949.07 FEES.
   The following fees are hereby established:
   (a)   Application Fee. The purpose of the application fee is limited to the recovery of the direct increment or cost incurred by the City in inspecting or reviewing any plans and specifications and in granting the associated permit.
      (1)   Telecommunication and utility permittees shall pay an application fee determined by the following:
         A.   Permittee proposing to utilize equal to or greater than twenty (20) miles of right-of-way shall pay an application fee of four hundred dollars ($400.00).
         B.   Permittee proposing to utilize less than twenty (20) miles of right- of-way shall pay an application fee of two hundred dollars ($200.00).
         Said fee shall be paid at the time of application.
      (2)   Special permittees proposing to use the right-of-way shall pay an application fee equal to ten cents (10¢) per lineal feet used or occupied.
         Said fee shall be paid at the time of application.
      (3)   Residential permittees shall pay no application fee but shall be required to make application for and receive approval of the use of the right of way.
   (b)   Right of Way Excavation Work Permit Fee.  
      (1)   Permittees shall make application for an excavation work permit for each street opening, cut or bore and shall post a performance bond in the amount determined by the Director unless said fee and/or bond is waived by the Director. The fee for an excavation work permit shall be fifty dollars ($50.00).
      (2)   Said fees are payable at the time the notice set forth in Section 949.08 hereof is filed. Fees for work done without a Section 949.08 prior notice shall be made within seven (7) business days of the initiation of any such work.
      (3)   Said permit shall serve as permittee's Right of Way Work Permit.
   (c)   Right of Way Work Permit Fee. There shall be no fee for a right of way work permit when the work being performed involves no excavation, cutting, or boring of the right of way but does involve activities listed in Section 949.06 (c).
   An Excavation Work Permit, if required, shall serve as a permittee's right of way work permit.
(Ord. 2001-23. Passed 2-8-01.)