(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 Planner. The 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 Planner. 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 chapter. No security required pursuant to § 71.05(I) 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 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, he or she shall be responsible for the additional payment of the data conversion fee in an amount as set by Council from time to time;
(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 division (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 chapter.
(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 division (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 chapter.
(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 Minn. Rules part 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 Planner. Permit holders, or his or her subcontractors, must submit to the Planner evidence satisfactory to the Planner of the installed service lateral locations. Compliance with this division (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 projects, 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 Planner. 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 his or her subcontractor.
(Ord. 277, passed 11-13-2017)