city’s withholding of applicable approvals or in the revocation of the permit issued for the applicable work or for future permits to the offending permit holder or its subcontractor.

(Ord. 98-54, passed 11-16-1998; Ord. 2006-32, passed 7-24-2006; Ord. 2022-40, passed 8-29-2022)