(A) Permit required. Except as otherwise provided in the Act, a telecommunications provider using or seeking to use public rights-of-way in the city for its telecommunications facilities shall apply for and obtain a permit pursuant to this ordinance.
(B) Application. Telecommunications providers shall apply for a permit on an application form approved by the MPSC in accordance with § 6(1) of the Act. A telecommunications provider shall file 1 copy of the application with the City Clerk, 1 copy with the Mayor, and 1 copy with the City Attorney. Upon receipt, the City Clerk shall make 2 copies of the application and distribute a copy to the Director of the Department of Public Works and the Treasurer of the city. Applications shall be complete and include all information required by the Act, including without limitation a route map showing the location of the provider’s existing and proposed facilities in accordance with § 6(5) of the Act.
(C) Confidential information. If a telecommunications provider claims that any portion of the route maps submitted by it as part of its application contain trade secret, proprietary, or confidential information, which is exempt from the Freedom of Information Act, Public Act 442 of 1976, being M.C.L.A. §§ 15.231 - 15.246, pursuant to § 6(5) of the Act, the telecommunications provider shall prominently so indicate on the face of each map.
(D) Application fee. Except as otherwise provided by the Act, the application shall be accompanied by a 1-time nonrefundable application fee in the amount as set by the City Council, and amended by resolution from time to time.
(E) Additional information. The Mayor may request an applicant to submit additional information which the Mayor deems reasonably necessary or relevant. The applicant shall comply with all such requests in compliance with reasonable deadlines for the additional information established by the Mayor. If the city and the applicant cannot agree on the requirement of additional information requested by the city, the city or the applicant shall notify the MPSC as provided in § 6(2) of the Act.
(F) Previously issued permits. Pursuant to § 5(1) of the Act, authorizations or permits previously issued by the city under § 251 of the State Telecommunications Act, Public Act 179 of 1991, § 251, being M.C.L.A. § 484.2251, and authorizations or permits issued by the city to telecommunications providers prior to the 1995 enactment of § 251 of the State Telecommunications Act but after 1985, shall satisfy the permit requirements of this ordinance.
(G) Existing providers. Pursuant to § 5(3) of the Act, within 180 days from November 1, 2002, the effective date of the Act, a telecommunications provider with facilities located in a public right-of- way in the city as of that date, that has not previously obtained authorization or a permit under § 251 of the State Telecommunications Act, Public Act 179 of 1991, § 251, being M.C.L.A. § 484.2251, shall submit to the city an application for a permit in accordance with the requirements of this ordinance. Pursuant to § 5(3) of the Act, a telecommunications provider submitting an application under this subsection is not required to pay the application fee required under subsection (D) above. A provider under this subsection shall be given up to an additional 180 days to submit the permit application if allowed by the Authority, as provided in § 5(4) of the Act.