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§ 90.005   PERMIT ISSUANCE.
   (A)   Approval or denial.  The authority to approve or deny an application for a permit is hereby delegated to the Mayor.  Pursuant to § 15(3) of the Act, the Mayor shall approve or deny an application for a permit within 45 days from the date a telecommunications provider files an application for a permit under § 90.004(B) of this code for access to a public right-of-way within the city.  Pursuant to § 6(6) of the Act, the Mayor shall notify the MPSC when the Mayor has granted or denied a permit, including information regarding the date on which the application was filed and the date on which the permit was granted or denied.  The Mayor shall not unreasonably deny an application for a permit.
   (B)   Form of permit.  If an application for permit is approved, the Mayor shall issue the permit in the form approved by the MPSC, with or without additional or different permit terms, in accordance with §§ 6(1), 6(2), and 15 of the Act.
   (C)   Conditions.  Pursuant to § 15(4) of the Act, the Mayor may impose conditions on the issuance of a permit, which conditions shall be limited to the telecommunications provider’s access and usage of the public right-of-way.
   (D)   Bond requirement.  Pursuant to § 15(3) of the Act, and without limitation on subsection (C) above, the Mayor may require that a bond be posted by the telecommunications provider as a condition of the permit.  If a bond is required, it shall not exceed the reasonable cost to ensure that the public right- of-way is returned to its original condition during and after the telecommunications provider’s access and use.
§ 90.006   CONSTRUCTION OR ENGINEERING PERMIT.
   A telecommunications provider shall not commence construction upon, over, across, or under the public rights-of-way in the city without first obtaining a construction or engineering permit as required under § 90.004 of this code, as amended, for construction within the public rights-of-way.  No fee shall be charged for such a construction or engineering permit.
§ 90.007   CONDUIT OR UTILITY POLES.
   Pursuant to § 4(3) of the Act, obtaining a permit or paying the fees required under the Act or under this ordinance does not give a telecommunications provider a right to use conduit or utility poles.
§ 90.008   ROUTE MAPS.
   Pursuant to § 6(7) of the Act, a telecommunications provider shall, within 90 days after the substantial completion of construction of new telecommunications facilities in the city, submit route maps showing the location of the telecommunications facilities to both the MPSC and to the city.  The route maps should be in [paper or electronic] format unless and until the Commission determines otherwise, in accordance with § 6(8) of the Act.
§ 90.009   DAMAGE; RESTORATION.
   Pursuant to § 15(5) of the Act, a telecommunications provider undertaking an excavation or construction or installing telecommunications facilities within a public right-of-way or temporarily obstructing a public right-of-way in the city, as authorized by a permit, shall promptly repair all damage done to the street surface and all installations under, over, below, or within the public right-of-way and shall promptly restore the public right-of-way to its preexisting condition.
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