(A) Each registrant shall immediately notify the Planner, in addition to Gopher State One-Call, of any event regarding his or her facilities which he or she considers to be an emergency. The registrant may proceed to take whatever actions are necessary to respond to the emergency. If the registrant has not been issued the required permit within two business days after the occurrence of the emergency, the registrant shall apply for the necessary permits, pay the permit fees, and fulfill the remaining requirements necessary to bring himself or herself into compliance with this chapter for the actions he or she took in response to the emergency.
(B) If the Planner becomes aware of an emergency regarding a registrant’s facilities, the Planner shall attempt to contact the local representative of each registrant affected, or potentially affected, by the emergency. The Planner may take whatever action deemed necessary to respond to the emergency, the cost of which shall be borne by the registrant whose facilities occasioned the emergency.
(C) Except in an emergency, any person who, without first having obtained the necessary permit, obstructs or excavates a right-of-way must subsequently obtain a permit, and as a penalty pay double the normal fee for the permit, and shall deposit with the Planner the fees requested to correct any damage to the right-of-way and to comply with all of the requirements of this chapter.
(Ord. 277, passed 11-13-2017)