(A) Inspection of facilities.
(1) The County Commissioners may inspect all facilities and conduct any tests that the County Commissioners find necessary to ensure compliance with the terms of this subchapter and any other applicable law or agreements.
(2) If such a test is to be conducted at a location other than a customer’s premises, then the County Commissioners shall first provide the owner with an opportunity to approve the test or type of test in question, which approval shall not unreasonably be withheld, conditioned, or delayed.
(3) An owner shall allow the County Commissioners to make such inspections at any time on at least ten days notice or, in case of an emergency, on demand without prior notice.
(B) Notice to Department. For emergency work, a permittee shall notify the Department during or within 24 hours after the work, for nonemergency work, the permittee shall notify the Department at least 48 hours before the work takes place. For emergency and nonemergency work, the utility shall provide information about the work as required by the Department.
(C) Notice to public.
(1) This section applies to nonemergency work in county public streets when the work adjoins residentially zoned and developed property and will not be completed and restored in a period of 30 days or less.
(2) A permittee shall do either of the following division (C)(2)(a) or (C)(2)(b):
(a) At least 72 hours before commencement of the work:
1. Post and maintain a notice that is located at the beginning and end points of the work; and
2. Deliver notice to each address in the area of the work and within 175 feet of its boundaries.
(b) At least 15 calendar days before the commencement of the work, provide written notice to each address within 175 feet of the excavation area.
(3) For good cause, the Director may require a permittee to employ a combination of the notices required by division (C)(2) above.
(4) The notices required by division (C)(2) above shall include the name, telephone number and address of the owner and permittee, a description of the work to be performed, the duration of the work, and the name, address, and telephone number of a person who will provide information to and receive complaints from any member of the public concerning the work. Posted notices shall be in a format and size acceptable to the Department.
(D) Plat survey reports. Within three months after the adoption of this subchapter, each utility shall file with the Department any existing plats or drawings that show the location of underground facilities in the county’s public streets. Thereafter, on an annual basis, the utility shall file in the form required by the Department a full and complete survey, including descriptions and as-built maps, of the location of underground facilities installed in the county’s public streets in the previous year. If a utility clearly and appropriately identifies information contained in the plan as proprietary, a trade secret, or otherwise protected from disclosure, then to the maximum extent permissible under federal, state, and local laws applicable to public records, the Department may not disclose that information to the public.
(2004 Code, § 92-3) (Ord. 08-11, passed 12-18-2008)